Don't Skip Out on MeA FINALIST FOR THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD From award winning author Willy Vlautin, comes this moving novel about a young ranch hand who goes on a quest to become a champion boxer to prove his worth. Horace Hopper is a half Paiute, half Irish ranch hand who wants to be somebody. Hes spent most of his life on the ranch of his kindly guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Reese, herding sheep alone in the mountains. But while the Reeses treat him like a son, Horace cant

she leaps at the chance to reinvent herself

a common enough paranormal trait in town

when Life shows up at her door

Perry searches for answers about his mom’s past crime

Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York City’s Lower Eastside

a sister and a friend

Just when she begins to drop her walls

She and her husband Liviu

Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a brilliant adventure tale pulsing with relentless action

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greatest enemies yet—desperation and despair

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