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The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien Cover Image
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The Illustrated Man By Ray Bradbury Cover Image
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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed By Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translated by) Cover Image
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Dandelion Wine: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image
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Murder in the Mews: Four Cases of Hercule Poirot (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #18) By Agatha Christie Cover Image
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To Build a Fire and Other Stories By Jack London Cover Image
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Three Blind Mice and Other Stories By Agatha Christie Cover Image
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41 Stories: 150th Anniversary Edition By O. Henry, Burton Raffel (Introduction by), Laura Furman (Afterword by) Cover Image
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: and other stories By Robert Louis Stevenson, Peter Harness (Introduction by) Cover Image
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The Awakening: and Other Stories By Dr J. Michelle Coghlan (Introduction by), Kate Chopin Cover Image
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Night of the Living Rez By Morgan Talty Cover Image
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Old Babes in the Wood: Stories By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
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  • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike By Phil Knight Cover Image
  • What My Daddy Loves By Raissa Figueroa, Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dad Bakes By Katie Yamasaki Cover Image
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties By Beth Kobliner Cover Image
  • Because I'm Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa, Dan Santat (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Franklin Smoke: Wood. Fire. Food. [A Cookbook] By Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay Cover Image
  • What Can I Say?: A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities By Mike Lawler Cover Image
  • Whoops . . . I'm Awesome: A Workbook with Activities, Art, and Stories for Embracing Your Wonderfully Awesome Self By Melissa Villaseñor Cover Image
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    Drawn Together By Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by) Cover Image
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image
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    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) By Dr. Seuss Cover Image
  • Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    For Every One By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
  • How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You're Grown Up By Catherine Newman Cover Image
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    The Force: A Novel By Don Winslow Cover Image
  • My Dad Is a Tree By Jon Agee Cover Image
  • Grandpa Loves Me! (Marianne Richmond) By Marianne Richmond Cover Image
  • A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat Cover Image
  • Daditude: The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood By Chris Erskine Cover Image

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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) By Mackenzi Lee Cover Image

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) (Paperback)

By Mackenzi Lee
$12.99

This young adult historical fiction packs an absolutely powerful punch and it absolutely blew me away. It is ENORMOUSLY FUN to read, and it’s rich with juicy historical goodness, from the locations to the language used to the many chaotic adventures our characters get wrapped up in. The story introduces Monty, a young British lord being groomed to grow up as a gentleman, but to absolutely no avail. Before he takes over his family’s estate (much to his father’s chagrin), Monty embarks on a Grand Tour of Europe with his best friend (whom he’s disastrously in love with), and his sister, but they end up on a whirlwind manhunt across Europe that leaves behind everything they knew before! Full of mayhem and mystery and written with such wit, this book is also balanced with commentary about many historical prejudices involving race, sexuality, and physical ability that persisted in history. 

Fall in love with their story, and be sure not to miss the sequel, Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy!

(Young Adult Historical Fiction and Romance, Ages 16+) - reviewed by Iz


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