The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet [Book]
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Enter Anne Nesbet’s world and follow Maya on her magical journey, a story fantasy fans will love.
Staff Picks Reviewer: Steven
Two Crafty Criminals! and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang by Philip Pullman [Book]
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Master storyteller Philip Pullman’s rollicking and humorous tale of Benny Kaminsky, Thunderbolt Dobney, and their gang—out to solve crime.
Tagged: Detectives, Fiction, London, Mystery
City of Thieves by David Benioff [Book]
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“You have never been so hungry; you have never been so cold,” are the first words we hear from Lev Beniov in this novel set during the German siege of Lenningrad. It is the winter of 1941, and two prisoners, 17 year old Lev, arrested for looting, and ladies’ man Kolya, an accused deserter, are given a chance to earn their freedom. An NKVD colonel sends them on an impossible mission: return with a dozen eggs to make his daughter’s wedding cake. After traveling though the besieged and starving city, they enter the devastated countryside and penetrate Nazi lines.
Filled with action, memorable characters, and vivid with historical detail, this is a wonderfully written coming of age account, a love story, and a tale about two very different, very opposite young men who forge a deep bond of friendship despite the challenges of the surrounding unrelenting war.
Tagged: Fiction, Historical fiction, World War II