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Adult-YA Crossover
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Search results: The best new books - Books that are targeted at adults but are likely to be of interest/suitable for teens
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Huge
by James Fuerst
Paperback: 7 Jul 2009
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| Life hasn’t been easy for Eugene “Huge” Smalls. But it’s not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective, and he’s just been hired to solve his first case. What he doesn’t realize is that his search for the truth will change everything for him. |
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
by Rose George
Hardcover: Oct 2008
Paperback: 7 Jul 2009
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| An utterly original exploration of the world of human waste that will surprise, outrage—and entertain |
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
by Stacey O'Brien
Hardcover: Aug 2008
Paperback: 2 Jun 2009
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| When biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl with nerve damage in one wing, she knew he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild, so gave him a permanent home living with her. This is the funny, poignant story of their two decades together. |
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Breath: A Novel
by Tim Winton
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 26 May 2009
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| Breath is an extraordinary evocation of an adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one’s limits against nature, finding like-minded souls, and discovering just how far one breath will take you. It’s a story of extremes—extreme sports and extreme emotions. |
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Before I Die
by Jenny Downham
Hardcover: Sep 2007
Paperback: 26 May 2009
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| The story of Tessa, a young teenage girl who has only months to live ... a brilliantly crafted novel, heartbreaking yet life-affirming. |
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Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Hardcover: Apr 2008
Paperback: 28 Apr 2009
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| Troy has fallen and Rome is a tiny village by the seven hills. Lavinia, daughter of a local king, has lived in peace and freedom until suitors come seeking her hand, and a foreign fleet sails up the Tiber. Now, she tells the story Vergil left untold - her story, her life, and the love of her life. |
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The King's Rifle: A Novel
by Biyi Bandele
Paperback: 1 Apr 2009
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Taut and immediate, at once somber and exhilarating, The King's Rifle is the first novel to depict the experiences of black African soldiers fighting in Asia in the Second World War.
First published in the UK as Burma Boy. |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Hardcover: Sep 2007
Paperback: 1 Mar 2009
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| The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, based on the author's own experiences, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. |
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