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![Hilda and the great parade]( "Hilda and the great parade")
![The enchanted life of Valentina Mejía]( "The enchanted life of Valentina Mejía")
![Three tasks for a dragon]( "Three tasks for a dragon")
![Bips and roses]( "Bips and roses")
![Sunlight on the snow leopard]( "Sunlight on the snow leopard")
![Sona and the golden beasts]( "Sona and the golden beasts")
![A game of fox & squirrels]( "A game of fox & squirrels")
![Monster problems]( "Monster problems")
![Rescue on turtle beach]( "Rescue on turtle beach")
![The spirit queen]( "The spirit queen")
![Best wishes]( "Best wishes")
![Serwa Boateng's guide to witchcraft and mayhem]( "Serwa Boateng's guide to witchcraft and mayhem")
![Dungeon academy : no humans allowed!]( "Dungeon academy : no humans allowed!")
![Worst broommate ever!]( "Worst broommate ever!")
![A sky full of dragons]( "A sky full of dragons")
![The two wrong halves of Ruby Taylor]( "The two wrong halves of Ruby Taylor")
![Twilight hauntings]( "Twilight hauntings")
![Solimar : the sword of the Monarchs]( "Solimar : the sword of the Monarchs")
![The fight for the hidden realm]( "The fight for the hidden realm")
![The red key]( "The red key")
![Children of the fox]( "Children of the fox")
![Carnival chaos]( "Carnival chaos")
![Rise of the green flame]( "Rise of the green flame")
![The wishkeeper's apprentice]( "The wishkeeper's apprentice")
![The Mossheart's promise]( "The Mossheart's promise")
![Fortune tellers]( "Fortune tellers")
![The Silver Swamp]( "The Silver Swamp")
![Heat of the lava dragon]( "Heat of the lava dragon")
![The last Rhee witch]( "The last Rhee witch")
![Monster vs. boy]( "Monster vs. boy")
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![Shadows of eternity : a novel]( "Shadows of eternity : a novel")
![Stars and bones : a continuance novel]( "Stars and bones : a continuance novel")
![The essential Terrance Dicks. Volume two]( "The essential Terrance Dicks. Volume two")
![Halo. First strike]( "Halo. First strike")
![Foreigner]( "Foreigner")
![The worst of all possible worlds]( "The worst of all possible worlds")
![The book of Joan]( "The book of Joan")
![Invisible things]( "Invisible things")
![Halo : ghosts of Onyx]( "Halo : ghosts of Onyx")
![The Kraken Project]( "The Kraken Project")
![Project Hail Mary : a novel]( "Project Hail Mary : a novel")
![A big ship at the edge of the universe]( "A big ship at the edge of the universe")
![The second rebel : a novel]( "The second rebel : a novel")
![Redshirts]( "Redshirts")
![Trafik]( "Trafik")
![Demon in white]( "Demon in white")
![Dead silence]( "Dead silence")
![Chilling effect]( "Chilling effect")
![The stars are legion]( "The stars are legion")
![Children of ruin]( "Children of ruin")
![Marsbound]( "Marsbound")
![Big damn hero]( "Big damn hero")
![Earth retrograde]( "Earth retrograde")
![Children of the mind]( "Children of the mind")
![Ashes of man]( "Ashes of man")
![The light years]( "The light years")
![Infinity gate]( "Infinity gate")
![Off Armageddon Reef]( "Off Armageddon Reef")
![For we are many]( "For we are many")
![All these worlds]( "All these worlds")
![The national team : the inside story of the women who changed soccer]( "The national team : the inside story of the women who changed soccer")
![All the lives I want : essays about my best friends who happen to be famous strangers]( "All the lives I want : essays about my best friends who happen to be famous strangers")
![Policing pregnant bodies : from ancient Greece to post-Roe America]( "Policing pregnant bodies : from ancient Greece to post-Roe America")
![The almost legendary Morris sisters : a true story of family fiction]( "The almost legendary Morris sisters : a true story of family fiction")
![Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science]( "Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science")
![Me & Patsy, kickin' up dust : my friendship with Patsy Cline]( "Me & Patsy, kickin' up dust : my friendship with Patsy Cline")
![Mastering the art of Soviet cooking : a memoir of love and longing]( "Mastering the art of Soviet cooking : a memoir of love and longing")
![The book of gutsy women]( "The book of gutsy women")
![Midnight in Cairo : the divas of Egypt's roaring '20s]( "Midnight in Cairo : the divas of Egypt's roaring '20s")
![Red sapphire : the woman who beat the blacklist]( "Red sapphire : the woman who beat the blacklist")
![Harriet Tubman : imagining a life]( "Harriet Tubman : imagining a life")
![...If you lived when women won their rights]( "...If you lived when women won their rights")
![Everybody come alive : a memoir in essays]( "Everybody come alive : a memoir in essays")
![The daughters of Kobani : a story of rebellion, courage, and justice]( "The daughters of Kobani : a story of rebellion, courage, and justice")
![But will you love me tomorrow? : an oral history of the '60s girl groups]( "But will you love me tomorrow? : an oral history of the '60s girl groups")
![I am Rosa Parks]( "I am Rosa Parks")
![Reborn : journals and notebooks, 1947-1963]( "Reborn : journals and notebooks, 1947-1963")
![Sybil Ludington's midnight ride]( "Sybil Ludington's midnight ride")
![Alice across America : the story of the first women's cross-country road trip]( "Alice across America : the story of the first women's cross-country road trip")
![I used to live here once : the haunted life of Jean Rhys]( "I used to live here once : the haunted life of Jean Rhys")
![Sybil Ludington : Revolutionary War rider]( "Sybil Ludington : Revolutionary War rider")
![She kills me : the true stories of history's deadliest women]( "She kills me : the true stories of history's deadliest women")
![A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France]( "A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France")
![Butterfly : from refugee to Olympian - my story of rescue, hope, and triumph]( "Butterfly : from refugee to Olympian - my story of rescue, hope, and triumph")
![Ida B. Wells marches for the vote]( "Ida B. Wells marches for the vote")
![Until I am free : Fannie Lou Hamer's enduring message to America]( "Until I am free : Fannie Lou Hamer's enduring message to America")
![Ida B. Wells, voice of truth : educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader]( "Ida B. Wells, voice of truth : educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader")
![Pride of a nation : a celebration of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team]( "Pride of a nation : a celebration of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team")
![A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II]( "A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II")
![The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks]( "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks")
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