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Before we were yoursLisa Wingate
The kite runnerKhaled Hosseini
The immortal life of Henrietta LacksRebecca Skloot
The henna artistAlka Joshi
The midnight libraryMatt Haig
The invisible life of Addie LaRueVictoria Schwab
KindredOctavia E Butler
The guncleSteven Rowley
White oleanderJanet Fitch
The seven or eight deaths of Stella FortunaJuliet Grames
The bright & the paleJessica Rubinkowski
A winter's promiseChristelle Dabos
WintersmithTerry Pratchett
Shadow and boneLeigh Bardugo
ShiverMaggie Stiefvater
FrostbloodElly Blake
WinterwoodShea Ernshaw
Snow, glass, applesNeil Gaiman
The sisters of the winter woodRena Rossner
Dark riseC S Pacat
Girls made of snow and glassMelissa Bashardoust
The love conSeressia Glass
The Rosie projectGraeme C Simsion
One last stopCasey McQuiston
Read Between the LinesRachel Lacey
Get a life, Chloe BrownTalia Hibbert
First comes likeAlisha Rai
Something to talk aboutMeryl Wilsner
You had me at holaAlexis Daria
Boyfriend materialAlexis J Hall
Mabel : a mermaid fableRowboat Watkins
America, my love, America, my heartDaria Peoples-Riley
The farmer and the circusMarla Frazee
The tree in meCorinna Luyken
It fell from the skyTerry Fan
There's a ghost in this houseOliver Jeffers
Everybody in the Red Brick BuildingAnne/ Mora Wynter
RedLaura Vaccaro Seeger
Milo imagines the worldMatt de la Peña
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