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• A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants

  Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds

  Hirsch, Rebecca E.,

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  This book is accessible to YA and above with short chapters and beautiful illustrations. Hirsch, a plant biologist, provides a well researched and entertaining read. Who says nonfiction is boring?! - Ellen W, North-East

• A Place at the Nayarit

  How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

  Molina, Natalia,

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  My mom is from honduras and ran her own restaurant so I related to this read in a lot of ways. - Karla M, OneNorth

• Anatomy of a Fall

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  In my humble opinion, this should have won best picture at the Oscars had it not been an already stacked year. To me this movie is the perfect drama; the writing is excellent, the cast is incredible, and there is a dog. I typically shy away from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Home

  Sorell, Traci,

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  Stunning picture book tells the story of a Cherokee family moving home from the city. Warm family story; illustrations to pour over. - Crystal F, YFE

• Bloodchild

  and Other Stories

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  In today’s incredibly polarized world, I find comfort in the great science fiction writers of yesteryear. The late great Octavia Butler is no exception, being one of my favorite writers, as well as an African American woman in a very white…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buffalo Fluffalo

  Kalb, Bess, 1987-

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  Silly rhymes and adorable, expressive illustrations abound in this hilarious tale of a grouchy buffalo who just needs a little love. Buffalo Fluffalo deserves to be read aloud on repeat! - Josie S, Central YFE

• Chain-gang All-stars

  Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,

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  This book was absolutely stunning. In a world where prisoners become gladiators and must fight to the death for their freedom, the lines between good and bad become blurred. The last line of this book will live in my mind rent-free for the rest of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death on Gokumon Island

  Yokomizo, Seishi, 1902-1981,

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  This classic whodunit Agatha-Christie-ish mystery series is set in 1900s Japan and has Detective Kosuke Kindaichi investigating strange deaths with sordid backstories. The whole series of books is full of surprises and hard to put down. - Ronda C,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Demon Copperhead

  a Novel

  Kingsolver, Barbara,

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  The author captured the voice of the main character, Demon so poignantly. It was equally heartbreaking and funny. Each character is uniquely flawed and complex. My favorite read in a very long time! - Jessi R, HREE

• Dictionary of the Khazars

  a Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words

  Pavić, Milorad,

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  A fascinating Rubik's Cube of a novel that twists language, history, and religion into surprising new forms. - Isaac H, Mobile Services

• Dracula Daily

  Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in Real Time With Commentary by the Internet

  Kirkland, Matthew,

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  Based on the Internet sensation, it's the novel of Dracula reorganized into chronological order. Follow Johnathan Harker and his friends as they plot to kill Count Dracula, with hilarious annotations from online commenters. - Eleanor D, Waldo

• Elder Race

  Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-

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  Expert fusion of fantasy and science fiction with hilarious cultural misunderstandings and a terrifying enemy. A princess visits the sorcerer who once helped her ancestor. The sorcerer is an anthropologist with technology who grapples with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Feed

  Anderson, M. T.

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  A classic challenged book from the 2010s, Anderson’s dystopia where chips are implanted into everyone’s brains to constantly connect them to ads and the internet might feel preachy until you remember that Feed was written *before* Facebook and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finding Dorothy

  a Novel

  Letts, Elizabeth

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  This was a sweet, historically-accurate fiction of Maud Gage Baum, the wife of L. Frank Baum who wrote The Wizard of Oz books. I learned a lot about her life growing up with a feminist/suffragist mother, her early marriage to the imaginative writer,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pinocchio

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  It's a beautifully made film about war, loss, what it means to be human, and the difference between goodness and obedience. I really can't say enough good things about this movie without this turning into incoherent gushing, so I will just say that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inside Out

  a Memoir

  Moore, Demi,

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  After watching her amazing performance in The Substance, I checked out Demi Moore's memoir and loved it. It's candid, heartbreaking, sincere, wise, and a very fast read. - Kevin F, Central

• The Invisible Library

  Cogman, Genevieve

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  This immersive fantasy features magical librarians, chaotic fae, and logical dragons moving through parallel worlds in tandem, and in conflict with one another. Irene, Librarian, attempts to balance the worlds by stealing original manuscripts for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

  a Novel

  Miller, Kirsten, 1973-

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  A good book - both in audio and as a read. - Julianne J, Substitute