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Bone Gap
By Laura Ruby
Beautiful and beloved Roza is kidnapped from the small town of Bone Gap and 18-year-old Finn O'Sullivan is the only witness. He can't remember any details about the man who abducted Roza and nobody believes his version of her disappearance. Multi-layered and complex, Bone Gap is an unusual tale that combines magical realism with mystery to portray the depths of human emotion, both sinister and loving.
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The Candymakers
By Wendy Mass
The story of four children who compete to make a candy that will win a national candy competition. A sweet story that is part mystery and part a lesson in friendship. Truly to be enjoyed by the whole family. Great for bedtime reading or as an audiobook on a car trip. Also available as eAudibook on OneClickdigital.
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I know why the caged bird sings
By Maya Angelou
In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great deal from this exceptional woman and the tightly knit black community there. These very lessons carried her throughout the hardships she endured later in life, including a tragic occurrence while visiting her mother in St. Louis and her formative years spent in California--where an unwanted pregnancy changed her life forever. Also available as audiobook on CD.
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Station Eleven
By Emily St. John Mandel
Starting with the onstage death of a famous Hollywood actor, Mantel’s third novel follows several characters as a deadly flu outbreak devastates the world. Moving effortlessly between the actor’s life, the last days of the world we know and fifteen years in the future, where a traveling theater group roams what is left of North America, Station Eleven is a book that will stay with you long after the final pages. Also available in large print and audiobook on CD.
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Ethel & Ernest: a true story
By Raymond Briggs
In 1928 Ethel was a lady's maid and Ernest was a milkman. This is the story of their courtship, marriage, and life together against the background of World War II and all the changes that followed. Written and drawn by the son, Raymond Briggs, this is a celebration of Ethel and Ernest, and of the British working class.
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The student's pocket medical lexicon
By Elias Longley
Ever wonder what those strange conditions were that crop up in family papers and stories? This reprint of an 1889 medical lexicon may provide you answers. Filled with inumerable definitions of medical conditions and remedies, this book gives the reader a new perspective on what their ancestors endured.
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