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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The sweetness of life The sweetness of life 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… OL18180115W
Dragonfly song Dragonfly song 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. OL19721112W
The shape of water The shape of water 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. OL19730924W
The road to bittersweet The road to bittersweet 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 … OL19733837W
Catcall Catcall 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… OL24156042W
The Bone People The Bone People 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… OL3991459W
Song for Night Song for Night 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… OL5178533W