The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories
By: Val Ross
3.95
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction Honor Book for the Societ…
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1. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
By: Fredrik Backman
4.33
Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition
A little book with a big heart! From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove,… read more
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"And I don’t think you need to be scared of forgetting me,"-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"You never became ordinary to me, my love. You were electric shocks and fire."-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator."-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"Most of all it’s about time. While we still have it. Thank you for giving this story yours."-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
2. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
By: Atul Gawande
4.49
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more
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"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
3. The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)
By: Megan Whalen Turner
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for … read more
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4. Homer Price
By: Robert McCloskey
4.09
Format: 149 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more
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"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
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5. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
By: Mildred D. Taylor
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year… read more
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"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but h…"-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of food.' Wi…"-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
6. The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy #1)
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
3.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of t… read more
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7. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
By: Lloyd Alexander
3.92
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was a… read more
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8. A Place to Hang the Moon
By: Kate Albus
4.57
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more
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"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
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"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon
9. Everything Sad Is Untrue
By: Daniel Nayeri
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more
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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
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"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
10. A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
By: Madeleine L'Engle
3.98
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
It was a dark and stormy night. Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry hou… read more
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11. Invisible
By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more
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12. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
By: Daniel Nayeri
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more
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13. The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories
By: Val Ross
3.95
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction Honor Book for the Societ… read more
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