Follow Me to Ground
by Sue Rainsford
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Ada and her father are human-like beings who age slowly and possess the power to heal all illness. From their home on the edge of an unnamed village, the pair treat Cures&#...
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Dean Muscat
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Beyond the Book: Mythical Healers
The central characters in Follow Me To Ground are two human-like beings with mystical powers to heal all illnesses and even resurrect the dead. It seems we have forever been fascinated by the magic of healing and the ability to cheat our own ... Beyond the Book
Children of the Land
by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
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In this exquisitely crafted memoir, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo describes coming of age as a young man and a poet. His childhood is complicated by being born in Zacatecas, ...
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Karen Lewis
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Beyond the Book: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
In his memoir Children of the Land, author Marcelo Hernandez Castillo recounts applying for and receiving DACA. This is a temporary immigration status that alleviates some of his worst fears about being deported as an undocumented college student. ... Beyond the Book
A Good Neighborhood
by Therese Anne Fowler
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After fictionalized biographies of Zelda Fitzgerald (Z, 2013) and Alva Vanderbilt (A Well-Behaved Woman, 2018), Therese Anne Fowler has returned to the kind of contemporary ...
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Rebecca Foster
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Beyond the Book: Tree Law in the United States
In Therese Anne Fowler's A Good Neighborhood, a lawsuit over a tree precipitates a series of tragic events. It is not uncommon for a tree to be the basis of a dispute between neighbors. Fallen trees or branches often affect neighbors, but remain the ... Beyond the Book
Little Gods
by Meng Jin
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Little Gods, Meng Jin's intricate, emotionally intelligent debut, opens with a scene in which physicist Su Lan gives birth in Beijing in 1989. Through the eyes of a ...
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Rachel Hullett
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Beyond the Book: The Tiananmen Square Massacre
One of the largest public squares in the world, Tiananmen Square lies in the heart of Beijing. It's named after a monumental gate built in the 1400s leading into the Forbidden City; Tiananmen means 'Gate of Heavenly Place.' Despite the serene ... Beyond the Book
Father of Lions
by Louise Callaghan
A true-to-life narrative of one man's remarkable quest to save the Mosul Zoo.
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The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
The chilling new novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.
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American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
"American Dirt is a Grapes of Wrath for our times."
—Don Winslow
The Lost Family
by Libby Copeland
A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives.
Set in France and America, News of Our Loved Ones is a haunting and intimate examination ...
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Jordan Lynch
This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book ...
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Jordan Lynch
The new and exciting historical thriller by Lyndsay Faye, which follows Alice "Nobody" ...
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This is nonfiction: the true story of the evacuation of the Mosul Zoo. Imad, also known as Abu Laith which means Father of Lions, is a car mechanic and the self-...
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