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"As the owner of Twisted, Seattle's best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She's terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her "other" family, especially to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter...
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Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, worries that her best friend is drifting away.
Why does the cubby room always smell like farts? Who etched the words "I Am Bug Man" inside my desk? Why is Mom suddenly acting like she has a secret? Nobody said starting fifth grade would be easy, and Penny Lowry's anxiety means a million questions are always spinning through her thoughts. Luckily she's got a lot to look forward to, like her favorite...
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"Frankie O'Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak. At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it's off-season with most...
4) Newbie fairy
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Oona Bramblegoop's sideways magic volume 1
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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"When Oona tries to help the Tooth Fairy, the most famous fairy of all time, her sideways magic ends up making things worse"--
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In the heart of Brooklyn, nestled between the bustling streets and the quiet waters of the bay, lies a neighborhood that has seen it all. Sunset Park, a place where cultures melded, dreams were forged, and lifelong friendships were woven into the very fabric of the community.Our story begins not with grand heroes or epic adventures, but with a group of eight friends who, over the years, discovered that the ordinary moments of life could be extraordinary...
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En el apacible lago donde vive Felipe, un flamenco joven y curioso, la llegada de las águilas Ana y Adriel desata una serie de eventos que cambiarán la vida de todos los habitantes. Cuando un hechizo mortal amenaza la salud de los padres de Felipe, él emprende un viaje épico hacia un desierto desconocido, en busca de un misterioso animal médico.En una lucha emocionante y llena de giros, "Felipe, el flamenco en el desierto" es una historia de...
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Dive into the boundless imagination of Tommy, a young boy whose dreams take him on the wildest adventures across space, time, and fantastical realms in "Tommy's Dream Odyssey: Adventures of the Little Explorer." Every night, Tommy closes his eyes and embarks on journeys unimaginable during the daylight hours. From roaming the lush jungles where dinosaurs still roam to steering a pirate ship through stormy seas, Tommy's adventures blend excitement...
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Bei einem Segeltörn verliert Paul seinen Zwillingsbruder; Rosas Familie wird nach dem Versuch, über die Ostsee in den Westen zu fliehen, auseinandergerissen; Hagen hat am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs nur sein eigenes Leben retten können. Der Zufall bringt die drei im „Haus fernab des Meeres" zusammen. Was sie verbindet, sind die Verluste, die sie erlitten haben. Aber kann aus gleichem Unglück wirklich Freundschaft entstehen, wie das Sprichwort...
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Demonwars saga:the buccaneers volume 1
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Saga Press, and imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
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In Pinquickle's Folly, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns to his signature world of Corona, introducing a dynamic new part of the southern coast never written of before as a great starting place for readers in the DemonWars Saga: The Buccaneers. The first adventure in the Buccaneers trilogy begins in the free sea outside of the control of the usurping Xoconai empire, where the dwarven powrie pirates and merchants sail. But the...
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In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers-one white, one Black-living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America's all-too-familiar racial reckoning.
De'Andrea Whitman, her husband Malik, and their five-year-old daughter, Nina, are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia-a...
13) Florida Girls
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Do you have a young girl who loves sports? This book will bring you into the world of six girls who are best friends. You will go to their competitions and be a part of their world of sports. Will Danay decide to pursue dancing in New York? Will Jayme stay out of trouble skate boarding around town? What can she do there is no where to skate? Will Nealie win her ice skating meet? What about Cami, will she decide on one sport or continue doing two of...
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These lyrical reflections are considered by most to be poems. They are also considered to be song lyrics. They are certainly emotional impressions and emotions that reflect the moments and situations that many of us experience during the course of our lives. Many of the poems are reflections about love, in all it's different forms, feelings, and complications. Mostly, the works included in this book are reflections of what makes us human and how...
15) Play
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You will talk about 2016. You will talk about The Lighted City. You will be brave and truthful. You will get to the bottom of what happened.Paul (Paulina) Hayes loves her cousin Adrian. Inseparable from a young age, they play The Lighted City, an imaginary world where they pretend to live together and can escape a childhood that seems both too sad and too grown-up. But The Lighted City isn' t without danger.Years later, Paul is struggling...
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Married and divorced in her 20s, looking for friendship in her 30s, and contemplating pregnancy at 40, our narrator wonders if she's going through life out of order. But Alice, The Turtle, The Kid, and other beloveds show her that motherhood is more than giving birth, art is never finished, and love is not linear. Through a three-day canoe trip, chance encounters, fierce female friendship, step-parenting, IVF, pandemic isolation, and quiet moments...
17) Hotel 21
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A sharp andwarm-hearted debut novel with an unforgettable protagonist you can't help but root for.
Noelle is an efficient, friendly hotel cleaner-a model employee. Or so she'd have you think . . . trouble is, she can't help but take little "souvenirs" from the rooms she cleans. Nothing of value-a lipstick, a hair clip, some tweezers. By the time the guest has noticed, she's long gone. As Noelle begins work at her twenty-first hotel, she's determined...
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Dear Friends,It's my Mission to Help 1000 Million People All Over the World. STOP THINKING, You Can Also Help & Contribute.I Know It's a Big Mission But It's Possible.Please Support Me."You are not investing money to buy this book only, you are investing on yourself, it is my suggestion to you, KEEP INVESTING ON YOURSELF."Let's Have a Look.Welcome to "Relationships: Improve Your Relationship" If you believe in one another, you'll not surprise what...
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"A Word, Only a Word" by Georg Moritz Ebers is a captivating tale set in the enchanting landscapes of the Black Forest. The novel opens with a seemingly innocent conversation between two children, Ruth and Ulrich, discussing their fathers' quests and tribulations. Ruth speaks of her father's search for a mystical word that has the power to unveil treasures by opening mountains, while Ulrich shares the turmoil within his family, his father's anger...
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Cass and Kate meet at school--and are firm friends for the rest of their lives. Both marry naval officers, but Cass's infidelity has far-reaching consequences for her children--and Kate's. Many of the characters in First Friends (published in the UK as Those Who Serve) reappear in later Marcia Willett novels, and we meet their children as well. As always, Marcia Willett's wise understanding of love, loss, marriage, and parenthood is conveyed with...
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