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Shoshana

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?"
- Anne of Green Gables


Bookseller Shoshana recommends:

Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Paperback)

By Maria Semple
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316204262
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Back Bay Books, 4/2013
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She’s a genius. She hates Seattle, where she happens to live. She’s afraid to leave the house. She’s promised her daughter a trip to Antarctica. When Bernadette disappears, it’s up to her daughter Bee to gather tidbits about her. Poignant as those tidbits are, many of them are also hilarious. A worthy Alex Award winner.

~ recommended April, 2013

See You at Harry's (Hardcover)

By Jo Knowles
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780763654078
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Candlewick, 5/2012
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Fern's life revolves around her family's restaurant—and around her family, which is moving further and further from the image her father wants to create of a cookie-cutter perfect family.  When the unimaginable happens, Fern's bond with her family becomes more important than ever.  A weepy, genuine novel that doesn't reach for easy answers.

~ recommended January, 2013

Code Name Verity (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Wein
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781423152194
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Disney-Hyperion, 5/2012
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If I told you why this World War II spy novel blew me away, I'd spoil it.  So you'll just have to read it, won't you?

~ recommended October, 2012

A Very Special House (Hardcover)

By Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780060286385
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Published: HarperCollins, 11/2001
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The very best house is right in the middle - oh it's ret in the meedle - oh it's root in the moodle of your head head head.

Author Ruth Krauss' imaginatively goofy text deserves a comeback... and I'm pretty sure that Sendak illustrator fellow made a name for himself.
 
~ recommended August, 2012

The One and Only Ivan (Hardcover)

By Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061992254
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Published: HarperCollins, 1/2012
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If you're a gorilla, there's not much you can do if a human decides to keep you at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.  That's how Ivan sees it, at least.  Until there's an elephant who needs his help.

~ recommended March, 2012

Inside Out and Back Again (Hardcover)

By Thanhha Lai
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061962783
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Published: HarperCollins, 3/2011
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What if you had to leave Saigon for a place as different as...Alabama? What if classmates you could barely understand bullied you for how different you seemed? This beautiful, accessible verse novel tells one person's answers to those questions.

~ recommended January, 2012