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New in Paperback

Whether it's a hardcover reprinted in paperback, or a new book that just released in paperback, we're rounding up fiction and nonfiction titles worthy of your attention in our New in Paperback feature. Feel free to dog-ear the pages and fold back the covers!

Week of September 24, 2012

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Week of September 17, 2012

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Week of September 10, 2012

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Week of September 3, 2012

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August 2012

August's roundup of New in Paperback titles include THE THRONE OF FIRE, Book Two in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles trilogy, which sees the offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra; LUCKY FOR GOOD, the conclusion to Susan Patron's Hard Pan trilogy, in which 11-year-old Lucky finds that the best she can do is to never give up; LIESL & PO, Lauren Oliver’s middle-grade debut about a lonely young girl who befriends a ghost and is drawn into a world of magic; and PENNY AND HER SONG by Kevin Henkes, a picture book that introduces readers to Penny, who wants to sing her really wonderful song --- but her parents are worried she will wake the babies.

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Week of August 27, 2012

TIGER HILLS by Sarita Mandanna is an emotional saga about a young woman forced to make difficult choices following a gut wrenching tragedy that change the course of her life forever.

In THE ROPE by Nevada Barr, readers are taken back into Anna Pigeon’s past and shows her as she struggles to acclimate to New York and heal her broken heart.

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Week of August 20, 2012

UNMEASURED STRENGTH by Lauren Manning is the story of Lauren’s remarkable recovery after she has gotten 80 percent of her body burned in the fall of the World Trade Centers.

 In THE SHOEMAKER’S WIFE by Adriana Trigiani, Ciro has caught the local priest in scandal. He is banished from his village and sent to hide in America as an apprentice to a shoemaker. He leaves his love Enza, but soon her family faces disaster and she is forced to go to America too.

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Week of August 13, 2012

In CLOSE YOUR EYES by Iris and Roy Johansen, FBI agent Adam Kyle consults with music therapist Kendra Michael to help him solve his case, a case that has Kendra's ex in the path of a known serial killer. Will Kendra and Adam be able to save him in time or will there differences get in the way?

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Week of August 6, 2012

In Nicholas Spark'sTHE BEST OF ME, high school students Amanda and Dawson were deeply in love. But after unforeseen events tore them apart, the two followed radically divergent paths and became estranged. Now, 25 years later, the funeral of their beloved mentor, Tuck, brings them both back to Oriental, North Carolina. Following instructions Tuck has left for them, Amanda and Dawson are finally forced to confront their painful past.

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July 2012

July's roundup of New in Paperback titles includes CHECKMATE, a follow-up to THE CRUISERS, in which Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess as seen through the eyes of a group of middle school misfits; THE TRAP, book two in Michael Grant's The Magnificent 12 series, which finds Mack MacAvoy challenged by his spectral mentor, Grimluk --- who only appears in the shiny chrome pipes of bathrooms; NOAH BARLEYWATER RUNS AWAY by John Boyne, in which a runaway child discovers a mysterious toyshop in an enchanted forest and meets a toymaker with secrets and stories to tell; and THE TALENT SHOW, Dan Gutman's funny, action-packed account of a community that decides to put on a talent show in order to raise money to rebuild  their town following a devastating tornado.

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