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A Book With a Place Name in the Title Read More Reading Challenge 2021 |
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri
A beekeeper and his artist wife have their lives upended and must flee after war destroys their home in Aleppo, Syria, and they set off on a dangerous journey through Turkey and Greece, towards an uncertain future in England. The ebook is available through Overdrive.
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Black Bottom Saints
by Alice Randall
A celebrated columnist, nightclub emcee, and fine arts philanthropist draws inspiration from the Catholic Saints Day books to reflect on his encounters with black artists in Detroit's legendary Black Bottom neighborhood, from the Great Depression through the post-World War II years. The ebook is available through Overdrive.
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Moonlight Over Manhattan
by Sarah Morgan
When she becomes a temporary live-in dog sitter for Dr. Ethan Black, Harriet Knight, who is determined to conquer a lifetime of shyness, challenges herself to explore their very unexpected chemistry—and to tell him how she really feels after her dog-sitting duties are over.
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Iron Lake
by William Kent Krueger
Part Irish, part Native American, Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor puts aside his grudge against the small Minnesota town that rejected him as a sheriff to investigate a sinister conspiracy responsible for the murder of the local judge. This is the first book in the intriguing Cork O'Connor series. Listen to the audiobook through Hoopla.
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Arabella of Mars
by David D. Levine
A century after Captain Kidd's first expedition to Mars, Arabella Ashby is set to leave her Martian plantation home for London to learn to be a lady, until her home is threatened and she joins the crew of a Mars Trading Company ship disguised as a boy. The audiobook is available through Hoopla.
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Joyland
by Stephen King
In a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. Read the ebook on Overdrive or listen to the audio version on Hoopla.
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