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Variant by Robison Wells from HarperTeen is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Age Level: 13 and up | Grade Level: 8 and up

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

He was wrong.

Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.

Where breaking the rules equals death.

But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.

Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions by Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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

A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.

Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and Melissa Marr return to the beloved worlds of their bestselling series, while others, like Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, and Margaret Stohl, create new land-scapes and characters. But whether they’re writing about vampires, faeries, angels, or other magical beings, each author explores the strength and resilience of the human heart.

Suspenseful, funny, or romantic, the stories in Enthralled will leave you moved.

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Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk by Angie Sage from Katherine Tegen Books is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The Magyk Begins Here

Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, disappears the night he is born, pronounced dead by the midwife. That same night, the baby’s father, Silas Heap, comes across an abandoned child in the snow — a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take her into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?

Dark Eden: Phantom File by Patrick Carman from Katherine Tegen Books is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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Will Besting and six other teens were cured of their phobias at Fort Eden by the mysterious—and often quietly terrifying—Rainsford. But while the cure took away their phobias, it left them with other ailments: headaches, loss of hearing, fatigue. It also left Will with an intense need to know more about their supposed savior and his twisted methods. Now Will has discovered a file he was never supposed to see, and the story contained within involves characters he never expected to see together. What will the phantom file reveal about Rainsford’s ghoulish ways?

With a contemporary nod to classic horror, Patrick Carman’s Dark Eden: Phantom File takes readers on a journey to discover the origins of a madman’s reign—and of fear itself.

Possess by Gretchen McNeil from Balzer + Bray is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her over-protective mom, by Matt Quinn, the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, the voices are demons—and Bridget possesses the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from. Literally.

Terrified to tell her friends or family about this new power, Bridget confides in San Francisco’s senior exorcist, Monsignor Renault. The monsignor enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession, but just as she is starting to come to terms with her freakish new role, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. And when one of her oldest friends is killed, Bridget realizes she’s in deeper than she ever thought possible. Now she must unlock the secret to the demons’ plan before someone else close to her winds up dead—or worse, the human vessel for a demon king.

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Testimony: A Novel by Anita Shreve from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.

Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellingly explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.

This One Is Mine: A Novel by Maria Semple from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life--except that she's deeply unhappy. David expects the world of Violet but gives little of himself in return. When she meets Teddy, a roguish small-time bass player, Violet comes alive, and soon she's risking everything for the chance to find herself again. Also in the picture are David's hilariously high-strung sister, Sally, on the prowl for a successful husband, and Jeremy, the ESPN sportscaster savant who falls into her trap. For all their recklessness, Violet and Sally will discover that David and Jeremy have a few surprises of their own.

THIS ONE IS MINE is a compassionate and wickedly funny satire about our need for more--and the often disastrous choices we make in the name of happiness.

The Messenger of Athens: A Novel by Anne Zouroudi from Reagan Arthur Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Idyllic but remote, the Greek island of Thiminos seems untouched and untroubled by the modern world. So when the battered body of a young woman is discovered at the foot of a cliff, the local police - governed more by archaic rules of honor than by the law - are quick to close the case, dismissing her death as an accident.

Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further into the crime he believes has been committed. Refusing to accept the woman's death as an accident or suicide, Hermes Diaktoros sets out to uncover the truths that skulk beneath this small community's exterior.

Hermes's methods of investigation are unorthodox, and his message to the islanders is plain - tell the truth or face the consequences. Before long, he's uncovering a tale of passion, corruption and murder that entangles many of the island's residents. But Hermes brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies - and as he travels the rugged island landscape to investigate, questions and suspicions arise amongst the locals. Who has sent him to Thiminos, and on whose authority is he acting? And how does he know of dramas played out decades ago?

Rich in images of Greece's beautiful islands and evoking a life unknown to most outsiders, this wonderful novel leads the reader into a world where the myths of the past are not forgotten and forbidden passion still has dangerous consequences.

Walk Away the Pounds: The Breakthrough 6-Week Program That Helps You Burn Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great Without Dieting by Leslie Sansone from Center Street is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Losing weight has never been easier or more fun than with Leslie Sansone's WALK AWAY THE POUNDS.

For over twenty-five years, Leslie has helped more women get off the couch and onto their feet than anyone else in the fitness industry. Her secret? If you can walk, you can achieve the weight-loss goals you dream about...with none of the intimidation or negative messages that have stopped you from succeeding before. Whether you are a beginner or have been walking with Leslie for years, whether you are a teen or a senior or somewhere in between, you will see results. You will lose real weight, and keep it off-twenty pounds, forty, sixty, or even more. All you need is fifteen minutes a day for starters, two feet, and a willing attitude. There is no fancy equipment to buy, no fad diet to follow, and no fitness club to join. The revolutionary program in WALK AWAY THE POUNDS is designed to keep everybody on the path to success, especially those who have never been able to complete a weight-loss plan before. It's a simpler approach to fitness, one that can change your life. Leslie's step-by-step workbook format sets up the program day by day. You just wake up, flip open the book, and follow the directions. You'll get a combination of in-home walking (that's right, you can do it right from the comfort of your own living room!), simple strength training, motivational breakthroughs, and commonsense advice to help you burn fat, tone muscle, reduce stress, avoid illness, shake off the blues, and boost your energy level sky high. It's never been easier.

Women all across America have dropped between 20 and 150 pounds with Leslie Sansone. Now you can too!

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The Taliban Cricket Club by Timeri N Murari from Allen & Unwin (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In 2000 the Taliban revoked its ban on sports by allowing cricket; the winning Afghan cricket team will get to fly to Pakistan to train, thus escaping the oppression of their homeland. Rukhsana is a fugitive journalist in Kabul, but she also knows how to play cricket....

They're Watching by Gregg Hurwitz from St. Martin's Press ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 6)

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Suspsense and paranoia as only Gregg Hurwitz can deliver! Ex-screenwriter Patrick Davis thought he had it bad. A film company is suing him. His wife wants a divorce. He didn't think things could get worse. But that was before a sinister group lets him know that they're watching him and that must do their bidding or else.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: They're Watching also $2.99 for US Kindle

Adam Canfield of the Slash by Michael Winerip from Candlewick ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 6)

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Middle-Schooler Adam Canfield already has a lot on his plate, so when he takes the co-editor position at his school's newpaper he wonders if he hasn't made a huge mistake. But when anarticle leads to a big scoop, Adam and his fellow junior journalists rise to the challenge of receiving their principal's wrath to uncover some scandalous secrets.

Macbeth: A Novel by David Hewson and A. J. Hartley from Thomas & Mercer ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This is not your parents’ Macbeth or the one you read in high-school English class. A dark and bloody tale of a Scottish lord and his beloved wife, Macbeth: A Novel hurtles toward readers in gripping contemporary prose, thanks to novelists David Hewson and A. J. Hartley.

Set in eleventh-century Scotland, Macbeth: A Novel is rich with ancient clans battling fiercely against one another and against the foreign marauders raiding their borders. Macbeth, Lord of Moray, and his wife, Skena, are loyal patriots, willing to kill or be killed to protect the Scottish kingdom. Yet the greatest danger to their beloved homeland is proving to be the king himself, Duncan, whose corrupt, bloody reign threatens to destroy the country. After Macbeth meets a trio of witches, the frustrated hero begins to think that perhaps Scotland needs a new king—him. But what begins as a plan fueled by the best of intentions soon spirals into murder, treachery, and personal collapse. In the language of today’s fast-paced thrillers, Hewson and Hartley create an electrifying tapestry out of Shakespeare’s tale, relaunching two of the most powerful characters ever created.

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A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition) by Norman Maclean from University of Chicago Press is $3.99 (US Kindle) - Price match to Google Play's "Deal of the Week"

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Just as Norman Maclean writes at the end of "A River Runs through It" that he is "haunted by waters," so have readers been haunted by his novella. A retired English professor who began writing fiction at the age of 70, Maclean produced what is now recognized as one of the classic American stories of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1976, A River Runs through It and Other Stories now celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, marked by this new edition that includes a foreword by Annie Proulx.

Maclean grew up in the western Rocky Mountains in the first decades of the twentieth century. As a young man he worked many summers in logging camps and for the United States Forest Service. The two novellas and short story in this collection are based on his own experiences—the experiences of a young man who found that life was only a step from art in its structures and beauty. The beauty he found was in reality, and so he leaves a careful record of what it was like to work in the woods when it was still a world of horse and hand and foot, without power saws, "cats," or four-wheel drives. Populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, and set in the small towns and surrounding trout streams and mountains of western Montana, the stories concern themselves with the complexities of fly fishing, logging, fighting forest fires, playing cribbage, and being a husband, a son, and a father.

By turns raunchy, poignant, caustic, and elegiac, these are superb tales which express, in Maclean's own words, "a little of the love I have for the earth as it goes by." A first offering from a 70-year-old writer, the basis of a top-grossing movie, and the first original fiction published by the University of Chicago Press, A River Runs through It and Other Stories has sold more than a million copies. As Proulx writes in her foreword to this new edition, "In 1990 Norman Maclean died in body, but for hundreds of thousands of readers he will live as long as fish swim and books are made."

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Immortal with Bonus Material by Gillian Shields from Katherine Tegen Books is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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For a limited time, this special edition of Immortal includes a teaser to the final book in the series, Destiny, as well as never-before-seen extras from author Gillian Shields, including a playlist and early notes from the beginning of the series.

Welcome to Wyldcliffe, the place that haunts my present, my past, and my future.

Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies is elite, expensive, and unwelcoming. When Evie Johnson is torn from her home near the sea to become the newest scholarship student, strict teachers, snobbish students, and the oppressive atmosphere of Wyldcliffe leave her drowning in loneliness.

Evie's only lifeline is Sebastian, a mysterious and attractive young man she meets by chance. As Evie's feelings for Sebastian blaze with each secret meeting, she begins to fear that he is hiding something about his past. And she is haunted by glimpses of a strange, ghostly girl—a girl who is so eerily like Evie she could be a sister. Evie is slowly drawn into a tangled web of past and present that she cannot control. As the extraordinary, elemental forces of Wyldcliffe rise up like the mighty sea, Evie is faced with an astounding truth about Sebastian, and her own incredible fate.

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The Saturday Supper Club by Amy Bratley from Pan (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The rules of The Saturday Supper Club are simple: four strangers, four weeks, four houses, four dinner parties. It's like TV's Come Dine With Me, only far funnier and with way more booze. You may win a cash prize, but you may lose your heart.

Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street) by Debbie Macomber from MIRA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 7)

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Bestselling writer Debbie Macomber here tells the story of Anne Marie Roche and her three best friends. They've each tasted their share of life's sorrows, but now they chose to face the future by making life-fulfillment wish lists. And in the process of making these wishes come true -- of opening up to new possibilities -- Anne Marie learns that wishes can come true, although not in the ways you'd expect.

Smart Girl's Guide to Friendship Troubles by Patti Kelley Criswell from AMERICAN GIRL PUBLISHING ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 7)

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Friendship troubles have long been the subject of thousands of the "Help!" letters received by American Girl® magazine. Now there's a book on the important issue of girls and relational aggression. This guide helps girls deal with backstabbing, bullying, betrayal, and other tough friendship problems. It features sound advice, quizzes, tips, and inspiring real-life stories about girls who have overcome their differences and strengthened their friendships.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom from ABC News ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This poignant and profound novel tells the story of Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies while trying to save a young girl. He awakens in heaven where five pivotal figures help him understand the meaning of his earthly life.

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In the Company of Angels: A Novel by Thomas E. Kennedy from Bloomsbury USA is $1.24 (US Kindle)

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In the Company of Angels is the powerful story of two damaged souls trying to find their way from darkness toward light.

Imprisoned and tortured for months by Pinochet's henchmen for teaching political poetry to his students, Bernardo Greene is visited by two angels, who promise him that he will survive to experience beauty and love once again. Months later, at the Torture Rehabilitation Center in Copenhagen, the Chilean exile befriends Michela Ibsen, herself a survivor of domestic abuse. In the long nights of summer, the two of them struggle to heal, to forgive those who have left them damaged, and to trust themselves to love.

Dense with wisdom and humanity, possessed of a timeless, fable-like quality, In the Company of Angels is a riveting read and a testament to the resilience and complexity of the human heart.

The novel marks the first large-scale US publication of a major American author, known internationally but only within literary circles in his homeland.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Twenty Wishes (Blossom Street) by Debbie Macomber also $1.99

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The Secret Lives of People in Love: Stories (P.S.) by Simon Van Booy from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In radiant prose he writes about the difficult choices we make in order to retain our humanity and about the redemptive power of love in a violent world.

Included in this updated P.S. edition is the new story "The Mute Ventriloquist."

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Macbeth: A Novel by A.J. Hartley, David Hewson from Thomas Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A dark and bloody tale of a Scottish lord and his beloved wife, Macbeth: A Novel hurtles toward readers in gripping contemporary prose. Set in 11th-century Scotland, this is a story of ancient clans battling fiercely against one another, and against the foreign marauders raiding their borders.

The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R. by Carole DeSanti from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 8)

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The story of Charlie Gordon is, simply put, a story everyone should read. If you haven't yet, don't miss out at today's special price. After successful experimentation on the mouse Algernon, scientists make Charlie the subject of a groundbreaking treatment to increase his intelligence -- but for how long? You'll never think about science, intelligence, friendship, and happiness quite the same way after reading this powerful novel.

Ptolemy's Gate (Bartimaeus Volume 3) by Jonathan Stroud from Disney Book Group ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 8)

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In this glorious conclusion to the Bartimaeus Trilogy, the destinies of Bartimaeus, Nathaniel, and Kitty converge once more. For the first time, we will learn the secrets of Bartimaeus’s past, and catch a glimpse into the mysterious Other Place–the world of demons–as together, the threesome faces treacherous magicians, a complex conspiracy, and a rebellious faction of demons.

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty from Riverhead/Penguin Publishing ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s and beyond--from Prohibition, flappers, and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights for women--Laura Moriarty’s enthralling novel illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R. by Carole DeSanti also $2.99

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Gunshot Road: An Emily Tempest Mystery by Adrian Hyland from Thomas Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In outback Australia, Emily Tempest's new career as an Aboriginal Community Police Officer starts with a bang, and the murder of a scientist at the Green Swamp Well Roadhouse. Emily doesn't believe the man arrested is guilty, and believes the scientist's death has more to do with his research.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 9)

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The story of Charlie Gordon is, simply put, a story everyone should read. If you haven't yet, don't miss out at today's special price. After successful experimentation on the mouse Algernon, scientists make Charlie the subject of a groundbreaking treatment to increase his intelligence -- but for how long? You'll never think about science, intelligence, friendship, and happiness quite the same way after reading this powerful novel.

The Softwire : Virus on Orbis 1 by PJ Haarsma from Candlewick ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 9)

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Thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was something different about him. It turns out he's the first-ever human softwire -- able to enter and communicate with computers with his mind. Now that JT and two hundred other orphans have been put to work in alien factories on the first ring of Orbis, things are going very wrong. The "perfect" central computer is malfunctioning, and suspicious eyes are turning to JT. Could he be the one responsible?

How To Slay a Dragon (The Journals of Myrth, Book1) by Bill Allen from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Book one of Bill Allen's imaginative and entertaining "Journals of Myrth" fantasy series introduces 12-year-old Greg Hart, an easily-bullied boy who's taken by the magicians of Myrth to fulfill a prophecy. Everyone expects Greg to rescue King Peter's daughter from a dragon, but Greg's convinced it's all a horrible mistake.

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Beach Bag Reads for Summer (US Kindle)

A diverse collection of 50 Kindle books are as low as $1.99 until July 10. There's something here for all tastes--from gripping tales about the natural world to enlightening advice for savvy business people-- because not everyone's idea of summer reading is the same.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes also $1.99