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The sweetness of life
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Paulus Hochgatterer |
A chilling psychological thriller a group of damaged people living in a pleasant and seemingly tranquil Austrian village. It's the Christmas holiday, the presents have been opened, and a six-year-old… |
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Dragonfly song
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Orr, Wendy |
After being abandoned by her birth mother, orphaned by her adopted family, and cast out by others, Aissa decides her only escape is to dance for the Bull King. |
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The shape of water
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Daniel Kraus,Guillermo del Toro |
In an otherworldly story set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America, an amphibious man is discovered in the Amazon--and subsequently finds love within the human race. |
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The road to bittersweet
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Donna Everhart |
For fourteen-year-old Wallis Ann Stamper and her family, life in the Appalachian Mountains is simple and satisfying, though not for the tenderhearted. While her older sister, Laci--a mute, musically … |
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Catcall
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Linda Newbery |
Josh's family is used to changes but now they're hurtling into even more. Although Josh has always had an affinity with animals, it is his younger brother Jamie who falls under the wild cat spell. Su… |
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The Bone People
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Keri Hulme |
At once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where Maori and European New Zealand meet, Booker Prize-winning novel The Bone People is a powerful and unsettling tale satur… |
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Song for Night
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Christopher Abani |
Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a b… |
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