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All I Ask by the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Eva Crocker is a defining novel of a generation.
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Boy O'Boy
A somber tale about an innocent child, but despite the difficult subject this novel is filled with humor, compassion, and trenchant social observation.
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Killing Pilgrim
The second novel in the Marko della Torre series, Killing Pilgrim is a propulsive political thriller set against the backdrop of war-torn Yugoslavia.
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This epic novel takes you inside an affluent Jewish family in the lead-up to Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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At this point, Solie has little left to achieve, but if her poems keep letting their mask slip, they might genuinely surprise us. She has been a thrillingly unpredictable poet for twenty-five years.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWellwater\u003c\/em\u003e sees Solie using the techniques honed in her earlier work to their full potential. 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The poems in Karen Solie’s sixth collection explore the intersection of cultural, economic, and personal ideas of value.
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Ten ghost stories dramatize the history of Chinese immigration to North America, from the gold rush of the late 1850s to the Cultural Revolution.
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ages 3
to 6
/ grades P
to 1
All That Grows
From Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner Jack Wong, a story of a boy who discovers that the more he learns, the more there is to know!
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ages 3
to 2
/ grades P
to 2
Two Drops of Brown in a Cloud of White
A child’s joy on a snowy day finally helps her mother feel at home in their new country.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Seamus’s Short Story
Seamus would give anything to be taller! One day, while playing dress-up in his mother's closet, he finds a way to reach new heights.
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The city traffic continues to rattle past, noisier and busier than ever, but sometimes the great tree works its magic, and people just stop, and listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this simple, lyrical story, a wide-spreading tree and a busy road grow simultaneously, even as time passes and the footsteps of people and animals give way to speeding cars, buses and trucks. 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He carefully places rocks around it as the local mango seller rushes past shouting, \"Out of the way! Out of the way!\" As the tree grows bigger, people and animals traverse the path until it becomes a lane, flowing like a river around the tree— getting out of its way. Over time, the lane becomes a road, and a young man crossing the road with his children remembers the baby tree from long ago. By the time he is an old man, the tree has become a giant. The city traffic continues to rattle past, noisier and busier than ever, but sometimes the great tree works its magic, and people just stop, and listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this simple, lyrical story, a wide-spreading tree and a busy road grow simultaneously, even as time passes and the footsteps of people and animals give way to speeding cars, buses and trucks. 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Out of the Way! Out of the Way!
We see an Indian village grow from a sleepy little agricultural way station to a bustling metropolis. For fans of American classic The Little House.
