Just before his thirteenth birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a keyless locked box--set aside by his father before his death five years earlier--that purportedly contains the meaning of life.
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Author: Mass, WendySummary:
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Author: Martinez, Cyrille, Stancil, Joseph PatrickSummary:
John is a poet. Only John almost never writes poems, because he is also unemployed. He lives with four friends, and they squat in a loft in New York New York, a fantastical city that resembles the...
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Author: Olsson, LindaSummary:
After the unexpected death of his daughter, musician Adam Anker loses all sense of direction in his life. Adrift, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery, one that will take him from New Zealand...
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Author: Athey, DavidSummary:
Eccentric 25-year-old Iowa mail carrier Danny Gospel asks God for a happy, normal life. And then one morning, a lovely lady awakens him with a kiss and disappears. Longing to find her, Danny...
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Author: Frey, JamesSummary:
James Frey pens the candid memoir of his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions with My Friend Leonard. After a stint in jail, James is rocked by further tragedy. Teetering on the brink of...
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Author: Hautman, PeteSummary:
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running...
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Author: Marcus, BenSummary:
Marcus creates a chilling world where the speech of children is killing their parents. After being forced to leave their daughter Esther to fend for herself, Sam and Claire end up at a government...
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Author: Franklin, EmilySummary:
Two popular television stars who dislike each other intensely must pretend to be a couple for publicity purposes, and when the truth is discovered their relationship goes through many changes.
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Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities.
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Author: Mofina, RickSummary:
Jeff Griffin, a mechanic, and his wife, Sarah, travel from Montana to Manhattan to give their nine-year-old son, Cole, his dream vacation as they secretly face the heart-wrenching turmoil that has...
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Author: Tunney, StephenSummary:
Sixteen-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin has an amazing talent--he has the ability to see the fourth primary color, and therefore the unique future paths of time and matter. Because his eye color is...
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Author: Van Draanen, WendelinSummary:
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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Author: Thimmesh, CatherineSummary:
When three heroic men traveled aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft bound for the moon, the entire world sat glued to their television sets in suspense. But few knew just how much it took to get that...
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Author: Fantaskey, BethSummary:
As seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they also uncover family secrets and...
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Author: Swinburne, Stephen R.Summary:
Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, babies, and behavior of the endangered species called manatees.