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By: Lawton, Wendy
Ransom’s Mark: A Story Based on the Life of the Pioneer Olive Oatman
$8.99PaperbackRead moreDaughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
When 13-year-old Olive Oatman’s wagon train is raided by outlaw Yavapai Indians, she and her sister are captured. After enduring ha
- Series: Daughters of the Faith
- Author: Lawton, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0802436382
- Language: English
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By: Lawton, Wendy
Courage to Run: A Story Based on the Life of Young Harriet Tubman
$9.99PaperbackRead moreDaughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
Harriet Tubman was born a slave on a Maryland plantation in the 1800’s. She trusts in God, but her faith is tested at every turn. S
- Series: Daughters of the Faith
- Author: Lawton, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0802440983
- Language: English
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By: Fuentes, Carlos
Aquiles O El Guerrillero Y El Asesino / Achilles or the Warrior and the Murderer
$18.95PaperbackRead moreLa breve y extraordinaria historia de Carlos Pizarro es la de un h?roe tr?gico. Recio, imbatible, lleno de cualidades, Pizarro pas? de la militancia comunista a la guerrilla, y de ah? a la amnist?a y … [more below]
- Author: Fuentes, Carlos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 6073810245
- Language: Spanish
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By: Taibo, Benito
Corazonadas / Hunches
$9.95PaperbackAdd to cartSi te gust? Persona normal, amar?s las Corazonadas que el t?o Paco le obsequia a Sebasti?n.
Encontr? la caja por pura casualidad; era peque?a y estaba firmemente atada con un cordel azul. Con marcador
- Author: Taibo, Benito
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 06 2016
- ISBN10: 6070736311
- Language: Spanish
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By: Coetzee, J. M.
Life & Times of Michael K
$16.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom author of Waiting for the Barbarians and Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee.
J.M. Coetzee’s latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be availa- Author: Coetzee, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: January 08 1985
- ISBN10: 0140074481
- Language: English
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By: Wright, Camron
The Rent Collector: Adapted for Young Readers from the Best-Selling Novel
$17.99HardcoverAdd to cartBased on true events.
Sang Ly lives at Cambodia’s city dump and is grateful she can help earn a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things which can be repaired and- Author: Wright, Camron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 162972985X
- Language: English
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By: Byrne, Paula
Six Weeks by the Sea
$28.95HardcoverAdd to cartA vivid historical novel about Jane Austen that explores a question that has fascinated Janeites for years–Austen wrote some of the greatest love stories in existence, but did she ever fall in love? … [more below]
- Author: Byrne, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1639369252
- Language: English
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By: Tea, Michelle
Valencia
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartAn anarchic and unflinching cult novel “charged with reflection, anger, and the feeling of being alive” (Village Voice), tracing a year of love and lust in San Francisco’s lesbian underground, with a … [more below]
- Author: Tea, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606779
- Language: English
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The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty
$20.95PaperbackAdd to cart“Fans of Paula McLain and Marie Benedict will enjoy this insightful novel.”– Kirkus Reviews
“Micklewait provides a jewel box of a book illustrating that none of us invented the fight for a singularly c
- Author: Mickelwait, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888246917
- Language: English
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By: Rozo, Allison
Diego Fuego the Firefighting Dragon
$18.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn this hilarious and heartwarming picture book, a young dragon learns to celebrate the unique icy powers that set him apart from his fire-breathing family and becomes a hero!
Diego Fuego lives on the- Author: Rozo, Allison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0593750322
- Language: English
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By: Goodman, Eric
Mother of Bourbon: The Greatest American Whiskey Story Never Told
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe outrageously inspiring story of the most successful and influential woman distiller of Kentucky Bourbon that nobody’s heard…until now! Introducing Mary Dowling, Mother of Bourbon.
“Unsung bourbo- Author: Goodman, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888458129
- Language: English
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By: Tottenham, John
Service
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartA darkly comic novel set on the lower slopes of the Los Angeles literary world.
I stepped out to behold a crimson-streaked sky that would soon be adorning ten thousand Instagram posts, and walked down- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Tottenham, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1635902495
- Language: English
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By: Prasad, Chandra
Breathe the Sky: A Novel Inspired by the Life of Amelia Earhart
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartAmelia Earhart disappeared from the world’s radar in the 1930s, but she has not been forgotten. Breathe the Sky is a fresh and provocative portrait of the legendary pilot whose courage and charisma ha… [more below]
- Author: Prasad, Chandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1932279393
- Language: English
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Fresh, Green Life
$15.95PaperbackAdd to cartAfter a year of self-imposed exile, a young writer attends a New Year’s Eve party in hopes of reconnecting with old classmates in a blackly humorous tale set on a single snowy night
After experiencing- Author: Castillo, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1593767919
- Language: English
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By: B?lem, Ga?lle
The Rarest Fruit
$24.00HardcoverAdd to cartGa?lle B?lem’s The Rarest Fruit is a captivating tale of resilience, discovery, and the untold stories behind a beloved flavor.
Set in 19th-century La R?union, this novel follows Edmond Albius, a young
- Author: B?lem, Ga?lle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889660996
- Language: English
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By: Couture, Emily
The Bird and the Whale: A Story of Unlikely Friendship
$16.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe Bird and the Whale is the story of an unlikely friendship between two strangers. Birds explore the skies while whales roam the seas. At first glance it might seem the two creatures have nothing in
- Author: Couture, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1736523406
- Language: English
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By: Flower, Amanda
To Slip the Bonds of Earth: A Riveting Mystery Based on a True History
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartInspired by the real-life sister of the Wright Brothers!
While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especi… [more below]- Author: Flower, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1496756096
- Language: English
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By: Cleary, Beverly
My Own Two Feet
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartTold in her own words, My Own Two Feet is Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary’s second heartfelt and relatable memoir.
The New Yorker called Beverly Cleary’s first volume of memoirs, A Girl Fro
- Author: Cleary, Beverly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0380727463
- Language: English
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By: Martin, Amelia
A Promise: A Sweeping Story of Friendship in WWII
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn the turbulent aftermath of World War I, Germany is a nation reeling from hardship and chaos.
Here, three friends-Elisabeth, Adam, and Hannah-find comfort in each other as they grow up in these chal
- Author: Martin, Amelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990093416
- Language: English
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By: Richards, Diane
Ella
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgeral
- Author: Richards, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0063338521
- Language: English

















