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(0)Laurie Foos
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This surreal novel tells a familiar story of grief in a unique way through an irresistible chorus of female voices—"haunting and healing in equal measure" (Kirkus Reviews).
In a small lakeside town where summer people flock to vacation, mothers bake their secrets into moon pies they feed to a silent blue girl. Their daughters have secrets too—that they can't sleep, that they might sleep with a neighbor boy,
2) Toast
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"Beautifully conceived and written, Toast is a gentle yet fierce novella." -Alison McGhee, Someday
In many ways, the Hamilton children are like any other kids. Eleven-year-old Mia and ten-year-old Will love playing Minecraft, eating pizza, and playing in the yard. But Mia knows that because Will is on the autism spectrum, some things are different for him. For starters, he doesn't like things to change. Pizza has to be just so crispy, or he won't...
3) The Other
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Ava
was born with wings. No one called them that until she was two years
old. She hides her wings under a special device her father made for her.
She never takes off her backpack
at school. No one knows her secret, not even her best friend Theo, who
was born with two different-colored eyes. The doctor told Ava that she
can choose to have the wings removed when she turns sixteen.
The
big day arrives, and she can't decide what to do. Without her wings,
Ava...
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Linda and Earl are a happy couple. Although married for many years, they have never had children. Still, they are content being together, and watching reruns of I Love Lucy" keeps them close. That, and a magical garden that never seems to grow what they plant. One day Earl finds a set of infant toes in the loam. He and Linda plant them and watch in amazement as the garden produces an enormous baby. Now Earl and Linda have to figure out how to be parents...