Little Vampire

Author	Jessica Love
ISBN	0763690457

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their...

Author	Gretchen McNeil
ISBN	1368010024

@doctorfusionbebop: Some 17 y. o. chick named Dee Guerrera was just sent to Alcatraz 2.0 for killing her stepsister. So, how long do you think she'll last?

@morrisdavis72195: I hope she meets justice! She'll get what's coming to her! BWAHAHA!

@EltonJohnForevzz: Me? I think Dee's...

Author

Molly Dektar

When a young woman leaves her family—and the civilized world—to join an off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this lush and searing debut novel.

At nineteen, Berie encounters a seductive and mysterious man at...

Author	Mai K. Nguyen
ISBN	1620105632

A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author/illustrator Mai K. Nguyen!

Willow loves the woods near her house. They’re calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away. When her emotions get the better of...

Author	Bob Shea
ISBN	1368009441

You remember Unicorn. You know, Goat's friend? The one who can fly, make it rain cupcakes, and turn things into gold? On the first day of school, Unicorn expects to make his usual big splash. But no one pays him much attention--the other kids are much more interested in the latest trend in toys: rubber bands...

Author	Shaun David Hutchinson
ISBN	1481498541

Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth.

This can be scientifically explained (it’s called parthenogenesis), but what can’t be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she’s had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking...

Author	Ken Follett
ISBN	0330345052

”One does not marry art. One ravishes it.”
---Edgar Degas

Dee Sleign is hanging out in small cafes, exploring fussy, tucked away museums, and doinking, like she invented sex, an older, richer boyfriend.

She is having the Paris experience.

She isn’t sure what...

Author	Aminder Dhaliwal
ISBN	1770463356

The hilarious and wildly popular instagram comic about a world with no men

With her startling humor, it’s no surprise that Aminder Dhaliwal’s web comic Woman World has a devoted audience of more than 150,000 readers, updated biweekly with each installment earning an average of 25,000...

Author	Ken Follett
ISBN	0451213092

The #1 International Bestseller now in trade paperback—with 16 pages of photos.Number-one bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring, true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1979, and of the unconventional means Ross Perot used to save his countrymen.

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Author	Lorena Alvarez Gomez
ISBN	1910620343

I had expected this to be a tale about environmental conservation, specifically wetlands. To some degree, it is, but that degree is small. This is more about the power of imagination and creation, the ability to bring life and passion into your projects, to grow something bigger than you. And also about...

Author	Lorena Alvarez Gomez
ISBN	1910620130

Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in little Sandy's bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings. When a mysterious new girl appears at school, Sandy's drawings are...

Author	Charles Simic
ISBN	0062908480

An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic

Irreverent and sly, observant and keenly imagined, Come Closer and Listen is the latest work from one of our most beloved poets. With his trademark sense of humor, open-hearted empathy, and perceptive...

Author	Kore Yamazaki
ISBN	4800007941

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We first meet Chise, chained by the neck and wrists being passed over to her new owner, a bone-headed mage whose name she learns later is Elias. A penniless orphan sold on the black market she learns about herself, the magical world filled...

Author

Sam Payne

It all began with the storm…

i watched you
pull our fading sun
down from the sky
and carry it away
over the horizon
as it was replaced
with a storm

Sam Payne’s debut poetry collection, this boy is a rainbow, tells a raw and touching story of gay love, heartbreak,...

Author

Megan Linski

Words cannot describe the emotions I feel right now after reading Webs & Roses. This collection of poetry is truly, truly amazing. And is truly a gift for anyone struggling in life. The poems contained within these pages have shed some light on areas where I'm personally struggling and have showed...

Author	Lee Israel
ISBN	1416588671

Now a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthy—Lee Israel’s hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Noel Coward, and many...

Author	Stephen McCranie
ISBN	1506708439

A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years.

To Amy, everyone has a flavor. For instance, Doctor Kim is like chamomile tea with lemon.

Amy...

Author	Ken Follett
ISBN	0451210468

I was expecting to enjoy this book a lot more! After all, this novel has been written by Ken Follett – the author of my favorite The Eye of the Needle. Unfortunately, I found the book to be pretty mediocre.

Anyway, the story revolves around the love triangle involving Jane, a spirited English...