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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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Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
Hardcover: Mar 2007
Paperback: 5 Feb 2008
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| Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens -- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. |
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Just In Case
by Meg Rosoff
Hardcover: Aug 2006
Paperback: 29 Jan 2008
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| After his younger brother narrowly avoids a serious fall, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. He changes his name, assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love. |
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The Collaborator of Bethlehem: An Omar Yussef Mystery
by Matt Beynon Rees
Hardcover: Feb 2007
Paperback: 1 Jan 2008
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| For decades, Omar Yussef has been a teacher of history to the children of Bethlehem. When a favorite former pupil is arrested for collaborating with the Israelis, Omar is sure he has been framed. Then the wife of the dead man, also one of Omar Yussef’s former pupils, is murdered, possibly raped. And, as no one else will, it is up to him to investigate. |
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The Dead Fathers Club
by Matt Haig
Hardcover: Feb 2007
Paperback: 18 Dec 2007
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| A ghost story with a twist—a suspenseful and poignantly funny update of the Hamlet story. |
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The Blue Sky: A Novel
by Galsan Tschinag
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 28 Nov 2007
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| In the high Altai Mountains of northern Mongolia, the nomadic Tuvan people’s ancient way of life collides with the pervasive influence of modernity as seen through the eyes of a young shepherd boy. |
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable
by John Boyne
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 23 Oct 2007
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| Germany 1942: Bruno's family moves to a new house, where he he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own. Their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. |
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 11 Sep 2007
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| A story about, among other things: A girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Ruby Award. |
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The Killer's Tears
by Anne-Laure Bondoux
Hardcover: Feb 2006
Paperback: 28 May 2007
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| Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos’ farmhouse. He kills the farmer and his wife, but he spares their child, Paolo. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile. |
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