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Dora: A Headcase By Lidia Yuknavitch, Chuck Palahniuk (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Lidia Yuknavitch, Chuck Palahniuk (Introduction by)
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ISBN: 9780983477570
Published: Hawthorne Books - August 7th, 2012

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Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles #1) By Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9780062024688
Published: Balzer + Bray - August 30th, 2011

This childrens' story is filled with fantasy and adventure.  Prue's little brother gets kidnapped and taken into the impassable wilderness.  She and her friend Curtis going after him.  Their world is turned upside downside when meet an army of coyotes, talking birds and the Dowager Governess.  The chase begins and finding Prue's brother isn't as easy as she thought it would be.  The chase becomes an adventure neither Curtis or Prue will forget. - Heather


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The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780385534635
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Published: Doubleday - September 13th, 2011

This is one of the most imaginative, mysterious and entertaining books I've ever read. I waited for weeks for the circus to appear after I finished reading. Once you enter the enchanting world of Celia & Marco you are taken to a place with black & white tents, caramel corn, contortionists, and magic clocks. It seems around every bend there are more surprises, but it seems the biggest surprises happen outside the circus. - Heather


When Parents Text: So Much Said...So Little Understood By Sophia Fraioli, Lauren Kaelin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780761166047
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Workman Publishing Company - September 1st, 2011

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River House: A Memoir By Sarahlee Lawrence Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780982569139
Published: Tin House Books - October 1st, 2010

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Museum of Thieves (The Keepers) By Lian Tanner Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780375859786
Published: Yearling - May 10th, 2011

Goldie enters a world so unknown to her she stumbles at first, not sure when to trust herself. But, as she starts to understand the chaos she becomes the heroine the town of Jewel needs. Tanner pulls you through a maze of made up creatures, moving walls, good and evil in this first book of the Keepers Trilogy.

--Heather


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The Chronology of Water: A Memoir By Lidia Yuknavitch, Chelsea Cain (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Lidia Yuknavitch, Chelsea Cain (Introduction by)
$20.95
ISBN: 9780979018831
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Published: Hawthorne Books - April 12th, 2011

Lidia Yuknatictch writes with paiful honesty. She hangs herslef out to dry, throws herself under the bus, calls herself our for the mistakes she's made and comes to some uncomfortable conclusions. This book exposes her life in raw, brutal frankness. She admits to the reader things I can only imagine took years to admit to herself. Some of it is very matter-of-fact, other pieces are more reluctant but with all if it she bravely lets us in. 

She has a very lyrical style, her words move like water along the page. Yuknacitch has created a very inspiring book about the things we do to feel, love, forget, survive, and live.

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Mink River By Brian Doyle Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780870715853
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Published: Oregon State University Press - October 1st, 2010

This book reads like a river. It sounds like a river. It moves like a river. You takes some sections fast, others very slowly taking note of every detail. 

You get to know the town of Neawanaka and residents as if they were your neighbors. 

The language is beautiful and its impossible to put down. One of the best books I've ever read!

--Heather Recommends


The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9780375842207
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - September 11th, 2007

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The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold By Gretel Ehrlich Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400034352
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Published: Vintage - November 8th, 2005

This book is written beautifully. It not only tells the author's journey
into the cold, but it addresses issues about our rapidly changing
climate and what happens when the icebergs start melting just a little
bit faster. She explores what losing winter might mean for the entire
world, from plants to animals and humans to ice.

- Heather