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Quantum Cannibals by Nathan Elberg

Original, intriguing, and irresistible… Set over a large span of time: from Bronze Age Mesopotamia to a Post-Modern city-state, this debut of Nathan Elberg is a dazzling expedition into a treacherous past. Two people take birth again and again over…
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Cryptal’s Champion (Songs of Si’Empra Book 2) by Miriam Verbeek

  A dark, magic-tinged fantasy tale which is both timely and intense… Verbeek returns with this poignant and engrossing second installment in the Songs of Si’Empra series as her adolescent protagonist fights for her people while struggling with her inner…
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Hi Five (An IQ Novel: Book 4) by Joe Ide

  A thrilling read… Ide returns with this brilliant fourth installment in his IQ Novel series, featuring detective Isaiah Quintabe. Angus Byrne, a ruthless white supremacist and a major arms dealer, hires Isaiah to investigate the shooting murder of one…
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Little Cloud: The Science of a Hurricane by Johanna Wagstaffe, ills. Julie McLaughlin

  A must read for young readers… Wagstaffe, a qualified meteorologist, takes readers on an educational journey as she recounts the growth of a hurricane throughout its various stages. The Little Cloud, starts its journey as a tiny puffy cloud…
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Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

  Highly gripping but not without flaws… In her latest psychological thriller, Hannah examines the power of money and the question of how far a person would go to maintain a perfect facade. It has been twelve years since Beth…
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The Third Order by Wendy Sura Thomson

  Thoroughly absorbing… a thrilling read! Thomson’s latest is a well-researched, gripping blend of ancient intrigues, secret religious societies, poignant emotions, and raw grief. Maggie Fraser’s life turns upside down after a tragedy strikes her while honeymooning in Italy. The…
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Summon the Tiger by Wendy Sura Thomson

  Beautifully written, compelling memoir… Born with congenital abnormalities and missing both the ulna and tibia on the right side along with several other deformities, Thomson had her leg amputated even before she started kindergarten. In a poignant manner, Thomson…
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Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Body under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn

  A mystery that’s both clever and engrossing… Set in a small English town in 1902 and inspired by the imagined life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot, Jocelyn’s delightful middle-grade mystery series…
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Postcards from the Future – A Triptych on Humanity’s End by Wendy Sura Thomson, Andrew Charles Lark, Donald Levin

  Definitely a must read… Three innovative authors imagine the end of humanity in this deeply engrossing book. In the completely absorbing first story “Pollen,” Andrew Lark transports readers to a horrifying world where a strange atmospheric phenomenon has destroyed…
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Book of Leo: Prequel to Mystical Trash by Mary Ramsey

  An intricate, highly engrossing fantasy… The lasting war between good and evil finds a new battlefield in Ramsey’s short novella, as she weaves the fascinating story of a young man on a relentless quest to bring balance to heaven…
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Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman

A poignant story of love, loss, and survival… Set against the backdrop of the European Holocaust, Teitelman’s impressive book displays her penchant for revealing the darker side of the human heart. It is 1923 when seventeen-year-old Esther Grünspan arrives in…
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The Ears of a Cat by Roderick Hart

An intrigue-filled, compelling read… The risk of overpopulation endangering the planet haunts Hart’s engrossing crime drama. For Catherine Cooper, Cindy Horváth, and Gina Saito, the members of Future World: an environmental organization determined to save planet from extinction, the solution…
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The World According to François by Script by Zabus / Art by Collin

  A Magical tale… The World According to François is a short graphic novel about the power of words and imagination as a young boy learns to trust his abilities and embraces his true self. Francois is an average ten-year-old…
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Santa’s Puppy by Catherine Hapka

  A delightful adventure… Peppermint Bark, Santa’s fluffy white puppy, finds himself stuck in a chimney in the town of Poinsettia after he stealthily accompanies Santa on his sleigh ride around the world. When eight- and eleven-year-old Chris and Holly…
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The psychiatrist who believed he was a wolf and other clinical episodes by Dr. Zak

  Full of sharp insights and unique tales… In this intriguing, insightful work, psychiatrist Dr. Zak takes the reader to a series of psychiatry sessions with complex characters drawn from his real-life patients as he visits some of the most…
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The Beach by Sarah Linley

  A formulaic light thriller… Fresh out of university, when Holly and her three friends left for a backpacking trip to Thailand, they had no idea their life was going to change forever. After a horrible incident, the friends made…
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Skyseeker’s Princess (Songs of Si’Empra Book 1) by Miriam Verbeek

  An intriguing fantasy that’s both compelling and fascinating… Verbeek’s series opener is lyrically written, deeply emotional, and full of intrigue. Ellen is meant to rule the people of Si’Empra, an intriguing windswept island near Antarctica, after her father’s death…
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Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky

  A superb classroom resource… In his latest, Kurlansky takes the reader through the history of different species of bees, butterflies, and beetles and discusses immense decline in their population in recent years. Divided into five parts, the book covers…