The Housenapper
By: Jane Louise Curry
3.82
Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition
Mindy Hallam knew from the moment she saw it that there was something special-- something too good …
Want to Read $ 2.99"The little cakes were iced in white, with golden yellow icing roses on top, and instead of ice cream there was sherbet that was a rainbow of colors in each dish."-Jane Louise Curry, The Housenapper
"Tut! Magic, indeed! As if there weren't marvels enough without magic. Pictures traveling by telephone, and men bouncing up and down on the moon? Trees and floors and children growing? There are your real marvels."-Jane Louise Curry, The Housenapper
"Mrs. Bright cut another slice of the rich, dark cake. It was Mindy's fourth, counting dessert at home. But Mrs. Bright's layer cakes were, Mindy felt sure, the best in the world. Where else did you find the layers of icing almost as thick as the layers of cake?"-Jane Louise Curry, The Housenapper
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1. The Woman in White
By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet
4.01
Format: 672 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more
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- mystery
"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
2. The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
By: Robert Lacey , Danny Danziger
3.87
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
As the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World… read more
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"of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious"-Robert Lacey, The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
3. Rabbit Hill
By: Robert Lawson
4.25
Format: 355 pages,
It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since th… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- childrens
4. Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
By: Lois Lowry
3.80
Format: 245 pages,
In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future worl… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
5. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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- mystery
- fiction
"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
6. Some Must Watch
By: Ethel Lina White
4.67
Format: 121 pages,
Also published as The Spiral Staircase. This book has been the inspiration behind three movies. As … read more
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- mystery
- fiction
7. The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
By: Josephine Tey
3.95
Format: None pages,
Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is intrigued by a portrait of Richard III. Could such a sensitiv… read more
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- fiction
8. The Thief
By: Fuminori Nakamura , Satoko Izumo , Stephen Coates
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. B… read more
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- mystery
- fiction
9. Can You Whistle, Johanna?
By: Anna Höglund , Ulf Stark , Julia Marshall
3.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Nominated for the top prize in children's literature, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Ulf Stark … read more
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- childrens
- fiction
10. 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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- childrens
- fiction
"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
"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
11. Let's Go Play at the Adams'
By: Mendal W. Johnson
3.42
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and … read more
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12. An Enemy of the People
By: Henrik Ibsen
3.84
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
An Enemy of the people (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian play… read more
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13. John Adams
By: David McCullough
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more
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14. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
By: William Hope Hodgson
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder is a collection of supernatural detective short stories by author Willia… read more
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15. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
16. Time Windows
By: Kathryn Reiss
4.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a small Massachusetts town, she discovers a my… read more
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17. Interior Chinatown
By: Charles Yu
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles … read more
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- fiction
"LOVE STORY FOR A GENERIC ASIAN MAN???"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"As everyone knows, water hates poor people."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"If she could move freely between worlds, why can't you?"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"IDK, I never represented someone for self-imprisonment before."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
18. The Crane Husband
By: Kelly Barnhill
3.88
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerf… read more
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- fantasy
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"Your mother doesn't know these things,"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"But Michael was only six. He should be worrying about learning how to tie his shoes, not about our mother’s checking account."-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"I was, as I said, only nine. But my mother often spoke to me as though I were a peer rather than a child and expected me to understand things for which I did not yet have context. I didn’t know then …"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"My dad told me stories of weavers who stitched the world and spun fortunes and pulled on strings to change someone's fate. Was there a string I could pull to stop my father from dying? Was there a pa…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
19. In the Company of Witches (Evenfall Witches B&B, #1)
By: Auralee Wallace
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When a guest dies in the B&B she helps her aunts run, a young witch must rely on some good old-fash… read more
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20. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
21. The Housenapper
By: Jane Louise Curry
3.82
Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition
Mindy Hallam knew from the moment she saw it that there was something special-- something too good … read more
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- mystery
- fantasy
- fiction
- childrens
"The little cakes were iced in white, with golden yellow icing roses on top, and instead of ice cream there was sherbet that was a rainbow of colors in each dish."-Jane Louise Curry, The Housenapper
"Tut! Magic, indeed! As if there weren't marvels enough without magic. Pictures traveling by telephone, and men bouncing up and down on the moon? Trees and floors and children growing? There are your …"-Jane Louise Curry, The Housenapper
"Mrs. Bright cut another slice of the rich, dark cake. It was Mindy's fourth, counting dessert at home. But Mrs. Bright's layer cakes were, Mindy felt sure, the best in the world. Where else did you f…"-Jane Louise Curry, The Housenapper
