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Listen (Hardcover)

By Holly M. McGhee, Pascal Lemaitre (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250318121
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - September 3rd, 2019

A lyrical, inspiring picture book that promotes empathy from the creators of the New York Times bestseller Come With Me.

Listen
with your heart.
It is your ears
your eyes
your nose
your mouth
your hands--

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Rabbit and the Motorbike: (Books about Friendship, Inspirational Books for Kids, Children's Adventure Books, Children's Emotion Books) (Hardcover)

By Kate Hoefler, Sarah Jacoby (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781452170909
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Published: Chronicle Books - September 10th, 2019

★ "Exhilarating . . . Graceful text and evocative illustrations combine in this story about the rewards of facing fears and trying something new." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (Hardcover)

By Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly (Illustrator), S. K. Ali (With)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316519007
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school--and two sisters on one's first day of hijab--by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad.

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Count Me In (Hardcover)

By Varsha Bajaj
$16.99
ISBN: 9780525517245
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 27th, 2019

An uplifting story, told through the alternating voices of two middle-schoolers, in which a community rallies to reject racism.

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Some Places More Than Others (Hardcover)

By Renée Watson
$16.99
ISBN: 9781681191089
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Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - September 3rd, 2019

From Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring middle-grade novel about finding deep roots and exploring the past, the present, and the places that make us who we are.

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AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet: (Children’s Environment Books, Unique Children’s Series, Children’s Action and Adventure Graphic Novels, Emergent Readers Chapter Books) (Hardcover)

By Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781452171197
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Published: Chronicle Books - September 10th, 2019

"Jon Scieszka, the groundbreaking storyteller and master of wit, brings us a smart and hilarious adventure. AstroNuts doesn't just break new ground-it breaks outer space! Brilliant." — Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series

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Free Lunch (Hardcover)

By Rex Ogle
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324003601
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Published: Norton Young Readers - September 10th, 2019
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Permanent Record (Hardcover)

By Mary H. K. Choi
$18.99
ISBN: 9781534445970
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 3rd, 2019

From the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, which Rainbow Rowell called “smart and funny,” comes an unforgettable new romance about how social media influences relationships every day.

On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn’t have a whole lot going for him.

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Frankly in Love (Hardcover)

By David Yoon
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984812209
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - September 10th, 2019

"I loved, loved, LOVED this book." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

"Big-hearted, honest, hilarious, and achingly romantic." —Adam Silvera, New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at The End
 

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Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1) (Paperback)

By Evie Dunmore
$15.00
ISBN: 9781984805683
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Published: Berkley - September 3rd, 2019

"There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing such a man brought to his knees by a beautiful woman with nothing to her name except an inviolable sense of her own self-worth."—NPR

A Most Anticipated Fall Release for Bustle, Refinery29, and Publishers Weekly!

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The Secrets We Kept: A novel (Hardcover)

By Lara Prescott
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525656159
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Published: Knopf - September 3rd, 2019

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK

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Red at the Bone: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jacqueline Woodson
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525535270
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 17th, 2019

"Gorgeous, moving…A story of love—romantic and familial—and alienation, grief and triumph, disaster and survival." —Nylon
 

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Heaven, My Home (A Highway 59 Mystery #2) (Hardcover)

By Attica Locke
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316363402
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Published: Mulholland Books - September 17th, 2019

One of Entertainment Weekly's Biggest Books of Fall 2019

In this "captivating" crime novel (People) by the award-winning author of Bluebird, Bluebird, Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is on the hunt for a missing boy -- but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target

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This Tender Land: A Novel (Hardcover)

By William Kent Krueger
$27.00
ISBN: 9781476749297
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Published: Atria Books - September 3rd, 2019

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade

A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace.

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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death (Hardcover)

By Caitlin Doughty, Dianne Ruz (Illustrator)
$25.95
ISBN: 9780393652703
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 10th, 2019

Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral?

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The Plateau (Hardcover)

By Maggie Paxson
$28.00
ISBN: 9781594634758
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 13th, 2019

During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?