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Twisted

by Lola Smirnova

Twisted, by Lola Smirnova, is a suspenseful new-adult novel. It tells the story of a young Ukrainian girl named Julia, whose family is struck with poverty after the fall of the Soviet Union. Her two older sisters leave home and become sex workers, glossing over the more distasteful aspects of their occupation, planting the seeds of both curiosity and greed in young Julia. She eventually finds the lure of easy money too beguiling and begins her journey into the darker aspects of drug abuse, dr... more

Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold: Book One of the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series

by Iain Reading

Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold is the thrilling first installment in a new series of adventure mystery stories that are one part travel, one part history and five parts adventure. This first installment of the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series introduces Kitty Hawk, an intrepid teenage pilot with her own De Havilland Beaver seaplane and a nose for mystery and intrigue. A cross between Amelia Earhart, Nancy Drew and Pippi Longstocking, Kitty is a quirky young heroine with boun... more

The Clean Little Pig/El Cochinito Limpio

by Mary Esparza-Vela/A. M. Vela

A BILINGUAL BOOK: A little pig named Jiggles does not like to get dirty and panics every time his parents try to get him to play in the mud with his siblings. He considers mud gross and full of germs. Can he overcome his phobia? (A read-aloud story for children 4-9 years of age) A un cochinito llamado Jiggles no le gusta ensuciarse y le da pánico cada vez que sus padres tratan de convencerlo de jugar en el lodo con sus hermanitos. ¿Podrá superar su fobia? (Un libro para leer en voz a... more

Finding Buddha: A Novel

by Jay Chalnick

Five-year-old Hubert “Bode” Price is too young to recognize his life’s purpose, but one thing is certain: people have been searching for him since the day he was born. Narrated by his father, Finding Buddha follows Bode on a cross-country road trip complete with spectacular hikes, encounters with Mexican drug lords, and intimate conversations about love, loss, life, death, and rebirth. As Bode struggles to remember the mother he never knew, his father discovers what she left him: a boy in her... more

Jala and the Wolves

by Marti Dumas

Have you ever dreamed of being a wolf? Jala has. And she thinks her magical mother has found a way to make her dream come true. Her mother won’t actually come right out and say she is magic. That’s not how magic works. But Jala knows magic when she sees it, so she is not a bit surprised when a mysterious mirror appears in her room one day. Like Alice’s looking glass, the mirror opens a portal to a new world. A world of wolves.

On Being There . . . when death is salvation

by B. W. Van Riper

After months of failing health and anguishing twists and turns in her medical situation, Liz learned that her fate was sealed. Every avenue of hope was closed to her. Doctors gave what they could. But the couldn't give Liz hope. Mortally ill is Liz. Her disease is not only terminal, but her time is short. She is inspired to take control of her own fate/with stipulations. She wants to end her life in her own way surrounded by her dear friends. The moral support of fast friends, th... more

Chihuahuas Like Cheese

by Janice Wills Kingsbury

Bogie, the Chihuahua, tries his best to act like the big dogs. But even though Bogie thinks and acts big, he's beginning to feel like he doesn't get his fair share of things. One of the bigger dogs always gets there first. What bothers him most is he is the last dog to get cheese, his favorite thing in the whole world. One day, while vacationing in Duck, North Carolina, a series of events occurs that will change Bogie's life and way of thinking forever!

Once We Were Friends

by Bryan Mooney

It was summer, 1959. It was a different time, a quieter and gentler time. America was at peace or rather it was a time between wars. For Davey Malloy it was the start of summertime, a week after Memorial Day and days after his twelfth birthday. He now had his freedom and the entire summer to do whatever he wanted. He and his best friends Timmy and Sunny were free to go hiking, fishing, biking, swimming, and exploring. They would have a grand old time but that summer would turn out different than... more

iGeneration 2.1

by Eusebio Sandoval

Coleccionista de Almas

by Bertha Jacobson

This book is in Spanish and was a finalist in the International Latino Book Awards under 'first books' in Spanish. Con imaginación, destreza y una pizca de sarcasmo, Bertha Jacobson nos transporta hasta un pequeño pueblo fronterizo de México donde Aurora Legarreta, la hija del dueño de la funeraria, relata los sueños y anhelos de su gente. Algunos viven allí, otros han cruzado la frontera para buscar el Sueño Americano. En quince cuentos entrañables, viajamos a lo largo de un siglo para darnos ... more

Seven Viking Days

by Lee Cuesta

Viking tales of Woden, Thor, Frigg, Saturn and more fill this book. From these tales, Vikings named the days of our week. Seven Viking Days engages children, parents and grandparents with vibrant, unique illustrations while telling these stories in the context of Viking lifestyle and society. It is a conversation between Sun and the Viking boy, Canute, and reinforces the correct sequence of the days. The authentic origins of our days’ names resulted sole... more

Not To Mention a Nice Life

by Sean Murphy

Byron is a real piece of work in progress: old enough to own his own condo, young enough to be unmarried but understand he’s not getting any younger. Between the deadening commutes and hours spent cheerleading for a company that’s perfected the art of layoffs, he struggles to make meaningful connections during the work days and especially after hours. There is solace in friendly banter with his few trusted colleagues and in supporting his one remaining close friend. But he begins to suspect the ... more

A Veil of Fog and Flames

by Lori Hart Beninger

At fifteen, Guinevere Walker and Jack Moylan are not yet galvanized for the future. In the roiling cauldron that is San Francisco of 1851 – a city devastated by suspicious fires, a dangerous brand of justice imposed by vigilantes from its formidable business community, and the cloud of slavery – the two face issues and questions that thrust them into adulthood and mold their very nature. Do they conform or rebel? Do they succumb to social conventions and restrictions? Or do they pursue their dre... more

Crossing the Eastern Front: A Novel Based on the True Story of a Teenage SS Volunteer

by Alan Stroe

Kidnapped at gunpoint by a German unit from his village in the heart of Transylvania, a devout teenager is starving to death in a POW camp. The only way out is to join a Romanian Waffen-SS unit. As the Anglo-American and Soviet fronts grip Nazi Germany in an ever-tightening vise, the last months of war find him on the losing side, wearing its most hated uniform.

Cherries in the Snow

by Jonathan Douglas Duran

Cherries in the Snow is a collection of ten short stories. Family trauma, criminals, theoretical physics, murder, mental illness, and the surreal coincide to create dark tales of tragedy and redemption.

I Am the Fire That Flares Up Again