psychological fiction

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Goldengrove

a novel
Nico comes of age over the course of her thirteenth summer when her parents withdraw following the drowning death of her older sister, and she is left largely alone to deal with her own grief.
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The turn of the key

"When [nanny] Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare--one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder"--Provided by publisher.
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Moby-Dick

Presents Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" about Captain Ahab's obsession with finding and killing the great white whale that took off his leg.
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Wolf boy

a novel
When the Harrelson's eldest child is killed in a car accident, her parents and siblings struggle to deal with their grief and adapt to their new family dynamic.
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The inheritance of loss

While exploring the facets of romance with her Napali tutor, the Indian-Nepali insurgency reaches a frenzy, forcing Sai to revist her past and reconnect with her eccentric grandfather.
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Life expectancy

Before he died, Josef Tock spoke an unusual and frightening prophecy that his grandson Jimmy, who was born the same night, would have to endure five dark days in his life beginning in his twentieth year and ending in his thirtieth.
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A + e 4ever

a graphic novel
Asher Machnik is a teenage boy cursed with a beautiful androgynous face who has developed an intense fear of being touched because of the abuse he receives from others. Ash is befriended by Eulalie Mason, a lonely, tough-talking lesbian from school, a fellow artist who sees and accepts him for who he is.

The particular sadness of lemon cake

a novel
Rose Edelstein, on the eve of her ninth birthday, bites into her mother's lemon-chocolate cake and is immediately aware of the hidden secrets the members of her family hold.

The metamorphosis

A graphic novel adaptation of Franz Kafka's story of a young man who faces disgrace and alienation after waking up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant beetle.

The river king

An inexplicable death in Haddan, Massachusetts leads to the unraveling of the lives of some of the residents of the small river town.

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