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Ray Kilbride has found himself back in his hometown after the sudden death of his father. But besides all of the normal things that come with settling someone’s affairs, Ray also has to deal with what to do about his younger brother, Thomas. Thomas has schizophrenia, and doesn’t leave his room voluntarily other than to eat and shower. He spends all of his time online,
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Beartown is a small town in Sweden that is on the way out. One thing is keeping it alive — a ice hockey team of teenage boys on their way to win the national championship. A win like that, used to entice a popular hockey organization to relocate there, could mean everything. But teenagers are messy, and their parents are messy, and people don’t always
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Penellephe (Poppy) has always been told that she is the Chosen, the Maiden. She is to remain pure, untouched, unfriended, unexperienced, going through her life either in her room with her designated companion or escorted by her guards to her lessons with the Duke and the high priestess. Most don’t even know what she looks like, because she’s required to wear a veil any time
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The Alice Network is a dual-timeline story about two women. In 1947 we have Charlie, an American college girl who is visiting Europe with her socialite mother in order to get a secret abortion. Except Charlie has other plans. Her French cousin Rose disappeared during World War II, and Charlie is determined to find out what happened to her. All she has to go on
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