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Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics (Prebound)) by Bette Greene from Open Road Young Readers is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

1973 Golden Kite Award, New York Times Outstanding Book Award, ALA Notable Book Award, National Book Award Finalist, and Massachusetts Children's Book Award.

In Bette Greene’s award–winning debut novel, a young Jewish girl in the postwar South finds herself drawn to a German prisoner of war

When the Army delivers a batch of Nazi prisoners of war to an internment camp in Jenkinsville, Arkansas, Patty Bergen is as anxious as any of her neighbors to get a glimpse of the monsters. The eldest child in the town’s sole Jewish family, Patty is lonely and isolated, spending most of her time in the company of Ruth, her parents’ black housekeeper.

Then she meets Anton Reiker, an inmate in the camp. Even though he fought against the Allies, Anton seems to understand Patty in a way even her parents never have. When Anton escapes from the camp, Patty risks everything to keep him safe—but following her heart may come at a terrible price.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Bette Greene including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

The Child Thief by Brom from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland.

Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peter's crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?

There is always more to lose.

Accompanying Peter to a gray and ravished island that was once a lush, enchanted paradise, Nick finds himself unwittingly recruited for a war that has raged for centuries—one where he must learn to fight or die among the "Devils," Peter's savage tribe of lost and stolen children.

There, Peter's dark past is revealed: left to wolves as an infant, despised and hunted, Peter moves restlessly between the worlds of faerie and man. The Child Thief is a leader of bloodthirsty children, a brave friend, and a creature driven to do whatever he must to stop the "Flesh-eaters" and save the last, wild magic in this dying land.

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The Highest Tide: A Novel by Jim Lynch from Bloomsbury USA Childrens is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley sneaks out of his house and goes exploring on the tidal flats of Puget Sound. When he discovers a rare giant squid, he instantly becomes a local phenomenon. But Miles is really just a kid on the verge of growing up, infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his parents will divorce and fearful that everything, even the bay he loves, is shifting away from him.

"Move over, Holden Caulfield; here's Miles. . . . An uncommon and uncommonly good coming-of-age novel." -Chicago Tribune

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist from Other Press is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

One day in early spring, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. She is promised a nicely furnished apartment inside the Unit, where she will make new friends, enjoy the state of the art recreation facilities, and live the few remaining days of her life in comfort with people who are just like her. Here, women over the age of fifty and men over sixty–single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries–are sequestered for their final few years; they are considered outsiders. In the Unit they are expected to contribute themselves for drug and psychological testing, and ultimately donate their organs, little by little, until the final donation. Despite the ruthless nature of this practice, the ethos of this near-future society and the Unit is to take care of others, and Dorrit finds herself living under very pleasant conditions: well-housed, well-fed, and well-attended. She is resigned to her fate and discovers her days there to be rather consoling and peaceful. But when she meets a man inside the Unit and falls in love, the extraordinary becomes a reality and life suddenly turns unbearable. Dorrit is faced with compliance or escape, and…well, then what?

THE UNIT is a gripping exploration of a society in the throes of an experiment, in which the “dispensable” ones are convinced under gentle coercion of the importance of sacrificing for the “necessary” ones. Ninni Holmqvist has created a debut novel of humor, sorrow, and rage about love, the close bonds of friendship, and about a cynical, utilitarian way of thinking disguised as care.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:


The Grifters by Jim Thompson now also $1.99

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The Good Earth: Good Earth Trilogy (Volume One) by Pearl S. Buck from Open Road Iconic Ebooks is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Pearl S. Buck’s timeless masterpiece, the Pulitzer Prize–winning story of a farmer’s journey through China in the 1920s

The Good Earth is Buck’s classic story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former slave. With luck and hard work, the couple’s fortunes improve over the years: They are blessed with sons, and save steadily until one day they can afford to buy property in the House of Wang—the very house in which O-lan used to work. But success brings with it a new set of problems. Wang soon finds himself the target of jealousy, and as good harvests come and go, so does the social order. Will Wang’s family cherish the estate after he’s gone? And can his material success, the bedrock of his life, guarantee anything about his soul?

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the William Dean Howells Award, The Good Earth was an Oprah’s Book Club choice in 2004. A readers’ favorite for generations, this powerful and beautifully written fable resonates with universal themes of hope and family unity.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.

West of Here by Jonathan Evison from Algonquin Books is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2011

At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived in Port Bonita to reclaim the woman he loves and start a family. Ethan’s obsession with a brighter future impels the damming of the mighty Elwha to harness its power and put Port Bonita on the map.

More than a century later, his great-great grandson, a middle manager at a failing fish- packing plant, is destined to oversee the undoing of that vision, as the great Thornburgh dam is marked for demolition, having blocked the very lifeline that could have sustained the town. West of Here is a grand and playful odyssey, a multilayered saga of destiny and greed, adventure and passion, that chronicles the life of one small town, turning America’s history into myth, and myth into a nation’s shared experience.

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Come the Spring (Clayborne Brothers) by Julie Garwood from Atria Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Julie Garwood triumphed with her phenomenal For the Roses and her #1 New York Times bestselling trio of novels, One Pink Rose, One White Rose and One Red Rose. Now, she brings her irresistible and heartwarming wit to a delightful new love story featuring the unforgettable frontier family, the Claybornes of Blue Belle, Montana.
Cole Clayborne had always walked a dark path and flirted with a life of crime. While his three brothers chose to settle into married life, Cole rebelliously refused to be tied down. Now, an elusive stranger draws him into a shadowy chase that will bring unexpected turns to his uncertain future -- and may determine which side of the law the restless Cole favors.

A tragic, heartbreaking loss drives U.S. Marshal Daniel Ryan on a quest for vengeance -- and leads him to a beautiful young woman, the sole witness to a terrible crime. But the lawman finds that love is the greatest trial of all as he unwittingly draws her into the line of fire. The power and drama of their blossoming passion, entwined with the surprising destiny of the wayward Cole, make Come the Spring a superbly entertaining adventure inside the heart of "a family whose love and loyalty will truly inspire" (Romantic Times).

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Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman from Parthian Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, he imagines many possible worlds where time misbehaves, to fascinating effect.

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The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 5)

Product Description

A woman vanishes. Everyone knew her as a happy, devoted wife living a normal, perhaps a bit boring life. But her discovered diary reveals her secret life unknown to all. How long has she been living this double life? And do these secret revelations explain her disappearance?

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All God's Creatures by Carolyn McSparren from BelleBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Often compared to James Herriot's novels, All God's Creatures follows the life of a woman veterinarian in modern Tennessee. From her unlikely start as a white-glove debutante in the 1960's to a sexism-defying launch in vet school, the heroine spins rich tales of the animals and people in her life.

Zoe Sophia's Scrapbook: An Adventure in Venice by Elisa Smalley from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Adventurous Zoe Sophia finds plenty of excitement during her event-packed vacation to Venice to visit her great aunt Dorothy Pomander. Zoe explores the city and is involved in a suspense-filled search for her lost pet. Written like a travelogue, the book's watercolor illustrations perfectly capture the beautiful landscape of Venice.

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The Shack by William P. Young from Windblown Media/Hachette is $4.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

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Forgotten by Cat Patrick from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Grade Level: 7 and up

Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased. In the morning, all she can "remember" are events from her future. London is used to relying on reminder notes and a trusted friend to get through the day, but things get complicated when a new boy at school enters the picture. Luke Henry is not someone you'd easily forget, yet try as she might, London can't find him in her memories of things to come.

When London starts experiencing disturbing flashbacks, or flash-forwards, as the case may be, she realizes it's time to learn about the past she keeps forgetting-before it destroys her future.

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson from Mulholland Books/Hachette is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers--the low-lifes, the big-timers, and everyone in-between--as the nicest guy around. He may not be the brightest or the most interesting man in town, but nevertheless, he's the kind of officer you're happy to have keeping your streets safe. The sort of man you might even wish your daughter would end up with someday.

But behind the platitudes and glad-handing lurks a monster the likes of which few have seen. An urge that has already claimed multiple lives, and cost Lou his brother Mike, a self-sacrificing construction worker fell to his death on the job in what was anything but an accident. A murder that Lou is determined to avenge--and if innocent people have to die in the process, well, that's perfectly all right with him.

In THE KILLER INSIDE ME, Thompson goes where few novelists have dared to go, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American Serial Killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho, in the novel that will forever be known as the master performance of one of the greatest crime novelists of all time.

The Death of Sweet Mister: A Novel by Daniel Woodrell from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him--she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart.

"This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime." --Otto Penzler, "Penzler Pick, 2001"

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell also $1.99

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The Little Book of London by David Long from The History Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

The Little Book of London is a fact-packed compendium full of fascinating information nobody will want to be without. London's most bonkers laws, its most eccentric inhabitants, the realities of being royal and hundreds of facts about the world's greatest city combine to make it required reading for visitors and locals alike.

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I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler from Sourcebooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 6)

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Tess has always been the smart one in the shadows, the exact opposite of her beautiful, athletic, popular sister Kristina. But when Kristina is diagnosed with cancer, Tess suddenly finds herself with new responsibilities, learning to be the strong one for parents, for her sister, and for herself.

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Flowertown by S.G. Redling from Thomas & Mercer ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Feno Chemical spilled an experimental pesticide in rural Iowa, the survivors were quarantined by the Army. After seven years of taking powerful drugs to combat the poison, nobody's getting clean. Quarantine captive Ellie Cauley believes there's something sinister happening, and she decides to fight back with her ever-simmering rage.

The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler from Candlewick ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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With a sure sense of suspense and using richly imaginative details, first-time author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident. It's an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love.

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The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship by Lisa Verge Higgins from 5 Spot/Hachette is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

What makes a wife a lover?
For Kate, the spark went out of her marriage long ago but her husband doesn't seem to notice. Their role as parents consumes their lives so they need to rekindle the romance they once shared.

What makes a woman a mother?
For Jo, a high-powered career has led her to believe that she doesn't have a single maternal instinct. When an orphan unexpectedly enters her life, she is forced to confront her own unhappy childhood and the walls it has built around her heart.

What makes a man the love of your life?
For Sarah, home is the steamy jungles of Africa while the man of her dreams waits in the air-conditioned confines of Los Angeles. Her longing for this man from the past is blinding her to a new love standing right in front of her.

What these women all have in common is a friend with a generous soul, an irrepressible spirit- and a serious illness. In her final letters, Rachel raises one last question: What makes a friend live in our hearts forever?

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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal yesterday:

I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler also $1.99

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600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A 39 year-old with Asperger's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Edward Stanton lives alone in the town where he grew up. His days follow a rigid schedule that he records meticulously. But when a single mother and her nine-year-old son move in across the street, Edward's timetable comes undone.

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Pride and Pleasure by Sylvia Day from Kensington ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 7)

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When a series of seeming "accidents" befalls heiress Eliza Martin, she suspects one of her suitors is plotting against her. To learn who, she hires the the rougish Jasper Bond to infiltrate this band of suitors, posing as one of their number. But perhaps he plays the role too well...

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Old Town by Lin Zhe from AmazonCrossing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This unforgettable picture of an ordinary family caught up in the maelstrom of 20th-century China ranges across the entire country, to California, and back again. From the WWII Anti-Japanese War of Resistance to the brutal post-war Cultural Revolution, the narrative always returns to the family's traditional town in southern China.

Goodnight, Little Monster by Bonnie Leick and Helen Ketteman from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Little Monster needs to get ready for bed. That means howling at the moon, scrubbing his scales, and getting into his creepy pajamas. Little Monster’s mother is there to tuck him in and turn on his night-light, because even little monsters can be afraid of the dark.

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My American Unhappiness by Dean Bakopoulos from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

“Why are you so unhappy?” That’s the question that Zeke Pappas, a thirty-three-year-old scholar, asks almost everybody he meets as part of an obsessive project, “The Inventory of American Unhappiness.” The answers he receives—a mix of true sadness and absurd complaint—create a collage of woe. Zeke, meanwhile, remains delightfully oblivious to the increasingly harsh realities that threaten his daily routine, opting instead to focus his energy on finding the perfect mate so that he can gain custody of his orphaned nieces. Following steps outlined in a women’s magazine, the ever-optimistic Zeke identifies some “prospects”: a newly divorced neighbor, a coffeehouse barista, his administrative assistant, and Sofia Coppola (“Why not aim high?”).

A clairvoyant when it comes to the Starbucks orders of strangers, a quixotic renegade when it comes to the federal bureaucracy, and a devoted believer in the afternoon cocktail and the evening binge, Zeke has an irreverent voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit and heart-on-sleeve emotion, underscored by a creeping paranoia and made more urgent by the hope that if he can only find a wife, he might have a second chance at life.

The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph E. Stiglitz from W. W. Norton & Company is $3.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.

The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that “their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live.”

Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable: moneyed interests compound their wealth by stifling true, dynamic capitalism. They have made America the most unequal advanced industrial country while crippling growth, trampling on the rule of law, and undermining democracy. The result: a divided society that cannot tackle its most pressing problems. With characteristic insight, Stiglitz examines our current state, then teases out its implications for democracy, for monetary and budgetary policy, and for globalization. He closes with a plan for a more just and prosperous future.

The Declaration by Gemma Malley from Bloomsbury USA Childrens is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

Amazon Significant Seven, October 2007

It's the year 2140 and Anna shouldn't be alive. Nor should any of the children she lives with at Grange Hall. The facility is full of kids like her, kids whose parents chose to recklessly abuse Mother Nature and have children despite a law forbidding them from doing so as long as they took longevity drugs. To pay back her parents' debt to Mother Nature, Anna will have to work for the rest of her life. But then Peter appears at the hall, and he tells a very different story about the world outside of the Grange. Peter begs Anna to escape Grange Hall, and to claim a life for herself outside its bleak walls. But even if they get out, they still have to make their way to London, to Anna's parents, and to an underground movement that's determined to bring back children and rid the world of longevity drugs.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (Alfred Kropp Adventures) by Rick Yancey from Bloomsbury USA Childrens is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

Alfred Kropp is just trying to survive high school when his guardian uncle ropes him into a suspicious get-rich-quick scheme that changes his life forever: stealing Excalibur-the legendary sword of King Arthur.

But when Alfred unwittingly delivers the sword into the wrong hands, he undertakes an unlikely quest to right his wrong and save the world from imminent destruction.

This gripping, fast-paced, often hilarious novel is both a thrilling adventure story and an engaging account of one boy's coming of age.

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The new Kindle App Weekly Deal: Phase 10

This popular rummy-type game--one of the best-selling card games of all-time--challenges players with 10 distinct phases, and for one week only, it's just $0.99.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Pride and Pleasure by Sylvia Day also $3.99