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Do you enjoy reading short stories? Well, this book is right up your alley!
"I Will Always Love You": This goes into the life of a young girl that finds her true love, and then tragedy hits. Her life is changed forever and not what she had planned. While dealing with her new life, love finds its way into her heart again.
"Free": Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you were a prisoner? That is just how Lexie Marie feels. She...
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Imagine a cloud that doesn't move, just hovering above you. Odd, right? Now, picture someone perched in that cloud, watching you from above. Even stranger!
But what if these cloud-dwellers were plotting revenge? Their targets: the unsuspecting puddle hoppers, who live their lives peacefully in puddles below.
The situation in the town takes a bizarre turn as people start waking up bald. Yes, completely hairless!
In the midst of this chaos, Gabriel...
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This fable is about Licorice and Black Jack, twin seafaring cats that lived on the Clipper Ship "The Fair Winds" during the mid-1700s. These brother cats were famous for catching rats throughout the Seven Seas. One night, they were kidnapped by a dishonest, disgruntled crew member who sold them to a witch. After ridding the old harridan's hut of rats, there was nothing left for them to eat, so they snuck off seeking freedom, food, and hopefully their...
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Sixteen-year-old Leon Rhaine crafts impossible inventions from bursts of inspiration he can neither remember nor repeat. Few inventions work twice. Most collapse into rubble, or worse, shrapnel and flame. The havoc caused by these psychic scientific breakthroughs threaten his dream enrollment at a prestigious science institute, and the only shot he has at saving his family from a lifetime of debt. Leon is approached by a mysterious man promising to...
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In the shadow of the Dark Ages, the North East coast of Britain trembles under the threat of relentless Viking raids. Villages are pillaged, families torn apart, and the dread of Norsemen keeps every heart captive.
Erik, once a Viking himself, deserted his brethren, repelled by the very cruelty he was once part of. Having forged a peaceful existence as a blacksmith, Erik treasures his newfound life and the family that now defines him. But the spectre...
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A group of teenagers that have been given inexplicable powers to help them to act as detectives, solving mysteries and crimes together.
Adam (The Ears), and his sister Georgia (The Legs), are assisted by their best friends Nathan (The Eyes) and Jamie (The Brain) after receiving their special super powers in a strange storm.
They are soon called on to use their new found powers to find their new friend Tommy (The Nose) who can sniff out key clues...
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Young Peter High, a studious 15-year-old schoolboy, only wanted to learn. But in late junior school, he found himself mercilessly bullied by a small group of students led by Nathan Whitehawk. Despite many complaints to the Headmaster, Peter quickly realized those in authority were powerless. Whitehawk followed Peter to high school, escalating the torment. After one brutal assault that left Peter stripped naked and without his clothes, he reached his...
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This is an LGBTQ+ apocalyptic coming of age. A boy is trying to help his brother escape the same treatment at the hands of his father he did, so with a friend, they make a daring escape. But the darkness of their homes is replaced by a darkness in the larger world. The boys must reconcile their own feelings for one another that have been in the background because they were always under immediate threat, and in doing so they must also figure out who...
9) The Crown
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The world in tatters... Only they can help... Thomas, Kat, and Lucy work together to rebuild the world Eric destroyed. Is Marcus alive so he can help them? Just as they think their job is done, monsters that don't belong in their world attack them. Will they be able to find the key to send the monsters back from where they came? Or will these monsters destroy the world as they know it? All the while, a mysterious Creature lurks behind the scenes threatening...
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Probes were dispatched from the planet Earth in 2080. Two planets orbiting around a sun were adjudged suitable for colonization in deep space. Just as the Quakers and Pilgrims established colonies in the New World, a Galilean religious sect colonized the two planets named Kaire and Greyce. Having resisted the influence of the early church, the Galileans lived similarly to Christ's apostles 2000 years ago, as sheepherders, carpenters and fishermen....
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In this compelling narrative, seven exceptionally talented individuals, each excelling in distinct fields, find themselves together in a psychiatric hospital. Here, they are under the care of an empathetic doctor who strives to help them confront their personal challenges and fulfil their aspirations.
Their journey takes a turn with the arrival of an anorexic girl, who inspires them towards an action that has the potential to alter the world. However,...
12) Life's Love Song
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The Trestin family, with their enviable upper-middle-class life, large house, and prestigious school, is the epitome of aspiration –until their perfect world begins to crumble.
Maddie and Duncan, basking in the glow of admiration at school, find their star status dimming as a series of misfortunes strikes the family. Illness, injury, and the turbulent tides of high school romance test them all. United, the Trestins draw strength from one another,...
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Transport yourself to the heart of South and Central Africa with this collection of short stories about ordinary people. Aged between 18 and 50, these characters find themselves entangled in situations that lead to tragedy, dishonesty, and betrayal.
In one story, an older man takes advantage of his publishing manager friend's goodwill and sells a business sponsored by the manager behind his back for his own profit. In another story, an unpopular...
14) Elude
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Escaping is hard. Surviving is harder.Aster has lived a life of servitude for ten years, but now she is determined to be free. Countless Reapers stand between her and the gate to New Bethel, and more await just past the walls. She's spent her life being invisible, but in a world full of assassins, becoming close to any of them only makes you a target for the rest. Every step she takes puts her in more danger, closer to Reapers with unknown intentions....
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Pen is just a typical kid living in downtown Portland, wishing there was some way to gain approval from their parents. Instead, they simply feel invisible. Then, the world pops. In a matter of weeks, Pen finds themself in the center of a storm that will transform everything humans have ever known. Pen will discover that the unique hobby they picked up to pass the time could save their community and everything they love. Will Pen find the leader waiting...
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"Wilson offers a unique perspective on this fascinating era…even minor characters are brought to life." Library JournalTed Ryan and his parents have a chance to escape the drudgery of the Depression in Canada for a holiday in Europe. Unfortunately, it is the summer of 1936 and Spain, where Ted longs to see a bullfight, is exploding in civil war. Swept up in the chaos, Ted finds himself alone and searching for his missing father. The only person...
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A kingdom where magic is outlawed, a tyrant King, hidden magical academies, an oppressed population.When King Cedric died at the hands of a group of mages, his son, the then Prince Roderick took the reins of the kingdom and with his first decree, banned all magic and magic users from Avondale.Magic is not picky with who it selects, however. Anyone can have any kind of mana awaken within them at any time, from Gaia's Grace – the earth mana, to the...
18) California Girl
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The Orange County, California, that the Becker brothers knew as boys is no more-unrecognizably altered since the afternoon in 1954 when Nick, Clay, David, and Andy rumbled with the lowlife Vonns, while five-year-old Janelle Vonn watched from the sidelines. The new decade has ushered in the era of Johnson, hippies, John Birchers, and LSD. Clay becomes a casualty of a far-off jungle war. Nick becomes a cop, Andy a reporter, David a minister. And a terrible...
19) The Golden Harp
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Embark on an adventure that descends into a colossal natural pit, so vast it cradles a towering castle within its depths. Here, a young man, far from his own lands, encounters an elderly genius whose granddaughter has fallen prey to a villain's scheme. The malevolent captor exploits her, using her enchanting harp music to mesmerize gold miners, compelling them to relinquish their precious finds from the caverns above. The grandfather, armed with an...
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Orson Lewis isn't good at anything. His grades are average, he's bad at sports, and he doesn't really like his friends anymore. Compared to his older sister Emerson, he's a total failure. And it doesn't help he's set to attend the same high school as her in the fall. This summer is his last chance to figure himself out.
When Liam Beaulieu moves across the street, it feels like a sign. Liam is outgoing, encouraging, and unafraid-everything Orson...
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