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• The Thief of Always

  Barker, Clive, 1952-

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  "The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive."

• Uglies

  Westerfeld, Scott

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  "The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, you’d have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.”

• The Haunting of Hill House

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.,

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  “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Butcher & Blackbird

  Weaver, Brynne,

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  “Being a serial killer who kills serial killers is a great hobby … Until you find yourself locked in a cage. For three days. With a dead body. In the Louisiana summer. With no air conditioning.”

• Our Wives Under the Sea

  Armfield, Julia,

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  "The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness... 'The ocean is unstill,' [Leah] says, 'farther down than you think. All the way to the bottom, things move.' ... 'What you have to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Outsiders

  Hinton, S. E.

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  "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. "

• Anxious People

  a Novel

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  "A bank robbery. A hostage drama. A stairwell full of police officers on their way to storm an apartment. It was easy to get to this point, much easier than you might think. All it took was one single really bad idea. This story is about a lot of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Used to Live Here

  a Novel

  Kliewer, Marcus,

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  "They'd rung the doorbell unannounced on a chilly Friday night. The strangers on Eve Palmer's doorstep seemed harmless enough. Yet Eve, ever cautious, peered through the blinds and debated whether to open the door."

• Mickey7

  a Novel

  Ashton, Edward (Science fiction writer),

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  "This is gonna be my stupidest death ever."

• Parable of the Sower

  Butler, Octavia E.,

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  "SATURDAY, JULY 20TH, 2024 I had my recurring dream last night. I guess I should have expected it. It comes to me when I struggle--when I twist on my own personal hook and try to pretend that nothing unusual is happening. It comes to me when I try…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Charlotte's Web

  White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985

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  "'Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast."

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

  Chambers, Becky,

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  "As she woke up in the pod, she remembered three things. First, she was traveling through open space. Second, she was about to start a new job, one she could not screw up. Third, she had bribed a government official into giving her a new identity…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Like Home

  Gailey, Sarah,

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  "The Crowder House clung to the soil the way damp air clings to hot skin. Vera had anticipated that coming back to her childhood home would be difficult. She had almost refused, had almost made up an excuse: I'm really busy at work. I don't have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Are All So Good at Smiling

  McBride, Amber,

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  "This is what I know: / my name is Whimsy & magic is real-- / a fine glitter hovering in the air. / It doesn't matter that most can't see the energy (the ashe) / like a woven spell stringing through & connecting all things. / It doesn't matter that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Weirds

  Slate, Jenny, 1982-

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  A long one, but I truly think of this imagery, and how it drew me into Jenny Slate's way of singing the world, at least once a week. // "One of my fantasy dimensions is: Strangers on the street see me and think I might be French. You are a stranger.…Read moreRead more of this annotation