Home GamesAward winning adult author Benjamin Markovits delivers a poignant coming of age middle grade story that will give comfort to anyone feeling like a small fish in a Texas size sea. Perfect for fans of Kevin Henkes, Rebecca Stead, and Kate DiCamillo. Twelve year old Ben is a shy, quiet kid. His life isnt perfect, but he feels at home in his New York City apartment. Then his dad takes a job in London, and everything changes. His parents separate, and Bens

Or save him

Just like Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley

and daily diet of Jack Daniels—Bad Blake is on his last legs

The unlikely pair navigate the enclaves of desert-dwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious trouble—caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist

the terribly skittish stray from a Maine farm who repeatedly pushes Amy’s patience to its limits

ambitious officer she expects

revealing how a woman used to physically controlling her body learned to come to terms with her unstable mind

discovers that he has left her a tidy sum in the hope that she will open a bookshop

But even prison couldn’t contain this larger-than-life personality who cleverly used nuns as well as various ruses to help her break out

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lands Sorrel an unexpected opportunity: reviving a long-dormant Shakespearean garden on an English country estate

Three Nobel Prize winners