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Twelve-year-old Barbadian Josephine encounters a strange figure who resembles the fearsome Heartman who steals children's hearts, while also dealing with the odd behavior of her best friend.

During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.

When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

"In early September 1900, twelve-year-old Carrie of Galveston is looking forward to spending Saturday night at her friend's house, until her parents are invited to a very important party and she is forced to stay home and take care of her little brother; but a boring chore turns into a nightmare when the storm surge from the Great Hurricane hits and their house is swept off its foundation--and Carrie must think quickly and not panic if she is going to keep herself and her brother alive"--Provided by publisher.

Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

In 1924 Denver, private investigator Annalee Spain becomes the suspect in a murder when she offers her lace handkerchief to a distraught woman in a local library, whose husband is later found murdered. Battling a corrupt police force filled with Klu Klux Klan members searching for a way to bring her down, and the disappearance of her boyfriend Jack, a pastor, Annalee must rely on her faith and wits to weed out a growing list of suspects, stay one step ahead of her enemies, and find Jack.

Provides a historical fiction novel that explores the life of African American actor, Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Oscar. Beginning with her Oscar win in 1940 to her death in 1952, the novel traces the discrimination she received from both Whites and Blacks after her win, her struggles to find work, her sustaining friendships, her failed marriages, and her determination to continue to work in order to help pave the way for other Black actors in the industry.

After her boyfriend leaves her, twenty-something Scarlett Gardner tries to keep the Palm Trees and Page Turners bookshop in Southern California afloat with her only employee, Evelyn Maxwell. Then a customer is found dead and it turns out she left a small fortune to Scarlett. Now Evelyn's husband, police detective Steve Maxwell of the Oceanside Police, believes Scarlett is a prime suspect. To clear her name, Scarlett must find out just how she is connected to the victim.

Massachusetts bookstore owner Gemma and her tea-shop owner friend Jane are called in to investigate purported hauntings at a historical reenactment museum known as Scarlet House. When they discover a dead body on the property and a museum filled with secrets, their list of suspects grows, as does the threat to their lives.