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A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream—the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy
New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award • An ALA Notable Book
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New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award • An ALA Notable Book
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Hogarth
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Siem Sigerius is a beloved, brilliant professor of mathematics with a promising future in politics. His family-including a loving wife, two gorgeous, intelligent stepdaughters, and a successful future son-in-law-and carefully appointed home in the bucolic countryside complete the portrait of a comfortable, morally upright household. But there are elements of Siem's past that threaten to upend the peace and stability that he has achieved, and when...
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Violet Mackerel books volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Violet finds a special way to cope with moving to a new home after Mama marries Vincent.
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English
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During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
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Maggie Brooklyn mysteries volume 1
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English
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In Brooklyn, New York, twelve-year-old dog-walker Maggie, aided by her twin brother Finn and best friend Lucy, investigates someone she believes is stealing pets.
7) Liar & spy
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English
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Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
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Willoughbys volume 1
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English
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In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
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Stella Batts volume 1
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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When a classmate makes fun of her name, eight-year-old Stella picks a new one for herself, but discovers that the name she abandoned suits her just fine.
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The Penderwicks volume 5
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English
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The Penderwick family return to Arundel for Rosalind's wedding, but Lydia, who has only heard stories of the grand estate, is eager to explore the place where her older siblings had endless adventures.
15) Catch that baby!
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Everyone from Mom to Grandpa joins the chase when baby Rudy decides he does not want to get dressed after his bath.
16) You wish
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Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Kayla McHenry's life is transformed when a wish on her sixteenth birthday comes true--along with all of her previous birthday wishes, beginning with the appearance of a pink pony.
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Clarice Bean novels volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
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When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old London Lane forgets everything each night and must use notes to struggle through the day, even to recall her wonderful boyfriend, but she "remembers" future events and as her "flashforwards" become more disturbing she realizes she must learn more about the past lest it destroy her future.
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