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A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
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by Rhiannon Navin
Published Feb 2019
Read ReviewsFor fans of Room and the novels of Jodi Picoult, a dazzling, tenderhearted debut about healing, family, and the exquisite wisdom of children, narrated by a six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts, and the quietest voices speak the loudest.
by Tom McAllister
Published Apr 2018
Read ReviewsWe Need to Talk about Kevin meets Dept. of Speculation in a novel about one woman's furious grappling with the repercussions of small-town tragedy.
by Carolyn Parkhurst
Published Jun 2017
Read ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel, a taut, emotionally wrenching story of how a seemingly "normal" family could become desperate enough to leave everything behind and move to a "family camp" in New Hampshire - a life-changing experience that alters them forever.
by Neil Smith
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsHilarious and heartwarming, poignant and profound, Boo is a unique look at the bonds of friendship in what is, ultimately, a book about finding your place in the world - be it this one, or the next.
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
by Meg Medina
Published Aug 2014
Read ReviewsIn Meg Medina's compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school - and must discover resources she never knew she had.
by Kelly Braffet
Published May 2014
Read ReviewsA gripping novel full of suspense and pathos that Dennis Lehane calls an "electrifying, tomahawk missile of a thriller."
by William Landay
Published Feb 2013
Read ReviewsAward-winning author William Landay has written the consummate novel of an embattled family in crisis - a suspenseful, character-driven mystery that is also a spellbinding tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying speed at which our lives can spin out of control.
by Noah Hawley
Published Jan 2013
Read ReviewsAn intense, psychological novel about one doctor's suspense-filled quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his twenty-year old son.
by Lisa Scottoline
Published Feb 2012
Read ReviewsSave Me will have readers wondering just how far they would go to save the ones they love. Lisa Scottoline is writing about real issues that resonate with real women, and the results are emotional, heartbreaking and honest.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
by Nancy Pickard
Published Feb 2011
Read ReviewsEngrossing, lyrical, and suspenseful, The Scent of Rain and Lightning captures the essence of small-town Americaits heartfelt intimacy and its darkest secretswhere through struggle and hardship people still dare to hope for a better future. For Jody Linder, maybe even love.
by Cammie McGovern
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsAdam, a nine-year-old autistic boy, is discovered hiding near to the body of his murdered classmate. Now the police are relying on Adam as the only witness to an appalling crime. But he can't tell the police what he sawor what he heard. Barely verbal on the best of days, Adam has retreated into a silent world that Cara, his mother, knows only...
by Rosalind Wiseman, Elizabeth Rapoport
Published Feb 2007
Read ReviewsEssential reading for parents today. Offering us the tools to become wiser, more relaxed parents and the inspiration to speak out, act according to our values, show humility, and set the kind of example that will make a real difference in our children's lives.
by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté
Published Aug 2006
Read ReviewsThe concepts, principles and practical advice contained in Hold On to Your Kids will empower parents to satisfy their childrens inborn need to find direction by turning towards a source of authority, contact and warmth.
by Lionel Shriver
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsEva never really wanted to be a motherand certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered fellow high-school friends and staff in a horrific rampage. Two years later, it is time for Eva to come to terms with her life and the decisions she made.
by John Searles
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsBeautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget.
by Yi Munyol
Published Feb 2001
Read ReviewsThis riveting allegory starts as a simple power play within a children's classroom, but turns into a chilling tale about the lust for power and desperate need for acceptance that reside within us all.
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