Pam Jenoff, bestselling author or numerous World War II based novels, answered a few questions about her upcoming novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, her life as a writer, and where she builds these inspiring stories from. Why did you decide to write this story? While looking for an idea …
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Title: The Woman with the Blue StarAuthor: Pam JenoffPublication: May 4, 2021Publisher: Park Row BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 336 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and …
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Title: Just Get HomeAuthor: Bridget FoleyPublication: April 13, 2021Publisher: MIRAGenre: ThrillerPages: 272 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Beegie is riding the bus when the quake hits. The teenager was heading back to her unhappy foster home, but then she’s thrown into a broken world. Roads crumble, storefronts shatter and people run wild. …
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Title: Just My LuckAuthor: Adele ParksPublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: MIRAGenre: Domestic ThrillersPages: 385 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) It’s the stuff dreams are made of – a lottery win so big, it changes everything. For fifteen years, Lexi and Jake have played the same six numbers with their friends, the Pearsons and …
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Title: The Murder GameAuthor: Carrie DoylePublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: Sourcebooks FireGenre: YA Fiction, Thriller, SuspensePages: 384 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) What if your best friend and roommate killed a teacher at your prep school? Or what if he didn’t do it, but he’s being framed, and you’re the only person who …
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Title: Serial Killers at the MoviesAuthor: Christopher Berry-DeePublication: November 2, 2020Publisher: Ad LibGenre: Non-Fiction, True CrimePages: 224 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The depraved crimes of both real and imagined serial killers and mass murderers have long transfixed us in newspapers and books, but perhaps nowhere more so than on the big …
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Title: Every Last FearAuthor: Alex FinlayPublication: March 2, 2021Publisher: Minotaur BooksGenre: ThrillerPages: 368 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from …
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Title: The Castle School (for Troubled Girls)Author: Alyssa SheinmelPublication: March 2, 2021Publisher: Sourcebooks FireGenre: YA FictionPages: 400 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When Moira Dreyfuss’s parents announce that they’re sending her to an all-girls boarding school deep in the Maine woods, Moira isn’t fooled. She knows her parents are punishing her; she’s …
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne follows the story of a young boy who lives near the Auschwitz Concentration Camp with his family as his father is a soldier in the Nazi army. The first little difference is that they never say Auschwitz. It’s assumed, but Bruno …
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Title: The Girl from the Chanel IslandsAuthor: Jenny LecoatPublication: February 2, 2021Publisher: Graydon HouseGenre: Historical FictionPages: 248 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The year is 1940, and the world is torn apart by war. In June of that year, Hitler’s army captures the Channel Islands—the only part of Great Britain occupied by …
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