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  • The Davenports
    Krystal Marquis
    Hardcover: 01/31/2023
     
    The first in a breathless YA series set in 1910 Chicago, The Davenports offers a glimpse into a period of ...
  • Other People's Children
    R.J. Hoffmann
    Paperback: 04/05/2022
     
    A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother ...
  • Curious Toys
    Elizabeth Hand
    Paperback: 09/29/2020
     
    An intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and ...
  • Courting Mr. Lincoln
    Louis Bayard
    Paperback: 02/11/2020
     
    From the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the page-turning...
  • The Place Between Breaths
    An Na
    Paperback: 03/26/2019
     
    From master storyteller and Printz Award–winning author An Na comes a dark, intensely moving story of a ...
  • Love, Hate and Other Filters
    Samira Ahmed
    Paperback: 01/08/2019
     
    In this unforgettable debut, a Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, ...
  • If We Were Villains
    M L. Rio
    Paperback: 04/17/2018
     
    Intelligent, thrilling, and richly detailed, If We Were Villains is a captivating story of the enduring power ...

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