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Lisa Gardner, “Live to Tell”

In her latest Detective D.D. Warren novel, Lisa Gardner examines the world of mental illness, especially in children. When two families are murdered, allegedly by a mentally-ill child, D.D. immerses...

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Jennifer Egan, “A Visit from the Goon Squad”

From the grunge rock of the 1980s to the fake-sounding sugary pop of the 2010s, Bennie Salazar, his long-time assistant, Sasha, and their various acquaintances and family member have worshipped music....

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Betty MacDonald, “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle”

She’s a woman who appeals to all children: she knows how to have fun, she’s a sympathetic listener, and she has two pets, Wag and Lightfoot. Her husband was a pirate who buried his treasure in the...

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Nora Roberts, “The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy”

In the town of Boonsboro, Maryland, a building near the square stands empty and in ruins, its only inhabitant a quiet, female ghost. Beckett, Owen and Ryder Montgomery, however, the triumvirate of...

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Janet Schulman, “The 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury”

One of the perks of being a parent is being able to indulge in children’s books. Whether it’s a simple Pat the Bunny-type board book, a sweet tale of a very literal woman (Amelia Bedelia) or a thick...

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Khaled Hosseini, “A Thousand Splendid Suns”

It’s a strange question: why, when life is at its most tragic, is it also at its most beautiful? Perhaps it’s the ugliness and brutality of tragedy that exposes, even magnifies the beauty that would...

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Tami Hoag, “Deeper Than the Dead”

For fifth-graders, the greatest stressor is figuring out how to avoid the class bully. Bad lunches, short recesses, homework and mean teachers are all tolerable; the school bully, however, well, he (or...

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J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”

Harry Potter’s quest started at age 11, the year “The Boy Who Lived” left the cupboard under the stairs for the grandiosity and warmth of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Seven years later,...

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