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A Gate at the Stairs [DECKLE EDGE] (Hardcover) A Gate at the Stairs [DECKLE EDGE] (Hardcover) Lorrie Moore’s people are jokesters, wisenheimers. They hold the world, and the language used to describe it, a little off to the side, where they can turn it around and, if not figure it out, at least find something [...]

The Magician’s Elephant (Hardcover) The Magician’s Elephant (Hardcover) Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo–author of The Tale of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane– has crafted another exquisite novel for young readers. The Magician’s Elephant tells the tale of Peter Augustus Duchene, a ten-year-old orphan who receives an unbelievable piece of information from the local [...]