Little Foxes Took Up Matches
By: Katya Kazbek
3.84
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
When Mitya was two years old, he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle. For his family, it mark…
Want to Read $ 12.99"At one point in school, they studied fractions, and Mitya had a tough time understanding that halves are just that, halves, 0.5, 50%, ½. What if one of them is bigger than the other. Mitya is not good at math, as you can see. But he’s good at imagination. Mitya is utterly convinced that no one has ever looked at two halves long enough, or attentively enough."-Katya Kazbek, Little Foxes Took Up Matches
"At one point in school, they studied fractions, and Mitya had a tough time understanding that halves are just that, halves, 0.5, 50%, ½. What if one of them is bigger than the other. Mitya is not good at math, as you can see. But he’s good at imagination. Mitya is utterly convinced that no one has ever looked at two halves long enough, or attentively enough."-Katya Kazbek, Little Foxes Took Up Matches
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By: Oksana Vasyakina
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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2. Perfume & Pain
By: Anna Dorn
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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By: Temim Fruchter
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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4. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
By: Marisa Crane
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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By: Fernanda Trías
3.68
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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6. Nevada
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3.97
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
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3.99
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4.05
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3.93
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4.11
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4.14
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Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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22. Little Foxes Took Up Matches
By: Katya Kazbek
3.84
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
When Mitya was two years old, he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle. For his family, it mark… read more
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Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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28. Gone Like Yesterday
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3.59
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3.32
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30. How to Leave the House
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3.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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31. Two-Step Devil
By: Jamie Quatro
4.12
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