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Fiction

The Girl Behind the Gates

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Inspired by true events: In 1939, 17-year-old Nora is labeled a moral defective and institutionalized. Decades later, can psychiatrist Janet help Nora overcome her past? “A haunting, heart-wrenching but ultimately heartwarming novel told in beautiful prose” (USA Today bestselling author Gill Thompson).

Action and Adventure

The Four Symbols

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With Europe on the brink of collapse, a secret Nazi organization seeks sacred treasures with occult powers to help them establish the Third Reich. And to defeat Germany, British operatives embark on a globe-spanning race to track down the relics first… A fast-paced adventure for fans of Dan Brown!

Animals

As Silver Is to the Moon

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For fifteen-year-old Teavan Laurent and his older sister Suzanne, Santa Isadora seemed like a sleepy and idyllic California town to…

21st Century

Begin Again

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This New York Times bestseller traces the cycles of America’s relationship to race and civil rights through the career of celebrated author James Baldwin. “Powerful and elegant… Glaude weaves together a biography, a meditation, a literary analysis, and a moral essay on America” (Walter Isaacson).