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"[In the author's first collection of short fiction, she] pinpoints the questionable decisions, missed connections, and sometimes extraordinary coincidences that make up a life. Indeed, she writes what were all thinking--if only we could express it with the wit of a master satirist, the storytelling gifts of an old-fashioned raconteur, and the vision of an American original"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm...
3) The power
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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When a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death.
A rich Nigerian boy; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. When a vital new force takes root and flourishes, their lives converge with...
5) Seafire
Author
Series
Seafire volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Follows Caledonia Styx, captain of her own ship, the Mors Navis, and its all-female crew as they strive to defeat the powerful fleet of Aric Athair, the vicious warlord who has taken their homes and families.
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Series
Magic tree house volume 16
Language
English
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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A young woman in nineteenth-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide, and she believes there is more than meets the eye, so in order to uncover the truth she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.
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Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's.
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Series
Ever After High A School story volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"At Ever After High, a boarding school for the sons and daughters of fairytale characters, Darling Charming is expected to excel in Damsel-In-Distressing class, but she yearns for adventure and envies her brothers, Daring and Dexter, who are learning to joust in Hero Training class"--
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The Witch Boy volume 3
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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"Aster always looks forward to the Midwinter Festival, a reunion of the entire Vanissen family that includes competitions in witchery and shapeshifting. This year, he's especially excited to compete in the annual Jolrun tournament-as a witch. He's determined to show everyone that he's proud of who he is and what he's learned, but he knows it won't be easy to defy tradition. Ariel has darker things on her mind than the Festival-like the mysterious...
14) Cape
Author
Series
The League of Secret Heroes volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Soon after being recruited by the mysterious Mrs. Boudica to join a secret military intelligence operation, Josie, Mae, and Akiko discover their superhero abilities and use them to thwart a Nazi plot to steal the ENIAC computer.
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Series
Publisher
Action Lab Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Princess Adrienne is tired of being locked in a tower, waiting around to be rescued by a prince. She escapes from the tower with the help of her guardian dragon, Sparky, and with her plucky sidekick Bedelia, Adrienne sets off on a quest to rescue her sisters who are suffering the same fate.
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Publisher
Action Lab
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The first-ever collected edition of Princeless short stories. Want to know more about Bedelia Smith? Curious about what happens to Prince Wilcome after King Ashe throws him in jail? Want to spend more time with the Princesses Ashe? Get all this and more in this collection of the first four issues of short stories from the Eisner-nominated world of Princeless!.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father's museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large over her. Syrus Reed's Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from afar, but when his family is captured for refinery slaves, he finds that his fate may be bound up with Vespa's--and with the Unnaturals. As the danger grows,...
Author
Series
Princeless volume 4
Publisher
Action Lab Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Fresh off of their adventures with The Pirate Princess, Adrienne and Bedelia are back to the task of rescuing Adrienne's sisters. Next is the middle sister, the mopey and boy-crazy Angoisse. And [her] tower is deep in the heart of the darkest swamp, surrounded by the most dangerous creatures in all of Ashland. Goblins, zombies, and the horrifying menace of the swamp creature known as the Grimmorax stand between our heroines and Angoisse's tower....
19) A Tale of Magic
Author
Series
A Tale of Magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Fourteen-year-old Brystal Evergreen risks everything by opposing her kingdom's repression of women, but Madame Weatherberry, seeing her potential, invites her to a school where she hopes to change the world's perception of magic.
20) Stand on the sky
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve--year-old Aisulu defies the expectations of her Kazakh family and tradition to train an eagle in order to save her brother, Serik, and prevent her family from giving up their nomadic life forever.
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