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Where Dani goes, happy follows

What do you do if your best friend lives in another city and the adults can’t keep their promises about when you’ll see her? You have to sort it out for yourself! Dani’s father is away and Dani is staying with her grandparents. When she is invited to Ella’s party, she thinks of the world’s…

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Man’s Search for Meaning

Viennese psychiatrist tells his grim experiences in a German concentration camp which led him to logotherapy, an existential method of psychiatry.

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The Nazi Officer’s Wife

#1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged…

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Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You

Offers advice for parents with children who have turned to substance abuse, includes tending to your needs first, setting boundaries, and attending support groups.

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It’s Trevor Noah

The comedian traces his coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today’s world.

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No Fixed Address

From beloved Governor General Literary Award–winning author Susin Nielsen comes a touching and funny middle-grade story about family, friendship and growing up when you’re one step away from homelessness. Felix Knuttson, twelve, is an endearing kid with an incredible brain for trivia. His mom Astrid is loving but unreliable; she can’t hold onto a job,…

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The Lifters

“I enjoyed everything about Damien Love’s debut–its title, its breakneck action, its sly sense of humor. I wish my first novel had been as imaginative and assured.” –Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider series On a winter’s day in a British town, twelve-year old Alex receives a package in the…

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The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Byrony Gray

“Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But life isn’t so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in the attic, forcing her to paint for his rich clients, and now her paintings are taking on a life of their own, and customers are going missing under mysterious circumstances … Bryony…

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Amal Unbound

In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family’s debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.

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