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Too purpley! Too purpley! Jean Reidy A young girl rejects many outfits before finding the perfect clothes to wear. OL13763255W
The singing sword The singing sword Jack Whyte A fictional portrait of King Arthur's great-grandfather, Publius Varius, and his wife, Luceiia, follows their desperate struggle to protect their land from the barbarian hordes threatening to overrun… OL15411581W
Enchantress from the Stars Enchantress from the Stars Sylvia Engdahl When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one ce… OL15836010W
One true friend One true friend Joyce Hansen Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on… OL15856262W
The competition for Gaby The competition for Gaby Jen Jones Gaby Fuller is excited when she is invited to join an all-star dance team, but her friends on cheer team are starting to wonder about her ability to handle both. OL15946455W
Brooke's big decision Brooke's big decision Jen Jones Now that she is graduating from middle school, Brooke Perrino's parents would like her to attend a private school, but it may mean giving up cheerleading, and her friends are all going to Greenview H… OL16489738W
Body slammed! Body slammed! Ray Villareal Feeling not as big, tough, or athletic as his father, a professional wrestler, high-schooler Jesse becomes friends with a brash young wrestler who offers to help Jesse bulk up. OL16557658W
Prairie Anna Prairie Anna Peggy House "Someday you will choose how to live for yourself." Most of Anna's life is decided for her -- what to study, which chores to do, when to eat and sleep. Everyone in her family works hard to survive th… OL16664279W
Wool Wool Hugh Howey,Hugh Howey They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, a spoiled and rotten world, their forefathers left behind. But this view fades over time, ruined by … OL16800608W
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells Andrew Sean Greer After the death of her beloved twin brother, Felix, and the break up with her long-time lover, Nathan, Greta Wells embarks on a radical psychiatric treatment to alleviate her suffocating depression. … OL16804372W
Handen Handen Henning Mankell When Inspector Kurt Wallander discovers a shallow grave in the garden of his new house, he investigates the truth about the residence and its previous owner. OL16809881W
The Goblin Emperor The Goblin Emperor Sarah Monette Fantasy novel by Sarah Monette under the pseudonym Katherine Addison. OL17270804W
Spool of Blue Thread Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler "From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career--a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she ca… OL17318754W
The Rogue Not Taken The Rogue Not Taken Sarah MacLean LADY SOPHIE'S SOCIETY SPLASH When she finds herself the target of very public aristocratic scorn, Sophie Talbot does what she must to escape the city and its judgment—she flees on the back of a ca… OL17339618W
The Daylight Marriage The Daylight Marriage Heidi Pitlor Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally pretty, often impulsive, always spirited, the upper-class girl who picked, of all men, Lovell -- the introverted climate sc… OL17358793W
The Taste Of Apple Seeds The Taste Of Apple Seeds Katharina Hagena "When Iris unexpectedly inherits her grandmother's house in the country, she also inherits the painful memories that live there. Iris gives herself a one-week stay at the old house, after which she'l… OL17505555W
When the Moon Is Low When the Moon Is Low Nadia Hashimi Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class world—a life of education, work, and comfort—implodes when their coun… OL17621475W
Past Crimes Past Crimes Glen Erik Hamilton When his estranged grandfather is shot and left for dead, an Army Ranger plunges into the criminal underworld of his youth to find a murderer . . . and uncovers a shocking family secret From the t… OL17625955W
Our town Our town Kevin McEnroe "An unseen narrator guides us through the dark fairy tale of Dorothy White, an aspiring actress who 'never quite figured how to get out of her own way.' Her perfect marriage to an equally golden acto… OL17708843W
The moon over high street The moon over high street Natalie Babbitt Joe Casimir needs help with the choice he has to make. Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knows exactly what he wants Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren't they? OL17747048W
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