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An Affair of Poisons by Addie ThorleyA reimagining of the infamous 17th-century poisoning scandal involving Louis XIV finds a young alchemist discovering her mother's secret criminal activities before teaming up with an illegitimate royal in a rebellion against a murderous underground society. A first novel.
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Blood water paint by Joy McCulloughIn Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible
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Enchantée by Gita TreleaseAn impoverished orphan must rely on magic to provide for her siblings by impersonating an aristocrat in Versailles, before her political awakening forces her to choose sides in the French Revolution. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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How I became a spy : a mystery of WWII London by Deborah HopkinsonAn unlikely young spy in World War II London forges a detective team with a strong-willed American girl, his Jewish refugee friend and his trusty pup to decipher a notebook containing clues about a young woman's disappearance. Simultaneous eBook.
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The length of a string by Elissa Brent WeissmanWanting nothing more than to find her birth parents as the day of her big bat mitzvah celebration approaches, Imani discovers her great-grandmother's journal chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe and begins to see family in new ways. By the author of the Nerd Camp series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Lovely war by Julie BerryMeeting in a World War II-era Manhattan hotel for a forbidden tryst, immortals Ares and Aphrodite are caught by the latter's jealous husband before she defends her actions by imparting the tale of four young humans who became connected during World War I. By the author of the Splurch Academy series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Olivia Twist by Lorie LangdonOlivia Brownlow, born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, is as tough and cunning as they come. Taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, she's now a debutante in high society. But she can't forget the teeming slums where children still scrabble to survive. Jack MacCarron, once known as the Artful Dodger, became the adopted "nephew" of a society matron. He and his "aunt" are robbing society blind every chance they get. When Jack encounters Olivia, he wonders why asociety girl is helping a bunch of homeless orphan thieves--and why does she remind him so much of someone he once knew?
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The night diary by Veera HiranandaniThe 12-year-old daughter of a refugee family forced to flee their home in the aftermath of the 1947 separation of Pakistan and India embarks on a treacherous journey that she records in a series of letters written to her late mother. By the award-winning author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl. Simultaneous eBook.
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Resistance by Jennifer A NielsenThe New York Times best-selling author of the Ascendance and Mark of the Thief trilogies tells an extraordinary story of a Jewish girl's courageous efforts to resist the Nazis
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The weight of our sky by Hanna AlkafA music-loving teen with OCD works desperately to find her way back to her mother during the 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A first novel. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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