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It Ends with Us: A Novel By Colleen Hoover Cover Image
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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image
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The One and Only Ivan: A Newbery Award Winner By Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
$8.99
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A Man Called Ove: A Novel By Fredrik Backman Cover Image
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Queen Charlotte: Before Bridgerton Came an Epic Love Story By Julia Quinn, Shonda Rhimes Cover Image
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By Julia Quinn, Shonda Rhimes
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The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien (Illustrator) Cover Image
The Hobbit (Paperback)
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The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Cover Image
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The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One By J.R.R. Tolkien Cover Image
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The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition By J.R.R. Tolkien, Jemima Catlin Cover Image
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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home By Tembi Locke Cover Image
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By Tembi Locke
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The Two Towers: The Lord of the Rings: Part Two By J.R.R. Tolkien Cover Image
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Honoring Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month

  • Spanish Is the Language of My Family By Michael Genhart, John Parra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Witchlings By Claribel A. Ortega Cover Image
  • Frizzy By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Rafa Counts on Papá By Joe Cepeda Cover Image
  • Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) By Pam Muñoz Ryan Cover Image
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of ¡Vamos!) By III Raúl the Third, III Raúl the Third (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Merci Suárez Changes Gears By Meg Medina Cover Image
  • How to Speak in Spanglish By Mónica Mancillas, Olivia de Castro (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Invisible: A Graphic Novel By Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton #1) By Francisco Jiménez Cover Image
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle By Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Barely Floating By Lilliam Rivera Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Efrén Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Cover Image

Eerie and exciting reads!

  • Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hellaween By Moss Lawton Cover Image
  • The Otherwoods By Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Boo! Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight By Shelly Page (Editor), Alex Brown (Editor), Kalynn Bayron, Alex Brown, Vanessa Montalban, Rebecca Kim Wells, Kosoko Jackson, Trang Thanh Tran, Maya Gittelman, Em X. Liu, Shelly Page, Tara Sim, Ayida Shonibar, Ryan Douglass, Sara Farizan Cover Image
  • Hopefully the Scarecrow By Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Spooky Pookie (Little Pookie) By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Herbert's First Halloween: (Halloween Children's Books, Early Elementary Story Books, Picture Books about Bravery) By Cynthia Rylant, Steven Henry (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boris and Bella By Carolyn Crimi, Gris Grimly (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Celebrate the Day of the Dead! By Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Wheels on the Costume By Cindy Jin, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Light Inside By Dan Misdea, Dan Misdea (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hidden Pictures My First Lift-the-Flap Halloween Jokes (Highlights Joke Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Halloween Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Dem Bones By Bob Barner Cover Image
  • Happy Halloweenie By Katie Vernon, Katie Vernon (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror By Erica Waters, Chloe Gong, Tori Bovalino, Hannah Whitten, Allison Saft, Olivia Chadha, Courtney Gould, Aden Polydoros, Shakira Toussaint, Alex Brown Cover Image
  • Not a Pumpkin! (A Lift-the-Flap Book) By Susie Lee Jin, Susie Lee Jin (Illustrator) Cover Image

Staff Picks

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Better the Blood By Michael Bennett Cover Image

Better the Blood (Hardcover)

By Michael Bennett
$27.00

Richly textured contemporary crime novel set in Auckland, New Zealand, with pivots back to a major 19th century historical injustice of a Maori chief, this cinematic story introduces a feisty, intuitive female Maori detective, Hana Westerman, as she tracks down a terrifying serial killer intent on righting the historical injustice. Who is evil and why is one of the major themes in this first-rate debut from Bennett. Not to be missed!

(Adult Mystery) - Reviewed by Maureen


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