by Thyra Heder
After Sophie half-heartedly completes her homework, a polar bear named Olafur appears and transports her to his Arctic home. “It’s better in person,” he promises.
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The Bear Report
A Step Toward Falling
by Cammie McGovern
Emily knows she needs to step up and take responsibility for failing her disabled classmate, Belinda, in a moment of need. Meanwhile, Belinda’s realizing she’s ready to take charge of herself.
The Japanese Lover
By Isabel allende
The love affair starts in a San Francisco mansion as the Nazis invade Poland. When Alma Belasco is sent to America in 1939, she meets and falls for soft-spoken Japanese gardener Ichimei Fukada. The Japanese bombing of Pearl harbor tears the lovers apart when Ichimei’s family is sent to an internment camp. Alma continues to receive gifts and letters from her beloved decades later, sharing her passionate tale with a fellow nursing home resident.
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The Golem of Paris
By Jonathan Kellerman
Jacob Lev is drinking again. Over a year after the LAPD detective discovered the shocking truth about his family, Jacob is struggling to keep his head above water. Then he finds the file for an unsolved murder with jarring ramifications. The gruesome cold case takes Jacob to Paris, where he must face the terrifying past to put a case to rest…and his mind at ease.
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Circling The Sun
By Paula McLain
An author and a safari hunter give a lost woman wings as aviator Beryl Markham finds her true calling after an unusual upbringing. Abandoned by her mother and raise by both her father and the Kipsigs tribe that occupy her father’s land, Beryl Markham succumbs to an irresistible love triangle involving Karen Blixen, the author of “Out of Africa” and safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton as Beryl finally realizes her fate: She was born to fly.
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Dance of the Bones
By J.A. Jance
An open-and-shut case of death in the desert sends retired sheriff Brandon Walker back into the line of fire when Walker learns that the prospector’s alleged killer, arrested years ago, may be innocent.
Foreign Affairs
By Stuart Woods
When Stone Barrington is sent to a meeting in Rome, he expects the usual mix of business and pleasure. But what he finds is trouble around every corner.
The Theory of Death
By Faye Kellerman
Peter Decker’s quiet new job in upstate New York takes a dangerous turn when a man’s naked body is found in the woods, sending the former LAPD lieutenant and his old colleague, Tyler McAdams, into the secret underworld hidden at Kneed Loft College.
After Alice
By Gregory Maguire
Do you remember Ada? When Ada heads down the rabbit hole in search of her missing friend, Alice, Ada must get a grip on her surreal surroundings if she hopes to bring Alice home alive in a tale inspired by Ada’s brief mention in the original “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” first published 150 years before this book’s release.
Bittersweet Dreams
By V.C. Andrews
Mayfair Cummings, long an outcast from her shattered family and her private school, watches a dream turn into a nightmare when a popular senior looks her way and a handsome English teacher develops a crush that soon leads to scandal.
