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The Beanstalk Murder - a middle grade fantasy novel by P. G. Bell - involves a young witch in training, her archenemy, the kingdom of giants, and a huge murder mystery!Anwen Sedge, a young Meadow Witch apprentice, lives in a rural village that hasn''t seen giants since the Great Beanstalk War. So it''s quite a surprise when one drops from the sky and squishes the village flat. It''s an even bigger surprise when Anwen discovers that he was dead BEFORE he hit the ground. This is a murder! The only solution is for Anwen and her arch nemesis, Cerys (who''s the best at High Magic and won''t let anyone forget it) to send a plea for help to the giants'' kingdom, using a magic beanstalk.But the beanstalk backfires, shooting the two rivals into the giants' kingdom before crumbling to dust! There, they make a terrible discovery the murdered giant was none other than the king. And the giants have no magic of their own to get the girls home. Trapped in the royal p

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Dear Wendy''s Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual college students, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann ZhaoSophie Chi is in her first year of college (though her parents wish she''d attend a real university rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexual) identity. She knows she'll never fall in love, but she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she's behind the incredibly popular Dear Wendy account.When Joanna Jo Ephron (also a first-year aroace college student) created their Sincerely Wanda account, it wasn't at all meant to take off or be taken seriouslynot like Wendy's. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Wendy's account? Oops. As if Jo's not busy enough having existential crises over gender

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy standalone romance about a talented musician swept away to the Celestial Realm by a handsome duke in Song of the Six Realms.Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesn't remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract.With no family and no patron, Xue is facing the possibility of a lifetime of servitude playing the qin for nobles that praise her talent with one breath and sneer at her lowly social status with the next. Then one night she is unex

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In Where Sleeping Girls Lie a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.An Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller!A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2024 (So Far) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Goodreads, The Nerds Daily, She Reads, and so much more! It's like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again...Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school, after being home-schooled. Misfortune has been a constant companion throughout her life, but even Sade doesn't expect her new roommate, Elizabeth, to disappear after Sade's first night. Or for

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In Skylaar Amann's gentle, beautifully illustrated picture book, two best friends learn that sometimes everyone needs a quiet, safe space to just be. Ren and Kit are the best of friends, always doing everything together. But when Ren needs some quiet time to herself, she chooses to hide away in an unlikely place. Kit doesn't understand, but she's willing to listen and learn. And in the end, they both realize that sometimes, everybody needs a hole in the ground. Alone Sometimes speaks directly to the need we all occasionally have for a safe space where we can hide away from the frustrations of the world.

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Four adorable dogs are tail-waggingly excited to play their favorite role-playing game in DnDoggos: Get the Party Started, the middle grade graphic novel debut from online comic creator Scout Underhill.They''ve picked their characters and favorite dice, and are ready to set off on the adventure their game master Magnus has created for them. Pickles, a rough and tumble fighter; Tonka, a playful and fun-loving bard; and Zoey, a wise and caring cleric, are given a quest to fetch a magical dog collar from a nearby swamp. But when they triumphantly return, they soon find that the collar isn''t the only thing that has gone missing from Tail''s Bend. All the squeaky toys in town have disappeared and Squish, the mayor''s young son, has set off on his own to find them. It''s up to the Doggos to rescue Squish, track down the missing toys, and save the day!

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