Golden Age

By  Jane Smiley

Join a new generation of Langdons as they face new political, economic, and social difficulties, from 1987 through 2019, in this final volume of the trilogy.  Frank’s twin sons face volatile enemies while working in finance and government.  Charlie seeks a promising way forward.  Guthrie’s deployment leaves his sister, Felicity, to run the Iowa farm.  Felicity seeks a way to save the family farm from forces far more damaging than climate change.

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The Rest of Us Just Live Here

 by Patrick Ness

While Immortals threaten world domination, Mikey is just trying to deal with exams, nurse a hopeless crush, and –oh yeah–not freak out about the unexplained blue lights and explosions around town.

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Guy’s Read: Terrifying Tales

 by Jon Scieszka

An imaginary friend who won’t let go; a recluse bird-hunter who kidnaps girls; and a magician with sinister tricks.  A collection of suspenseful stories from eleven masterful children’s authors.

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The Wolf Wilder

 by Katherine Rundell

Feo loves her life– in the snowy Russian wilderness, she and her mother untame domesticated wolves.  Then her mother is taken captive, and Feo must go to St. Petersburg to save her.

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Goblins on the Prowl

 by Bruce Coville

To save her friend William from a giant stone toad that comes to life, Fauna bands together with a surly ghost, a goblin, a warrior woman with “a wpwoblem,” and an…Igor.

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My Two Blankets

 by Irena Kobald

A young girl and her auntie are in a new country, where everything is strange.  “Even the wind felt strange.:  The girl takes solace in a warm “blanket of (her) own words and sounds”– until she makes a new friend.

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A Dog Wearing Shoes

 by Sangmi Ko

When Mini finds a little, lost dog wearing shoes, she decides to keep him.  “he’s my family now,” she tells her mom.  “I found him.”  But what if he already has a family?

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The Fun Book of Scary Stuff

 by Emily Jenkins

A boy tells his dogs things he’s afraid of: monsters, ghosts, witches.  But what are those witches cooking in the cauldron?  Food, perhaps?  With friends around, it’s not so scary.

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