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Every Dreaming Creature By Brendan Wenzel Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316512534
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 26th, 2023

Perfect for bedtime or at any time, here is a visually stunning exploration of animal senses through dreams, from Caldecott Honoree and New York Times bestselling creator Brendan Wenzel.

Welcome to a magical world of endless curiosity. You are a sleeping salamander. A dancing octopus. A speeding falcon...even a sneaking tiger and playful human child.


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Something, Someday By Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593203255
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - September 26th, 2023

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Christian Robinson

You’re told that
This won’t work,
But how will you know
If you never try?


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Oliver's Great Big Universe By Jorge Cham Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781419764080
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Published: Amulet Books - September 26th, 2023

Cosmos meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Oliver’s Great Big Universe, an original illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative from the Emmy Award–nominated creator of PBS’s Elinor Wonders Why.
 
I know what you’re thinking.


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The Odds By Lindsay Puckett Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338803815
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Published: Scholastic Press - September 19th, 2023

From the author that gave us THE GLASS WITCH comes a whimsical exploration of disability that is A Snicker of Magic meets The Sixth Sense.

If you have found this book, then you are probably a lover of the dark and twisty.


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Something Like Home By Andrea Beatriz Arango Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593566183
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - September 12th, 2023

A moving novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only for them to find family in each other along the way. From the Newbery Honor Award-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All.

“Trust me: this book will touch your heart." —Barbara O’Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish


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Thieves' Gambit By Kayvion Lewis Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593625361
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - September 26th, 2023

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world’s best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.


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You, Again: A Novel By Kate Goldbeck Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593448120
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - September 12th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Can they stop hating each other long enough to fall in love?

A commitment-phobe and a hopeless romantic clash over and over again—until heartbreak and unexpected chemistry bring them together in this clever enemies-to-friends-to-lovers debut romance.


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Night Watch: A novel By Jayne Anne Phillips Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780451493330
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Published: Knopf - September 19th, 2023

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War—and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds

"A tour de force." —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage


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Three Holidays and a Wedding By Uzma Jalaluddin, Marissa Stapley Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593543917
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - September 26th, 2023

“Combines two budding romances, a massive snowstorm, unlikely friends, meddling family members, and one magical small-town for the most festive book you’ll read this year.” —Carley Fortune, author of Every Summer After

Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos.


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Love, Holly: A Novel By Emily Stone Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593722114
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Published: Dell - September 26th, 2023

A young woman tries to heal a rift in her elderly pen pal’s family in time for Christmas, all while falling in love—and maybe even reuniting with her own family—in this dazzling romance from the author of Always, in December and One Last Gift

Sometimes it takes a stranger to bring you back to yourself.


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The Museum of Failures By Thrity Umrigar Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781643753553
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 26th, 2023

An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick Honor

When Remy Wadia left India for the United States, he carried his resentment of his cold and inscrutable mother with him and has kept his distance from her.


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Devil Makes Three: A Novel By Ben Fountain Cover Image
$31.99
ISBN: 9781250776518
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Published: Flatiron Books - September 26th, 2023

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk comes a brilliant and propulsive new novel about greed, power, and American complicity set in Haiti

MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, ABC News, Yahoo! Finance, Seattle Times, Lit Hub, The Chicago Tribune, and more!!!


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The Wake-Up Call By Beth O'Leary Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593640128
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Published: Berkley - September 26th, 2023

Two hotel receptionists—and arch-rivals—find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way.


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Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance By Azam Ahmed Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593448410
Availability: Backordered
Published: Random House - September 26th, 2023

A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter—from a global investigative correspondent for The New York Times


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Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family By Daniel Finkelstein Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9780385548557
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Published: Doubleday - September 19th, 2023

"Hair-raising... includes not just Hitler’s depredations but Stalin’s too—a double measure of evil."—The Wall Street Journal