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Alison Anderson, author of The Summer Guest

What if Anton Chekhov, undisputed master of the short story, secretly wrote a novel --- a manuscript hidden long ago that might have survived? This tantalizing possibility drives THE SUMMER GUEST, a spellbinding story --- inspired by the real-life friendship between Chekhov and the Lintvaryov family --- that draws together, across two centuries, the lives of three women through a moving, mysterious diary.

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Taylor F., Teen Board Member.

THE GRACES by Laure Eve is a bewitching read that follows our main character, River, and her obsession with becoming a Grace. The Graces are well known in River’s small surf town as the three teen witches who have powerful connections all over the world. Everyone in school loves them and is baffled when the new girl, River, is taken under their wings. Creating black magic that could harm them all, the four teens dabble in the art of witchcraft to break curses and discover secrets that should never have been brought to the surface. Read More

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Everyone loves the Graces. Fenrin, Thalia and Summer Grace are captivating, wealthy and glamorous. They’ve managed to cast a spell over not just their high school but also their entire town --- and they’re rumored to have powerful connections all over the world. If you’re not in love with one of them, you want to be them. Especially River: the loner, new girl at school. She’s different from her peers, who both revere and fear the Grace family. She wants to be a Grace more than anything. But what the Graces don’t know is that River’s presence in town is no accident.

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Everyone loves the Graces. Fenrin, Thalia and Summer Grace are captivating, wealthy and glamorous. They’ve managed to cast a spell over not just their high school but also their entire town --- and they’re rumored to have powerful connections all over the world. If you’re not in love with one of them, you want to be them. Especially River: the loner, new girl at school. She’s different from her peers, who both revere and fear the Grace family. She wants to be a Grace more than anything. But what the Graces don’t know is that River’s presence in town is no accident.

About the Book

When a glamorous family of teenage witches brings a mysterious new girl into their fold, they unwittingly nurture a powerful black magic that could destroy them all. This paranormal YA fantasy features intrigue, spells and a devastating twist. In THE GRACES, the first rule of witchcraft states that if you want something badly enough, you can get it...no matter who has to pay.
 
Everyone loves the Graces. Fenrin, Thalia and Summer Grace are captivating, wealthy and glamorous. They’ve managed to cast a spell over not just their high school but also their entire town --- and they’re rumored to have powerful connections all over the world. If you’re not in love with one of them, you want to be them. Especially River: the loner, new girl at school. She’s different from her peers, who both revere and fear the Grace family. She wants to be a Grace more than anything. But what the Graces don’t know is that River’s presence in town is no accident.
 
This fabulously addictive fantasy combines sophisticated and haunting prose with a gut-punching twist that readers will be dying to discuss. Perfect for fans of WE WERE LIARS as well as nostalgic classics like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the 1996 movie The Craft, THE GRACES marks the beginning of a new wave of teen witches.

Audiobook available, narrated by Claire Calverley.

July 14, 2016

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July 13, 2016

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July 12, 2016

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July 11, 2016

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Honore de Balzac

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

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Martin Charnin

You’re never fully dressed without a smile

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Arnold H. Glasow

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.

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Arnold H. Glasow

July 8, 2016

Last weekend was a three-book weekend, with time off in the middle to prep for Cory’s pool party. I, who was told “I did not need to do anything for the party,” found myself making three kinds of dip, brownies, chocolate chip cookies and a roasted corn poblano chili pasta salad. Before you ask for the recipe for the latter, you can find it here. His party theme was Christmas in July, thus the pool was decorated with holiday lights, and our Santa Countdown was set to 175 days until Christmas. Now we will see if said decorations make it back to the attic before November; right now they are neatly stacked on the kitchen floor! Oh, and because the party store did not have Santa hats (something “we” were not surprised about in July, but he was), leis were part of the party attire.