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The Riders Come Out at Night

The Riders Come Out at Night

In 2003, the Oakland Police Department was placed under a Consent Decree wherein the department was subject to the supervision of a third party acting under the authority of the federal government. The department would need to comply with various recommendations and show marked improvement before the decree would be lifted. The decision to put

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A House With Good Bones

A House With Good Bones

Sam’s mom has A House with Good Bones. It also has a beautiful rose garden and possibly a ghost. Vultures are watching the house and clearly her mom is on edge. But the house is in the suburbs, not some creepy Gothic mansion. Ghosts don’t live in the suburbs, do they? Even with her scientific

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The View from Half Dome

The View from Half Dome

When tragedy strikes the Dickinson family, teenage Isabel runs away from their small apartment in San Francisco to Yosemite. There, she expects to find her brother, working with the CCC. Instead, she finds the potential for a new life when she meets Enid Michael, one of the few female naturalists in the 1930s. Aside from

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SumoPuppy

SumoPuppy

Sumo Kitty is growing old living in the heya, and is not as quick to catch mice and he used to be. Sumo kitty would like to have someone one to pass his tricks down to and help catch mice. When someone brings home a smelly puppy, this is not what Sumo kitty had in

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Linh’s Rooftop Garden (Where In the Garden?)

Linh’s Rooftop Garden (Where In the Garden?)

Linh is just a little girl looking for some blueberries to have her friends and family over for some yummy food. She explores her entire garden and realizes that some of the fruits and vegetables do share some of the same things, like melons are round like blueberries. For instance, blackberries are made of many

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Blood Debts (Blood Debts, 1)

Blood Debts (Blood Debts, 1)

In New Orleans, an anti-magic city, twins Chris and Clem are stuck caring for their ill mother in a place that despises who they are. The twins are the heirs to a fractured magical family, but they both hold opposite views on magic. Chris has sworn off magic after she cast the spell that led

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Babble!: And How Punctuation Saved It

Babble!: And How Punctuation Saved It

How would a town without punctuation sound? The sound might make you scream! Well, the village of Babble couldn’t scream or ask why not before a young stranger brought them some practical, linguistic gifts. No one can understand anyone else in Babble, where monotonous sounds overlap and people can’t distinguish their own thoughts from speech.

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Ready… Set… Frog!

Ready… Set… Frog!

Ready…Set…Frog! is an adorable story that teaches young readers and listeners a valuable lesson. Frog is a youngster who becomes very excited when his mother tells him that there will be a neighborhood fair the following week. And at this fair, there will be an obstacle course! Now, Frog loves nothing more than an obstacle

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