October 2020

Dear Justyce (Hardcover)

By Nic Stone

$18.99

ISBN: 9781984829665

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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - September 29th, 2020

This follow-up to Dear Martin is the best kind of realistic-but-gratifying fight-the-system novel. Justyce, now in college, fights for his childhood friend Quan's freedom, both from jail and from the circumstances that led him there.

Sarah

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)

By V. E. Schwab

$26.99

ISBN: 9780765387561

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Published: Tor Books - October 6th, 2020

This is a ghost story of sorts, and a love story of sorts, but mostly a story about a girl who doesn't want to live a stifled life and makes a deal with the devil to live forever. A beautiful, modern story.

Heather

A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team (Hardcover)

By Arshay Cooper

$27.99
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ISBN: 9781250754769

Published: Flatiron Books - June 30th, 2020

Inspiring true story from Chicago's West Side in the turbulent 1990s. A group of young Black men from Manley High form the first black rowing team to save themselves. They are utterly transformed by the experience. Survivors, they reunite 20 years later to make a difference by offering the same opportunity to young black kids in their hometown. They also invite white members of the Chicago Police Department to join them in bringing people together to make a difference one stroke at a time. You will be moved to tears. Now available as a documentary on Peacock TV.

Ellen

This story about an okapi-talist whose pursuit of profit ravages a community--and the noodle-loving animals who come together to stop him--feels appropriate for October 2020. Packed with puns, delicious food, cute creatures, and heart. Kids and adults alike should give it a read.

Okapi Tale (Hardcover)

By Jacob Kramer, K-Fai Steele (Illustrator)

$18.95

ISBN: 9781592703043

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Published: Enchanted Lion Books - October 6th, 2020

The Road to Wigan Pier

The Road To Wigan Pier (Paperback)

By George Orwell

$16.99

ISBN: 9780156767507

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Published: Mariner Books - October 18th, 1972

83 years old, written and read during recessions, and somehow equal parts timely and timeless; Discouraging and hopeful.

John

Wild Birds

The Wild Birds (Paperback)

By Emily Strelow

$17.00

ISBN: 9781644282007

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Published: Rare Bird Books - March 3rd, 2020

With a deft hand, Strelow weaves together three compelling stories, spanning a century and set in the grandeur of the Pacific coast. Her prose is gorgeous, especially the way she lovingly renders the natural environment (including the titular birds). This is a book about both finding ourselves as individuals and the ways in which we are connected to the larger world around us. I adored it.

Kate

Animal Wife

Animal Wife (Paperback)

By Lara Ehrlich

$14.95

ISBN: 9781597098847

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Published: Red Hen Press - September 8th, 2020

These stories are haunted not with ghosts, but with the loss of innocence, the debts that get demanded of girls when their hips start to curve, and the terror of not quite knowing what happens to the girls who venture behind closed doors with boys.

Meaghan

The Year of the Witching

The Year of the Witching (Hardcover)

By Alexis Henderson

$26.00
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ISBN: 9780593099605

Published: Ace - July 21st, 2020

THIS. BOOK. I started this book and said that I was just going to read two chapters and then do something responsible, and instead I made it ten chapters and 100 pages before I was able to rip my eyes away from the page. This book is perfect for people who want something thrilling but not too scary. With patriarchal threads from The Handmaid’s Tale (and our own society), a puritanical setting, and a vibe that reminded me of the VVitch, this is a ‘carve out a day and don’t plan on moving until you’re done’ kind of book.

Katherine

Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

$28.00

ISBN: 9780525620785

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Published: Del Rey - June 30th, 2020

As the title promises, a perfect Gothic novel: eerie and dark, with electric suspense. It cured my pandemic slump—I couldn’t seem to focus on anything until picking this one up, and then I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend the audiobook on Libro.fm as well!

Leila

Deadly Education

A Deadly Education: A Novel (The Scholomance #1) (Hardcover)

By Naomi Novik

$28.00

ISBN: 9780593128480

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Published: Del Rey - September 29th, 2020

I agonized over what to read after this book before giving in and just reading this book again. I wasn't ready to leave El, the stubborn sorcereress who doesn't want to murder all her classmates even though it would be so much easier. I wanted to stay with this magical school where the high death rate isn't a bug, it's a feature. I just loved everything about it so much. Is it too soon for me to read it again a third time?

Shana

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