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We have 10 copies of Oliver Loving by Stefan Merrill Block to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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A family in crisis, a town torn apart, and the boy who holds the secret has been cocooned in a coma for ten years.

A moving meditation on the transformative power of grief and love, a slyly affectionate look at the idiosyncrasies of family, and an emotionally-charged page-turner, Stefan Merrill Block’s Oliver Loving is an extraordinarily original novel that ventures into the unknowable and returns with the most fundamental truths.

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We have 10 copies of American Panda by Gloria Chao to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents’ master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies.

With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can’t bring herself to tell them the truth—that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.

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We have 10 copies of Son of a Midnight Land by Atz Kilcher to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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A powerful new memoir about growing up with a hard father in a hard land, from the patriarch of Discovery Channel’s Emmy-shortlisted program Alaska: The Last Frontier.

Atz Kilcher’s reckoning with his unusual childhood builds with each chapter of Son of a Midnight Land, offering readers a realistic look at the emotional price he paid for his father’s dream to homestead in Alaska’s remote wilderness.

“Very seldom do we get windows into our parents’ private lives with such honesty…This book…proves anyone can find forgiveness, love, and even change at any age.” —Jewel, singer and daughter of Atz Kilcher

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We have 10 copies of Rosie Colored Glasses by Brianna Wolfson to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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Rosie Collins makes everything dazzle. Rex Thorpe is serious and unsentimental. Yet when the two meet Rex is swept up in Rosie’s manic tornado of love. But, just as opposites attract, they also cause friction. When things fall apart, their daughter Willow must navigate two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie’s behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed.

Whimsical, heartbreaking, uplifting, Rosie Colored Glasses is a novel about the many ways love can find you and transform you, even if it can’t save you.

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We have 5 copies of The Reluctant Fortune-Teller by Keziah Frost to give away to 5 Riot readers!

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At seventy-three years old, Norbert Zelenka’s life on the sidelines has left him broke and alone. But when three strong-willed seniors decide to make him their latest project, he reluctantly agrees to their scheme: establishing himself as the town’s fortune-teller. As Norbert’s lonesome world expands, he finally finds a place where he belongs. But disaster looms on the horizon. When a troubled young woman goes missing after a reading, Norbert must find a strength beyond the cards to bring her home safely. The Reluctant Fortune-Teller is a poignant reminder that we’re never too old to learn new tricks.

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We have 10 copies of Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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The bones of seven young girls, picked clean and carefully preserved… that’s all Sergeant Ryan DeMarco knows about the unsolved crime he has unwittingly been roped into investigating during what is supposed to be a healing road trip with his new love, Jayme.

DeMarco is still reeling from the case that led to death of his best friend months ago and wants nothing more than to lay low. Unfortunately, the small southern town of Jayme’s idyllic youth is not exactly a place that lets strangers go unnoticed—especially strangers who have a history of solving violent crimes. And if there’s anything DeMarco knows, it’s that a killer always leaves clues behind just waiting for the right person to come along and put all the pieces together.

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We have 10 copies of The Girl on the Velvet Swing by Simon Baatz to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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In 1901, Evelyn Nesbit, a New York society darling, dined with Stanford White in his decadent 24th Street apartment. Evelyn was given champagne, lost consciousness, and woke, nearly naked, in bed next to White. An acclaimed architect and notorious womanizer, White was 47. Evelyn Nesbit was just 16.

Four years later, Evelyn married Harry Thaw, a playboy millionaire rumored to be mentally disturbed. One night in 1906, a vengeful Thaw shot and killed White before hundreds of theatre-goers at Madison Square Garden—a venue designed by Stanford White himself. The murder and ensuing trial were the scandal of the century, perhaps the nation’s first tabloid murder.

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We have 10 copies of Eternal Life by Dara Horn to give away to 10 Riot readers!

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Rachel has a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, and hundreds of children. In the 2,000 years since she made a bargain to save the life of her first son back in Jerusalem, she’s tried everything to free herself. As the twenty-first century begins and her children and grandchildren develop technologies that could change her fate, Rachel knows she must find a way out. Eternal Life celebrates the bonds between generations, the power of faith, the purpose of death, and the reasons for being alive.

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Whether you actually need one for your work in a library, or just want to add a fancy and nerdy dash of extra bookishness to your home, the truth remains: you need a library cart. And we want to give you one.

We’re giving away one library cart to one winner—and you get to pick the color!

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We have 50 copies of Elevate by Joseph Deitch to give away to 50 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

A modern world can often make us feel even more lost as we struggle to find meaning. Joseph Deitch shares his lifelong pursuit of wisdom and growth in this accessible, practical, down-to-earth gift to readers. Elevate will increase your awareness and help you progress in all that you do and care about with five clear insights and ten essential skills.

Elevate is a celebration of life and the wisdom we have access to. It’s a formula for turning frustration into fascination…and into the growth of our great innate powers of intellect and self-direction.

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