The Crossing

By Jason Mott

Orphaned at age five, twins Tommy and Virginia cling to each other as they’re shoved through a brutal foster care system.  Then a deadly epidemic radically depopulates the world, the search for a cure means war, and Tommy gets a draft notice.  That’s when it’s time for the twins to run.

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How to Grill Everything

By Mark Bittman

Here’s how to grill absolutely everything–from the perfect steak to cedar-plank salmon to pizza–explained in Mark Bittman’s trademark simple, straightforward style.  Featuring more than 250 recipes and hundreds of variations, plus Bittman’s practical advice on all the grilling basics, this book is an exploration of the grill’s nearly endless possibilities.

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Tip of the Iceberg

By Mark Adams

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journey into Alaska, America’s last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman Expedition.

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Barracoon

By Zora Neale Hurston

A major literary event:  a never-before-published work from the author of the American Classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade–abducted from Africa on the last “Black Cargo” ship to arrive in the United States.

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I Have Lost My Way

 by Gayle Forman

When three teens–Freya, a famous singer, Nathaniel, a shut-in, and Harun, a closeted, brokenhearted boy–meet in New York City, they help one another move past the traumas that are holding them back.

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A World Below

 by Wesley King

Mr. Baker’s eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns, But when an earthquake hits, all but one student is plunged into an underground lake and their teacher goes missing.  How will they survive?

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The Best Mother

 by C.M. Surrisi

What if Maxine could find a new mom who doesn’t make her brush her teeth or comb her hair?  Let the searching begin!

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Dude!

 by Aaron Reynolds

Dude! You have to read this book.  It’s totally about this platypus and this beaver who are friends.  They want to go surfing but dude, there’s this shark who’s in the ocean,  too.

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