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2) Fault lines
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2023.
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In rural West Virginia, anti-fracking teen Viv discovers an ability to sense forests' energy, a power that becomes heightened the more she interacts with Dex, the new boy in town.
3) Nimbus
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"A small black cat discovers she has magical abilities when she must go on a journey to return to her beloved owner"--
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Adult Winter Reading Challenge
Adult Winter Reading: Dark Thriller or Horror
Best Books of 2023
Halloween Reads
Adult Winter Reading: Dark Thriller or Horror
Best Books of 2023
Halloween Reads
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"In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguazú Falls, where they must confront the horrific legacy she has bequeathed. For the woman they are grieving came from a family like no other--a centuries-old secret society called the Order that pursues eternal life through ghastly rituals....
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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Read A Book With A Human Who Doesn't Look Or Live Like You
Best Children's Books 2023
Children Read With Pride
New Children's Books May 2023
Best Children's Books 2023
Children Read With Pride
New Children's Books May 2023
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As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
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2023.
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A graphic novel adaptation of the book, in which twelve-year-old Sophie discovers the abilities that have always caused her to stand out are because she is actually an elf and, after she is brought to Eternalia where she can hone her skills, Sophie learns she harbors certain secrets that others would kill to learn.
9) The artist
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[2023]
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"A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
12) The dark fable
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2024.
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Eighteen-year-old orphan Evie Wilder catches the attention of the Dark Fable, a legendary group of thieves impressed by her unique ability to turn invisible, which leads her into a newfound family, but as she delves deeper she uncovers dark secrets that may hold the key to her own mysterious past.
14) Baller Ina
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2023.
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"A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court"--
15) Critter café
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2023.
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When Isla sets out to help her pastry champion grandparents in the annual Sol Bake-Off, the absence of ingredients and the animal's silence leads her to uncover the creatures' own celebration.
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2023.
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Gifted with the ability to draw maps of worlds that are beyond imagining, K2 O'Hero, sworn to keep his family's Magical history a secret, must use his gift to find a crossing point into one of those worlds when his baby sister is kidnapped.
17) Clark & Lex
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Even though his parents demand he hide his amazing superpowers, Clark uses them to give himself that extra edge in a competition to find the best and brightest for a summer internship in Metropolis, but he will have to deal with newfound friend Lex Luthor who also has special abilities.
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2023.
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While at The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts, Kelcie receives a warning from her goddess mother that The Heart of Danu, the legendary source of all light and warmth, will be stolen, so Kelcie and her friends set off to prevent their world from falling into darkness.
19) Miseria
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2023.
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Español
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"Cometierra ha elegido dos cosas: un barrio nuevo y no volver a usar su poder adivinatorio nunca más. Rodeada de desconocidos, va saliendo poco a poco de su encierro y aprende a manejarse en su nuevo entorno, al tiempo que aguarda el nacimiento de su sobrino, hijo de su hermano Walter y de su novia, Miseria. Es precisamente esta última quien, al ver en el don de Cometierra un lucrativo potencial económico, la anima a recuperar las visiones que...
20) After death
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"Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished--including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he--or anyone else--has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John,...
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