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The Flamingo: A Graphic Novel Chapter Book By Guojing Cover Image
By Guojing
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593127315
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Published: Random House Studio - September 27th, 2022

A wonderful tale of adventure, imagination and intergenerational friendship. The joyful story (almost wordless) behind a found flamingo father is sure to enchant any creative child (and their grandparent who may live at a distance). Absolutely glorious art.


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Vigil Harbor: A Novel By Julia Glass Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781101870389
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Published: Pantheon - May 3rd, 2022

Set in a seaside town north of Boston, the life of sailing and yacht club parties brims with tension--from rising sea levels and ecoterrorism to the dissolution of marriages and children struggling to "find their place." Then two strangers arrive in town to further disrupt matters. Glass expertly weaves a tale of unfolding secrets through spot-on narrative voices.


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Groundskeeping: A novel By Lee Cole Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593314784
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Published: Vintage - February 14th, 2023

Can life be what you want it to be, how you create it in your art? How do you hold love and anger with empathy? This striking debut novel depicts the coming-of-age of a writer against the backdrop of a love story and family ties. Cole writes with such immediacy, you are perched right on his shoulder! A real-deal debut, and an author to watch!


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Kin: A Memoir By Shawna Kay Rodenberg Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635579345
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - August 30th, 2022

A totally absorbing story from one born and raised (mostly) in Appalachian coal country where tragedies come out of nowhere and generations love their mothers and fight with their fathers. This magnetic memoir of finding identity, power, and freedom is filled with sentences that shimmer. I didn't want it to end!


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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter By Ben Goldfarb Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781603589086
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company - March 8th, 2019

Fantastic nature writing about...the fascinating beaver. They are architects, engineers and family-oriented, They also represent a profound part of our natural history and ecology--both our history and our present.


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Last Night at the Telegraph Club By Malinda Lo Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9780525555278
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - December 28th, 2021

A beautiful historical novel in which a young woman coming of age in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1950s does not follow the model life of marriage and family, as expected from her community. Lily's journey to self-confidence and finding unexpected love with her classmate Kathleen is layered and thoughtful. Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature!