• TEENS

The Stalker Chronicles

Cammie Bliss has been branded by her classmates as a stalker, a reputation that's hard to shake in a town so small the only movie theater closed a generation ago. But when Toby shows up in his dark-framed glasses, Cammie knows he's just her type. Don't be fooled by the shiny pink cover: Carley Moore's debut novel is filled with quirks, compulsions, and hilariously inappropriate behavior.

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  • TEENS

Going Bovine

A sixteen-year-old male finds himself diagnosed with a fatal illness. The prescription? Road trip! Think the humor of Fast Times at Ridgemont Highcombined with the surreal wonders of The Wizard of Oz. 13 and up. Read more...

June 20: Today is World Refugee Day, as designated by the United Nations in 2001. According to the renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, the modern refugee problem should not be attributed to wars and despots but to a civilization that…

Very few debut novels exhibit the charm, assurance, emotional depth and bravura fabulation which the lucky reader will discover in Helene Wecker's

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