April

Power to the Princess

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Power to the Princess: 15 Favorite Fairytales Retold with Girl Power By Vita Murrow, Julia Bereciartu (Illustrator) Cover Image

Power to the Princess: 15 Favorite Fairytales Retold with Girl Power (Hardcover)

By Vita Murrow, Julia Bereciartu (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781786032034
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Frances Lincoln Children's Books - September 6th, 2018

 

This book would make the perfect gift for the princess lover in your life of any age or gender. The beautiful cover contains a series of princess stories that take on classics like Beauty and the Beast and rewrite them with more diverse casts and more feminism! The stories are fun and spunky and the art is colorful and makes the stories come alive.

April

Sadie

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Sadie: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Courtney Summers
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250105714
Availability: Available to Order from Supplier: Arrives at Store in a Week(ish)
Published: Wednesday Books - September 4th, 2018

 

Sadie's sister was murdered, and she knows who did it. She decides to track down the killer herself after the cops' unsatisfactory investigation, but goes missing along the way. Sadie's narrative is intertwined with that of Wes, who is following her trail and making a Serial-like podcast as he tries to find her--this book is tense, twisty, and heart-wrenching and perfect for fans of true crime. Best book I've read this year.

April

Little & Lion

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Little & Lion (Paperback)

By Brandy Colbert
$10.99
ISBN: 9780316349017
Availability: Available to Order from Supplier: Arrives at Store in a Week(ish)
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - July 3rd, 2018

 

This is a captivating, beautiful YA novel that explores family, sexuality, identity, and dealing with a loved one's mental illness with compassion and insight, but also with raw honesty in depicting the realities of Suzette's life. This was the rare contemporary fiction YA that I couldn't put down and read in one sitting.

April

America Vol 1

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America Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez By Gabby Rivera (Text by), Joe Quinones (Illustrator) Cover Image

America Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez (Paperback)

By Gabby Rivera (Text by), Joe Quinones (Illustrator)
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781302908812
Published: Marvel - October 31st, 2017

 

America Chavez is the superhero we all need. A Latinx lesbian who can punch star shaped holes between dimensions and is studying at “Sotomayor University,”  America is fierce and fun and loving and I cannot get enough. (And you can read this without extensive comics knowledge.)

 

April

The Dry

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The Dry: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jane Harper
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250105622
Availability: In Stock: Click Title to See if it's in CAMBRIDGE or BOSTON
Published: Flatiron Books - January 2nd, 2018

 

When his childhood best friend dies in an apparent murder-suicide, Aaron Falk goes back to the hometown he's been avoiding for years because of the murder of a girl that the town suspected him for--and one for which his best friend lied as his alibi. Tense and atmospheric, I immediately reached for the sequel.

April

Dread Nation

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Dread Nation (Hardcover)

By Justina Ireland
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062570604
Availability: Available to Order from Supplier: Arrives at Store in a Week(ish)
Published: Balzer + Bray - April 3rd, 2018

 

You didn’t know you needed a Civil War era zombie book—but you do. In Dread Nation, Justina Ireland draws a compelling, tense, page turner that both makes your heart pound in suspense and makes you think about race with its nuanced writing. In short, it is genius, and you need to read it. (Even if you don't like zombie books.)

April

Illuminae

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Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) (Paperback)

By Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
$12.99
ISBN: 9780553499148
Availability: In Stock: Click Title to See if it's in CAMBRIDGE or BOSTON
Published: Ember - April 25th, 2017

 

Illuminae is a fast-paced, heart racing, YA sci-fi book that breaks genre conventions, experiments with form and will keep you turning pages well into the night. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down, and I had to read the second one immediately. This is the perfect time to pick this one up because the trilogy is now complete! Head over to the YA section to find the others!

April

Meet Cute

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Meet Cute By Jennifer L. Armentrout, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Julie Murphy, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi Cover Image

Meet Cute (Hardcover)

By Jennifer L. Armentrout, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Julie Murphy, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard, Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328759870
Availability: Available to Order from Supplier: Arrives at Store in a Week(ish)
Published: Clarion Books - January 2nd, 2018

Meet Cute is a YA short story anthology celebrating the best part of any good rom-com- the meet cute. The fourteen stories within are diverse, romantic, funny, and heartbreaking, featuring many of today's most popular YA authors. This is the perfect read to get you in that Valentine's Day spirit.

April

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