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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County : A Novel
by Tiffany Baker
Hardcover: Jan 2009
Paperback: 25 Jan 2010
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A multi-generational tale with many dark aspects and a touch of witchcraft, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County is the story of Truly - a girl grown massive due to a pituitary problem. Reviled and brought up in poverty, Truly finds her calling and a future that none expected.

The Outlander
by Gil Adamson
Hardcover: Apr 2008
Paperback: 30 Jun 2009
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In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow—and her husband's killer.

The Likeness : A Novel
by Tana French
Hardcover: Jul 2008
Paperback: 26 May 2009
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The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods.

Ghostwalk
by Rebecca Stott
Hardcover: May 2007
Paperback: 3 Jun 2008
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Filled with evocative descriptions of Cambridge, past and present, of seventeenth-century glassmaking, alchemy, the Great Plague, and Newton’s scientific innovations, Ghostwalk centers around a real historical mystery that Rebecca Stott has uncovered involving Newton’s alchemy.

The Austere Academy : Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5
by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover: Aug 2000
Paperback: 1 Apr 2008
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Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are at first optimistic--attending school is a welcome change for the book-loving trio, and the academy is allegedly safe from the dreaded Count Olaf, who is after their fortune.

The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
Hardcover: Sep 2006
Paperback: 9 Oct 2007
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A love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.

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