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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #07)
by J. K. Rowling  
Powells.com Staff Pick The seeds planted throughout the series bear fruit in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. How did Dumbledore's nose get broken? Or his hand burned to a crisp? You will find all the answers here. This is the finest book in the series; the writing is...
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Powells.com Staff Pick Once I started this book, I couldn't stop reading. Not only is this young adult book funny and touching — it feels so real. Anyone of any age who has struggled to know themselves and has fought for happiness will find resonance in the words and...
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Powells.com Staff Pick "It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery..." Take your time reading this beautifully written book with an innovative...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
by Betty Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick I read this when I was around 11 years old, and it made a huge impression on me. Set in a time when Brooklyn might not have been the chic neighborhood it is now, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is about an inner-city girl seeing hope in her hard world...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #02)
by Jeff Kinney
Powells.com Staff Pick Wimpy kids of the world, unite! Jeff Kinney's popular web-comic is back in a new book that's guaranteed to fill every kid with joy — whether they're young or old, wimpy or tough. Recommended by Hank, Powells.com...
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Summerland
by Michael Chabon
Powells.com Staff Pick I started reading Summerland on a road trip and couldn't put it down. I was hooked from the moment Ethan and a ragtag group of characters — including a depressed Sasquatch and the rudest fairy princess you can imagine — embark on their quest to...
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Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl #04)
by Eoin Colfer
Powells.com Staff Pick In this fourth installment, Artemis Fowl is up to his old tricks again, forgetting all about the fairies. Captain Holly, even while being accused of a crime she did not commit, only cares about helping Artemis. Throw in a little Commander Root and the...
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I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick An utter delight. This enchanting tale has long been a favorite of mine. It has just been reissued to coincide with the soon to be released movie version. Set in 1930s England, this story of young love beguiles with moated castles, moonlight...
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
by Peter Cameron
Powells.com Staff Pick The New York Times Book Review already got it exactly right: "It's his best work....The novel demonstrates every kind of strength....It's as if Cameron had taken the tools earned over a whole career and applied them to the materials of a first book...
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
by Michael Scott
Powells.com Staff Pick Michael Scott's The Alchemyst series hit us like a ton of gold bricks! Mr. Scott has already published several books of folktales, and this little venture into the life and time of Nicholas Flamel is full of great gods and myths. If you haven't had a...
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No More Dead Dogs
by Gordon Korman
Powells.com Staff Pick This book is so much fun. Who says middle readers should be read by, oh, you know, 9- to 12-year-olds? I recommend this book to everyone. Find out what happens when the English teacher forces one student to participate in a play that he has no...
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The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Book 2 (His Dark Materials #02)
by Philip Pullman
Powells.com Staff Pick The second book in the fantastic His Dark Materials trilogy, The Subtle Knife is also the spookiest. It includes abandoned cities, orphans, soul-sucking ghosts, physicists, angel armies, zeppelins, parallel universes, arctic explorers, academic intrigue,...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she...
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I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
Powells.com Staff Pick I've got to hand it to Australian author Markus Zusak: this book single-handedly made me want to be a better person. As a lifelong reader, I feel a book like this, one that can really change people, comes around so rarely that Zusak must be recognized as...
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Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Powells.com Staff Pick Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee is an orphan who, at age three, is taken in by his aunt and uncle. For eight years he watches them coexist without speaking to each other or sharing anything — until one day, in the middle of a concert, he reaches a...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #11: The Grim Grotto
by Lemony Snicket
Powells.com Staff Pick Menacing mushrooms, miserable missives, and marine mischief as the unfortunate Baudelaire orphans battle wits with their arch nemesis once again. Oh, the exquisite agony! Recommended by Georgie...
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How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Powells.com Staff Pick A gritty, funny, and widely influential novel (it caused quite a stir!) that I guarantee you'll read time and time again. Powerful and worthy of many re-readings. Recommended by Jill S., Powells.com...
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Skellig
by David Almond
Powells.com Staff Pick "A British novelist making his debut in young adult fiction tells the story of a young boy adjusting to a recent move, his younger sister's illness, and making new friends. But the real story begins when he discovers someone or something sleeping in the...
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Eldest (Inheritance Cycle #02)
by Christopher Paolini
Powells.com Staff Pick In his online newsletter Alagaesia, Christopher Paolini shares, "Writing Eldest was one of the hardest things I've ever done, as was writing Eragon, although in different ways. I pushed myself with Eldest, both in terms of the characters, the story, and...
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His Dark Materials Box Set
by Philip Pullman
Powells.com Staff Pick "A 'big' story in an enchanting package. It may look like kid's fantasy but this trilogy is so much more. You'll love the way Pullman uses a cast of witches, rebellious angels, shape changing daemons in a setting that moves between parallel worlds to...
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