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Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel By Laura Dave Cover Image
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel...
By Laura Dave
$17.99
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Never Never: A Romantic Suspense Novel of Love and Fate By Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher Cover Image
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By Colleen Hoover
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Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 (A Novel) By T. J. Newman Cover Image
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By T. J. Newman
$28.00
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The Woman in the Library: A Novel By Sulari Gentill Cover Image
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By Thomas Perry
$27.95
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The Love of My Life: A Novel By Rosie Walsh Cover Image
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By Andy Weir
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By Ruth Ware
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By T. Jefferson Parker
$28.99
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The Cartographers: A Novel By Peng Shepherd Cover Image
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  • What My Daddy Loves By Raissa Figueroa, Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Grandpa Loves Me! (Marianne Richmond) By Marianne Richmond Cover Image
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    The Force: A Novel By Don Winslow Cover Image
  • A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat Cover Image
  • Franklin Smoke: Wood. Fire. Food. [A Cookbook] By Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay Cover Image
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    Drawn Together By Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by) Cover Image
  • How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You're Grown Up By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Daditude: The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood By Chris Erskine Cover Image
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) By Dr. Seuss Cover Image
  • My Dad Is a Tree By Jon Agee Cover Image
  • What Can I Say?: A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image
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    For Every One By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
  • Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities By Mike Lawler Cover Image
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties By Beth Kobliner Cover Image
  • Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
  • Dad Bakes By Katie Yamasaki Cover Image
  • Whoops . . . I'm Awesome: A Workbook with Activities, Art, and Stories for Embracing Your Wonderfully Awesome Self By Melissa Villaseñor Cover Image
  • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike By Phil Knight Cover Image
  • Because I'm Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa, Dan Santat (Illustrator) Cover Image

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The Downstairs Girl By Stacey Lee Cover Image

The Downstairs Girl (Paperback)

By Stacey Lee
$10.99

Could there be a better young adult historical fiction storyteller than Stacey Lee? The Downstairs Girl rings with honesty about the plight of Jo Kwan, living in Atlanta in 1890 in an abandoned basement below an unsuspecting family that runs one of the town's newspapers. Jo becomes the unseen advice columnist "Dear Miss Sweetie" as she uses her considerable wit to answer letters - all the while working as a maid to a privileged and cruel teen. Romance, racial inequities and family squabbles all result in Lee's outstanding development into a glimpse of Atlanta's storied genteelness. This is a sure winner!

(YA Historical Fiction, ages 12+) - Reviewed by Maureen


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