2014 Staff Pick of the Year

I Capture the Castle (Paperback)

By Dodie Smith

$17.99

ISBN: 9780312201654

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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - March 15th, 1999

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Set in a crumbling English castle populated by a quirky and delightful cast of characters, the diary entries of the witty, charismatic, and "consciously naive" Cassandra Mortmain make up a coming of age story so utterly charming that I couldn't stop smiling while reading.

Katie

The Fourteenth Goldfish (Hardcover)

By Jennifer L. Holm

$16.99

ISBN: 9780375870644

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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - August 26th, 2014

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When Ellie's grandfather develops an anti-aging potion that turns him into a 13-year-old boy, she acquires a new housemate, plots the rescue of a prized jellyfish, and learns what it means to be a scientist.

Sarah

The Crocodile Who Didn't like Water (Hardcover)

By Gemma Merino

$17.95

ISBN: 9780735841635

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Published: NorthSouth Books - April 5th, 2014

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First-time author and illustrator Gemma Mernio makes it hard to decide which is more charming, her drawings or her text.  This book is fun right from the start, and ends with a delightful surprise!

Robin

Brown Girl Dreaming (Hardcover)

By Jacqueline Woodson

$18.99

ISBN: 9780399252518

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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 28th, 2014

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Brown Girl Dreaming is SUCH a wonderful, atmospheric book. I really learned to value poetry as a means to create a nuanced world, rich with detail, yet spare in words. I wanted to stay with her and never leave because she has created a living, breathing childhood. Not to be missed.

Carol

Hunger: A Novella and Stories (Paperback)

By Lan Samantha Chang

$15.95

ISBN: 9780393337952

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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 8th, 2009

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Simply put, this book is as lovely as its cover.

Robin

Everything I Never Told You: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Celeste Ng

$26.95

ISBN: 9781594205712

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Published: Penguin Press - June 26th, 2014

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A heartbreaking, affecting family drama that deserves all the praise it’s gotten. Great fiction moves you to re-examine your own emotions and gives fresh insight and empathy into the situations of those around you - and this is great fiction.

Dina

Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) (Paperback)

By Ann Leckie

$17.99

ISBN: 9780316246620

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Published: Orbit - October 1st, 2013

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Artificial intelligence meets human vengeance. Once Justice of Toren, a ship responsible for the lives of thousands, the soldier Breq is confined by treachery to one human body and one human mission: revenge on the ruler of the Radch empire. This debut novel swept the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, and Locus awards. For fans of innovative, mind-bending science fiction.

Rebecca

The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish (Hardcover)

By Linda Przybyszewski

$28.99

ISBN: 9780465036714

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Published: Basic Books - April 29th, 2014

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Even if you've never touched a sewing machine, you'll be planning a trip to the fabric store by the time you finish this history of American clothing. Dress isn't just a matter of fashion here: it's politics, domestic science, economics, and a barometer of women's roles in an evolving world.

Sarah