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by Ron Rash
Published Jul 2024
Read ReviewsTold against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and ...
by Jennifer Longo
Published Jan 2016
Read ReviewsDarkly humorous and heart-wrenchingly beautiful, Jennifer Longo's YA debut about a girl stuck living in a cemetery will change the way you look at life, death, and love.
by Kenneth Calhoun
Published Jan 2015
Read ReviewsFor fans of The Age of Miracles and The Dog Stars, Black Moon is a hallucinatory and stunning debut that Charles Yu calls "Gripping and expertly constructed."
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
Published Jun 2014
Read ReviewsThis bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...
by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsWildwood is a spellbinding tale full of wonder, danger, and magic that juxtaposes the thrill of a secret world and modern city life.
by Brian Selznick
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsPlaying with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.
by Derek Landy
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsMeet Skulduggery Pleasant: Ace Detective, Snappy Dresser, Razortongued Wit, Crackerjack Sorcerer, and, Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton! It is up to him and Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old, to save the world.....
by Sally Gardner
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsSeamlessly meshing fact and fantasy, the author composes a suspenseful masterpiece that will have audience members gladly suspending their disbelief. Ages 10-up.
by Lemony Snicket
Published Sep 2004
Read ReviewsIn their desperate search for something lost, the Baudelaire children encounter new and terrible horrors, including mushrooms, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing. Ages 9+.
by Philip Ardagh
Published Sep 2003
Read ReviewsThis hilarious historical spoof, the first in the Eddie Dickens trilogy, has been called "a scrumptious cross between Dickens and Monty Python. Ages 9+.
Castaways of The Flying Dutchman
by Brian Jacques
Published Feb 2002
Read ReviewsThe Flying Dutchman! The legend of the wind-tattered ghost ship and its mad sea Captain, cursed to sail the seas forever, has been passed down throughout the centuries. But what of the young boy and his dog who were trapped aboard that ship? What became of them?
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