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The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative, beginning with the mysterious death of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945.
Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated...
Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated...
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Jack Henry books volume 3
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English
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Comic misadventures ensue when seventh-grader Jack tries to write the great American novel.
3) Unstuck
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Lyla sets out to write the perfect fantasy novel in her creative writing class, but discovers some unexpected twists and turns, both on and off the page. Includes twenty-five ways to overcome writer's block.
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Emily Starr trilogy volume 1
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English
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Lucy Maud Montgomery has been beloved by generations of readers for her Anne of Green Gables stories. In the celebrated Emily trilogy, (of which Emily of New Moon is the first book) Montgomery draws a more realistic portrait of a young girl's life on Prince Edward Island. The twin threads of bright and dark, love and cruelty, hope and despair intertwine in a pattern as significant as it is enduring.
Along with Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Emily...
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2022.
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English
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"Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it's her job. But then her ... husband leaves her and their two kids, and Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash, writing the best script of her life. When the script is picked up for the big screen and set to film at her ... home with former Sexiest Man Alive Leo Vancecast as her ex-husband, Nora's life will never be the same"--
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"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real"-- Provided by publisher.
"When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously,...
7) Emily Climbs
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Emily Starr trilogy volume 2
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English
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Emily longs to attend Queen's Academy to earn her teaching license, but her tradition-bound relatives at New Moon refuse unless she lives with her disliked Aunt Ruth and gives up writing fiction. Emily reluctantly agrees and is surprised to find that her powers of storytelling continue to develop despite her family's rules. Through a series of adventures, she is furnished with materials to write stories and poems, and she begins to see romantic possibilities...
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From this day forward volume 3
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Wedding planner Savannah Charles agrees to a marriage of convenience with cynical divorce attorney Nash Davenport, and romance novelist Bailey York finds the perfect model for her new fictional hero in Parker Davidson.
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Mysterious detective novels volume 2
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English
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Mystery author Rachel Goldman is getting used to the idea that her fictional creation Duffy Madison has somehow taken flesh-and-blood form and is investigating missing person cases not far from where Rachel lives. Wait. No. She's not getting used to it at all, and the presence of this real-life Duffy is making her current manuscript-what's the word?-lousy. So she doesn't want to see Duffy-the living one-at all. To make matters worse, when he shows...
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English
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A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.
12) Someone like me
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English
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In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.
13) Abdul's story
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Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
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English
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First published in Italian in 2010 by Mondadori.
Sixteen-year-old Leo has a way with words, but he doesn't know it yet. He spends his time texting, polishing soccer maneuvers, and killing time with Niko and Silvia. Until a new teacher arrives and challenges him to give voice to his dreams. And so Leo is inspired to win over the red-haired beauty Beatrice. She doesn't know Leo exists, but he's convinced that his dream will come true. When Leo lands...
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"What's the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American--in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut...
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Janie Johnson volume 5
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2014, ©2013
Language
English
Description
At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in telling her kidnapper's tale.
17) A woman of words
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Jerusalem Road volume 3
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English
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"Asked to record stories of Yeshua by Mary while the eye-witnesses are still alive, Disciple Matthew reluctantly agrees. But the longer they work together, the more difficult their task becomes as they face opposition and potential death. And when Matthew works to save his people, he realizes that the job he hesitantly accepted may be his God-given destiny"--
18) Avalon
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"AVALON follows Bran, a high school graduate in California who is raised by her 'common-law-stepfather' in a rowdy home following her mother's death. After graduating from high school, Bran stays in town and is introduced to Peter, a college student who is engaged, and the two begin an intense relationship revolving around philosophy, literature, and their attraction for one another. Encouraged by Peter, Bran begins writing scripts for their friend,...
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Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Mac, the author, fires Adam, the illustrator, over their artistic differences about Chloe, the main character of their book, until Mac realizes both of their talents are needed and they must work together or their story about Chloe will never be finished.
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