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- A thousand white butterflies, Jessica Betancourt-Perez & Karen Lynn Williams ; illustrated by Gina Maldonado
- Something to hide, a Lynley novel, Elizabeth George
- Room to dream, Kelly Yang
- Searching for Sylvie Lee, a novel, Jean Kwok
- Things we lost to the water, a novel, Eric Nguyen
- Paris echo, Sebastian Faulks
- The orphan collector, a heroic novel of survival during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Ellen Marie Wiseman
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- The Master Butchers Singing Club, Louise Erdrich
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- A season of grace, Lauraine Snelling
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