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Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm

Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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Exiles: A Novel By Jane Harper Cover Image
Exiles: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Jane Harper
$27.99
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The Woman in the Library: A Novel By Sulari Gentill Cover Image
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$16.99
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Magpie Murders: A Novel By Anthony Horowitz Cover Image
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By Anthony Horowitz
$18.00
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All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
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By S. A. Cosby
$27.99
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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image
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By Colson Whitehead
$17.00
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The Rescue (Hardcover)
By T. Jefferson Parker
$28.99
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Iron Lake (20th Anniversary Edition): A Novel (Cork O'Connor Mystery Series #1) By William Kent Krueger Cover Image
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By William Kent Krueger
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Razorblade Tears: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
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The Dry: A Novel By Jane Harper Cover Image
The Dry: A Novel (Paperback)
By Jane Harper
$16.99
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By Thomas Perry
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By Tracy Clark
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Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
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  • 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
  • Grandpa Loves Me! (Marianne Richmond) By Marianne Richmond Cover Image
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    Drawn Together By Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by) Cover Image
  • Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dad Bakes By Katie Yamasaki Cover Image
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    The Force: A Novel By Don Winslow Cover Image
  • Franklin Smoke: Wood. Fire. Food. [A Cookbook] By Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay Cover Image
  • What My Daddy Loves By Raissa Figueroa, Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties By Beth Kobliner Cover Image
  • Daditude: The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood By Chris Erskine Cover Image
  • A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat 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
  • Because I'm Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa, Dan Santat (Illustrator) 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
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    For Every One By Jason Reynolds 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
  • Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities By Mike Lawler Cover Image
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image

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Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) By Kelly Yang Cover Image

Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) (Paperback)

By Kelly Yang
$8.99

A well-balanced book that shows one young Chinese girl's experience immigrating with her family to California. At times funny, heart-wrenching, and innovative, this book shows the difficulties of starting over in a new country in a way that a young reader would be able to understand. A great book to open our eyes to the different and sometimes unseen ways people struggle and how we can make the world a better place by being more inclusive and willing to listen to other's stories. 

(Historical Novel, ages 8+) - Reviewed by Jessica


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