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Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A. E. Moorat from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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There were many staff at Kensington Palace, fulfilling many roles; a man who was employed to catch rats, another whose job it was to sweep the chimneys. That there was someone expected to hunt demons did not shock the new Queen; that it was to be her was something of a surprise.

London, 1838. Queen Victoria is crowned; she receives the orb, the scepter, and an arsenal of bloodstained weaponry. If Britain is about to become the greatest power of the age, there’s the small matter of the undead to take care of first. Demons stalk the crown, and political ambitions have unleashed ravening hordes of zombies even within the nobility itself.

But rather than dreams of demon hunting, Queen Victoria’s thoughts are occupied by Prince Albert. Can she dedicate her life to saving her country when her heart belongs elsewhere?With lashings of glistening entrails, decapitations, zombies, and foul demons, this masterly new portrait will give a fresh understanding of a remarkable woman, a legendary monarch, and quite possibly the best demon hunter the world has ever seen.

In another incarnation as a more serious (though still satirical) author, A. E. MOORAT has won critical acclaim and been shortlisted for awards. Here, however, he was chained in the dungeon, fed tea and ghost stories, and kept busy writing the adventures of Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter.

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Star Strike: Book One of the Inheritance Trilogy (The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1) by Ian Douglas from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul.

Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination: the warriors of a resilient race the world-devourers nearly annihilated centuries ago . . .

A power vast, ancient, and terrifying, the mighty Xul have lost track of the insignificant humans hundreds of years after devastating their home world—which has enabled the United Star Marines to operate unnoticed and unhindered. A near-autonomous intergalactic policing force, they battle in defense of an Earth they may not live to see again. Now, following the trail of a vanished twenty-fourth-century transport, they are journeying through an unexplored stargate to the edge of an unknown galaxy many light years from their sun. For the last, best, and only chance to defeat the tyrants of the universe may at long last be at hand . . .

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Nightwalker (Dark Days) by Jocelynn Drake from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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For centuries Mira has been a nightwalker—an unstoppable enforcer for a mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the darkest shadows. But elemental mastery over fire sets her apart from others of her night-prowling breed . . . and may be all that prevents her doom.

The foe she now faces is human: the vampire hunter called Danaus, who has already destroyed so many undead. For Mira, the time has come to hunt . . . or be hunted.

A Dark Love by Margaret Carroll from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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Only Caroline knows the truth about her husband, the brilliant psychoanalyst whose list of patients includes some of Washington, D.C.'s, most celebrated. Caroline has seen the darkest side of this cruel, controlling psychopath who watches her every move. With only a few precious minutes allotted to her, escape is now or never. Caroline must run for her life . . . as far and fast as she can.

But even two thousand miles isn't far enough. A new identity, new town, and new love—rugged pro-footballer-turned-outdoorsman Ken Kincaid—won't protect her. Because Caroline knows Porter will never stop until he's hunted her down.

And there will be a reckoning . . .

Dale Brown's Dreamland: Razor's Edge by Jim DeFelice and Dale Brown from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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The weapon is codenamed "Razor"—the brainchild of the brilliant minds at Dreamland—a mobile chemical laser system with a range of 600 kilometers capable of downing anything that flies. The destruction of an American aircraft over northern Iraq suggests the inexplicable and unthinkable: a vengeful foe now possesses the lethal technology. It is fear that draws a retired warrior back to the battlefield, and sends Dreamland's best pilots to the skies to determine what the enemy has and to help take it away from him. But politics threatens to crush a covert engagement that must be won in the air and on the ground, unleashing a devastating rain of friendly fire that could ultimately annihilate a nation's champions ... and perhaps Dreamland itself.

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Dale Brown's Dreamland: End Game by Jim DeFelice and Dale Brown from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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A volatile U.S. ally has fallen prey to the terrorist beast. India is the target of radical Islamic jihadists, and the world watches breathlessly as tensions escalate between the uneasy giant and its longtime nemesis Pakistan—with China waiting in the wings, eager to flex its military might. A nuclear showdown seems inevitable, unless the masterminds at Dreamland can get to the mysterious source of the terror and end it, swiftly and permanently. Every technological wonder the military possesses must be employed to avert an all-out Apocalypse—from an awesome new hybrid Navy destroyer to robot Flighthawks. But the fate of the region and the world will depend on the newest brainchild of the Dreamland team: an unproven instrument of ultimate power code-named End Game.

Dale Brown's Dreamland: Retribution by Jim DeFelice from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed at a top-secret military facility. America’s best defense, they keep the nightmare at bay with astonishing technology.

But now the terror is aimed directly at the heart of Dreamland.

The Dreamland team has used stealth, raw nerve, and technology to defuse nightmares all across the globe. But now the darkness is racing toward America at blinding speed. With more than two dozen nuclear devices unaccounted for, the global masters of terror have set a catastrophe in motion: a surprise attack more deadly than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined.

If the nation is to survive, Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian and his crew will have to reach deep into their cutting-edge arsenal. And they’ll have to do it short-handed—because two of Dreamland’s best and bravest have been lost at sea . . .

This Will Change Everything by John Brockman from HarperCollins is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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"What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?"

This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 100 of the world's most influential minds. Exhilarating, visionary, sometimes frightening, but always fascinating, their responses provide an eye-opening road map of our near future.

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Morgue Drawer Four by Jutta Profijt from AmazonCrossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In this entertaining mix of thriller and fantasy, a murdered car thief wakes up during his own autopsy. The ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light. Morgue Drawer Four is a must-read for fans of crime novels and the paranormal.

Her Restless Heart: Stitches in Time Book 1 by Barbara Cameron from Abingdon Press ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 12)

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Mary Katherine works at her grandmother's Stitches In Time shop making quilts and crafts for both the Amish and Englisch communities. She's always wondered about the wider world and is only more intrigued when Daniel, a handsome Mennonite from Florida, comes to town to sell his parents' house. Will she leave her family -- and Jacob, her friend since childhood -- in search of whatever her restless heart is searching for?

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: Her Restless Heart: Stitches in Time Book 1 also $3.99

Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 12)

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With the success of Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain, comes an adaptation for children. Meet Enzo, a loveable mutt who knows he is quite like other dogs. Enzo loves to run, and narrates this tale employing racing as a metaphor for life.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: Racing in the Rain also $1.99

October Light by John Gardner from Open Road ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Winner of the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, this best-selling novel centers on the tumultuous relationship of two siblings: James, a 72-year-old conservative farmer, and Sally, his widowed and liberal older sister. After bankruptcy, Sally is forced to live with James, and their lifelong feud soon escalates.

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King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows) by Raymond E. Feist from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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In the mountains of Midkemia,
a boy came brutally of age in blood and
in terror. And now he lives for one
purpose alone ... revenge!

An exceptionally skilled swordsman, youngTal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows. Now one of the secret society's mostvaluable agents, he gains entrance into the court of Duke Olasko, the bloodthirsty and powerful despot whose armies put Tal's village to the sword, by posing as a nobleman from the distant Kingdom of the Isles. But the enemy is cunning and well protected -- in league with the foul necromancer Leso Varen, dark master of death-magic -- and to gain the Duke's trust and confidence, Tal Hawkins must first sell his soul.

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Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick by Molly Ringwald from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The iconic Molly Ringwald shares intimate stories and candid advice in this fun, stylish, and sexy girlfriend's guide to life

To her millions of fans, Molly Ringwald will forever be sixteen. As the endearing and witty star of the beloved John Hughes classics Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, Molly defined teenage angst, love, and heartbreak. While remembered eternally as the enviable high school princess Claire, or the shy, vulnerable Samantha, Molly has just celebrated her fortieth birthday. Facing a completely new, angst-inducing time in her life, she is embracing being a woman, wife, mother of three, actress, and best friend with her trademark style, candor, and humor.

In Getting the Pretty Back, Molly encourages every woman to become "the sexiest, funniest, smartest, best-dressed, and most confident woman that you can be." She shares personal anecdotes and entertaining insights about the struggle to get through the murky milestones and identity issues that crop up long after the prom ends. Whether she's discussing sex and beauty, personal style, travel and entertaining, motherhood, or friendship, Molly embodies the spirit of being fabulous at every age, and reminds us all that prettiness is a state of mind: it's "the part of you that knows what you really want, that takes risks."

Lavishly illustrated by Ruben Toledo, Getting the Pretty Back is sure to charm women of all ages with Molly's unforgettably personal, refreshingly outspoken take on life, love, and, of course, finding that perfect red lipstick. . . .

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The Wild Places and Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane from Granta Books (£0.99 Each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Mountains of the Mind, Robert Macfarlane's first book, is a lyrical elegy to the highest places on the planet and the heroes who have conquered them. The Wild Places is an exploration, both geographically and figuratively, of the wilds of the British Isles. Both books are only £0.99 each in today's Kindle Daily Deal.

Charred & Scruffed (PagePerfect NOOK Book) by Adam Perry Lang from Workman Publishing ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 13)

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Reimagine the possibilities of grilling with the tips and recipes from bestselling cookbook author and acclaimed chef Adam Perry Lang. Add Lang's unique techniques -- "scruffing," "clinching," and the "hot potato" -- to your repertoire and your next barbecue will be one you'll remember forever.

A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd by Patrick Ness from Candlewick ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 13)

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Winner of the Kate Greenaway and Carnegie medals, from the gifted mind of Siobhan Dowd and the talented pen Patrick Ness comes a truly remarkable story. When a monster shows up in Conor's backyard shortly after midnight, it wasn't the monster he had been expecting, the monster from his dreams. This was a different monster, an ancient monster, a monster that is after one thing: the truth.

Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This legendary collection features 25 of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works and includes the masterpiece of sci-fi satire, "Harrison Bergeron." Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these masterful stories showcase Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary creative vision.

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Puzzle Quizzes features 150 brain teasers for Kindle, and for one week only, it's just $0.99.

And new Kindle apps:

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At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper from Bloomsbury Childrens (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In this gripping story for teens, Hannah moves to London full of excitement only to find that the plague of 1665 is sweeping through the city. As more and more people become ill, Hannah and her sister have to decide what to do to survive.

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean from Little, Brown & Company ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 14)

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Discover the fun -- yes, fun! -- of chemistry with these breezy, fascinating stories of the elements of the Periodic Table. How do pracitcal jokers use gallium spoons? Why does Lewis & Clarks' penchant for mercury pills mark their travels as much as any map? What was Gandhi's fractious relationship with iodine? These and more stories await in this endlessly fascinating book that will have you rethinking every science class you ever took

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements also $3.99

The Problem Child (Sisters Grimm Series #3) by Michael Buckley from Harry N Abrams Inc ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 14)

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In book three of the series, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm tackle their most important mystery: Who kidnapped their parents more than a year ago? Sabrina enters the hideout of a sinister group of Everafters who are keeping her parents prisoner. With the help of her little sister (who might be tougher than Sabrina realizes) and a long-lost relative, Sabrina finds a powerful weapon for fighting her enemies, and discovers that magic has a high price.

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin from Pegasus Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A national best seller when published in 1967, Rosemary's Baby is a wonderfully chilling novel that set a new standard for horror. It's deceptively simple this-is-how-it-happened plot centers on Rosemary's suspicions that her husband sold her soul and her unborn child is the spawn of Satan.

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Fated (Dark Protectors) by Rebecca Zanetti from Kensington Books is $3.99 (US Kindle) *Price-match to Nook’s Summer Weekend Reads.

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Marry Me…
Cara Paulsen does not give up easily. A scientist and a single mother, she’s used to fighting for what she wants, keeping a cool head, and doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter Janie. But “whatever it takes” has never before included a shotgun wedding to a dangerous-looking stranger with an attitude problem. . .

Or Else…
Sure, the mysterious Talen says that he’s there to protect Cara and Janie. He also says that he’s a three-hundred-year-old vampire. Of course, the way he touches her, Cara might actually believe he’s had that long to practice. . .

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Uncommon Courtesy: The Basics of Good Behavior for a Badly Behaved World by Jennifer M. Wood from Adams Media is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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This book is the short slap to the back of the head most people need nowadays. In a world that’s more likely to flip the bird than hold the door, it’s their reminder of proper behavior. You’ll receive a (re-)schooling in manners with lessons split up by situation, then tackled by topic. Each note corrects conduct that’s become all too common, like . . .

Bad Behavior: Popping a piece of gum into your mouth midconversation, and stressing your point by snapping it.
Courteous Fix: If you’re going to have a piece of gum while talking to someone, be sure to offer your companion a piece–and keep your mouth closed as you chew. You want your breath to be fresh. Not your attitude.

It’s a reminder that it wasn’t always out of place to be polite.

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book by Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield and Nancy Stevens from Workman Publishing Company is $2.24 (US Kindle)

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With little skill, surprisingly few ingredients, and even the most unsophisticated of ice-cream makers, you can make the scrumptious ice creams that have made Ben & Jerry’s an American legend.

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book tells fans the story behind the company and the two men who built it-from their first meeting in 7th-grade gym class (they were already the two widest kids on the field) to their “graduation” from a $5.00 ice-cream-making correspondence course to their first ice-cream shop in a renovated gas station.

But the best part comes next. Dastardly Mash, featuring nuts, raisins, and hunks of chocolate. The celebrated Heath Bar Crunch. New York Super Fudge Chunk. Oreo Mint. In addition to Ben & Jerry’s 11 greatest hits, here are recipes for ice creams made with fresh fruit, with chocolate, with candies and cookies, and recipes for sorbets, sundaes, and baked goods.

Vanishing and Other Stories (P.S.) by Deborah Willis from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Evocative and passionately written, “Vanishing and Other Stories” by debut Canadian author Deborah Willis explores emotional and physical absences, the ways in which people leave, are left, and whether or not it’s ever possible to move on.

Readers will encounter a skinny, freckled ice-cream scooper named Nina Simone, a vanishing visionary of social utopia, a French teacher who collects fiances, and a fortune-telling mother who fails to predict the heartbreak of her own daughter. The characters in this collection will linger in the imagination “like the smell of lavender and molasses,” proving that nothing is ever truly forgotten.

Written with a remarkable economy of words, Willis’ prose will draw comparisons to early Alice Munro.

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Quarantine: Stories by Rahul Mehta from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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With buoyant humor and incisive, cunning prose, Rahul Mehta sets off into uncharted literary territory.

The characters in Quarantine—openly gay Indian-American men—are Westernized in some ways, with cosmopolitan views on friendship and sex, while struggling to maintain relationships with their families and cultural traditions. Grappling with the issues that concern all gay men—social acceptance, the right to pursue happiness, and the heavy toll of listening to their hearts and bodies—they confront an elder generation’s attachment to old-country ways. Estranged from their cultural in-group and still set apart from larger society, the young men in these lyrical, provocative, emotionally wrenching, yet frequently funny stories find themselves quarantined.

Already a runaway success in India, Quarantine marks the debut of a unique literary talent.

Separate Kingdoms (P.S.) by Valerie Laken from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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From Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia and the United States, these are boldly innovative stories—tales of fractured, misplaced characters moving beyond the borders of their isolation and reaching for the connections that will make them whole.

A family, shaken by an industrial accident, is divided, its members isolated in their home and only able to understand one another from their separate rooms. A young gay couple travels to Russia to meet the child they’re desperately trying to adopt, but the experience reveals an emotional divide between the parents-to-be. A recent amputee removes herself from her body to keep her husband at bay. And the idyllic village life of a blind Russian boy is disrupted by an American dentist and the wonders of racy Western magazines. Separate Kingdoms is a rich and satisfying collection that traverses the distances between people and places in each marvelously rendered story.

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Jill Kismet: The Complete Series by Lilith Saintcrow from Orbit is $9.99 (US Kindle, pre-order)

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The omnibus edition of Jill Kismet contains: Night Shift, Hunter's Prayer, Redemption Alley, Flesh Circus, Heaven's Spite and Angel Town.

Not everyone can take on the things that go bump in the night.

Not everyone tries.

But Jill Kismet is not just anyone.

She's a Hunter, trained by the best --- and in over her head.

Welcome to the night shift...

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Names My Sisters Call Me by Megan Crane from Quercus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Courtney's boyfriend has just gone down on one knee and asked her to be his wife. And with her super-organised sister, Norah, to help her plan the wedding, what could possibly go wrong? Nothing, until Courtney decides their other sister, Raine, to whom none of them have spoken for years, should also be invited.

Matched (Matched Trilogy Series #1) by Ally Condie from Penguin Group ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 15)

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Ally Condie's fan-favorite Matched series begins here. The Society has provided Cassia with everything she's ever needed -- and everything she's ever known. But when her matching ceremony intended to determine her ideal mate briefly reveals not one but two faces, she questions the infallibility of the Society and sets off on a path no one else has dared take.

The Clique (Clique Series #1) by Lisi Harrison from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 15)

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When seventh grader Claire Lyons moves from Florida to New York, she enters a world she never knew existed. Enrolled at the exclusive Octavian Country Day School, she encounters a group of pint-sized mean girls know as the Clique, of which Massie Block is the uncontested queen. Massie rules the school with with an iron fist and an Gucci glove, but she better watch out, Claire isn't as innocent as she looks.

Matched by Ally Condie from Speak/Penguin Publishing ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Freedom from choice is what they've got in young Cassie's world, but when a mating program matches her with two boys instead of the predetermined one, Cassie begins rebelling. As her dystopian society takes chilling measures to maintain the status quo, Cassie's burgeoning rebellion shows that freedom is truly precious.