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Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark: Short Stories
by Celia Fremlin&“Here are thirteen harrowing tales by the indisputable mistress of horror,&” the Edgar Award–winning author of The Hours Before Dawn (Chattanooga Times Free Press). Sometimes the things that go bump in the night are our own thoughts coming out to play. Celia Fremlin, an expert on portraying the inner turmoil of everyday people, captures both the psychological and the supernatural in thirteen horror stories, her first collection of short fiction. Playing &“The Quiet Game&” with her boisterous twins drives one young mother to seek refuge in their favorite place—even if it is a land of make-believe. When her dying former lover makes his last request, it&’s one demand too many for the woman he kept under his thumb in &“The Betrayal.&” Jealous of her husband&’s young love, a middle-aged woman tries to remain &“For Ever Fair,&” until she sees the living proof of a doctor who can turn back the clock. A date night for a busy couple transforms into a living nightmare when they leave their daughter in the care of &“The Baby-Sitter.&” And after a rage-filled stranger comes to call, a teenage girl finally bonds with her obsessively tidy mother in &“The Hated House.&” Tales of twisted paranoia, passion, and despair reside in this &“outstanding collection . . . all are well-written and all are possible and none should be read when alone in a dark house&” (Savannah Morning News). Praise for Celia Fremlin &“Few people can chill the blood like Celia Fremlin.&” —The Daily Telegraph &“Fremlin is here to stay as a major mistress of insight and suspense.&” —The New York Times &“Britain&’s Patricia Highsmith.&” —The Sunday Times
Don't Go to Sleep! (Goosebumps #54)
by R. L. StineIt's a no-snooze situation! Matt hates his tiny bedroom. It's so small it's practically a closet! Still, Matt's mom refuses to let him sleep in the guest room. After all, they might have guests. Some day. Or year. Then Matt does it. Late one night. When everyone's in bed. He sneaks into the guest room and falls asleep. Poor Matt. He should have listened to his mom. Because when Matt wakes up, his whole life has changed. For the worse. And every time he falls asleep, he wakes up in a new nightmare....
Don't Hang My Friend: A Boy Takes on the Klan After the Civil War
by John RaffenspergerYoung teenage boy living in southern Illinois during the post-Civil War era encounters Ku Klux Klan hostility. Klan threatens to hang his friend a former slave for an involvement in the killing of a rabid dog owned by Klan member. Young man rouses townspeople to intervene. Young man also encounters girl for whom he develops feelings and together his rise to protect his friend gives him foresight into his future.which demands a redirection of the path he was going to take. Girl also returns feeling but does not show them until the end when young man goes off to meet his future.
Don't Hate The Player
by Alexis NeddFrom an exciting new voice comes a funny and heartfelt YA romance set in the world of competitive gaming, perfect for fans of Opposite of Always and Slay. Emilia Romero is living a double life. By day, she's a field hockey star with a flawless report card. But by night, she's kicking virtual ass as the only female member of a highly competitive eSports team. Emilia has mastered the art of keeping her two worlds thriving, which hinges on them staying completely separate. That's in part to keep her real-life persona, but also for her own safety, since girl gamers are often threatened and harassed. When a major eSports tournament comes to her city, Emilia is determined to prove herself to her team and the male-dominated gaming community. But her perfectly balanced life is thrown for a loop when a member of a rival team recognizes her . . . Jake Hooper has had a crush on Emilia since he was ten years old. When his underdog eSports team makes it into the tournament, he's floored to discover she's been leading a double life. The fates bring Jake and Emilia together as they work to keep her secret, even as the pressures of the tournament and their non-gaming world threaten to pull everything apart. Debut author Alexis Nedd has crafted a YA combo-punch of charming romance and virtual adventure that will win the hearts of gamers and non-gamers alike.
Don't Hate The Player
by BrandieIndulge yourself in a world of drama, sex, lies, and betrayal as Brandie invites you into the lives of Luvly, Money, Chocolate, and Taeko--four friends who take each other to a higher level. Money and Luvly are playing a dangerous game. He's a pro football player, and she's a drug dealer's girlfriend. Their steamy and often volatile love affair intertwines girl fights, outside lovers, and bed sheets, and it could add up to a deadly equation. Male supermodel Chocolate is every woman's fantasy of the perfect man. He's intelligent, very sexy, and he's looking for a woman to satisfy his wildest sexual desires, even if it means sacrificing his morals and his self-respect. Taeko is developing an infamous reputation, and not for his skills as an NBA superstar. He's become notorious for his sexual appetite and violent temper, which are making him a loser in the game of life. Don't hate the player is a non-stop, drama-driven story of friends, lovers, secrets, and ecstasy that will leave you wanting more.
Don't Hex with Texas
by Shanna SwendsonEverything’s bigger in Texas–including romance, magic, and danger! Katie Chandler has fled fast-paced Manhattan and returned home to a simpler life, working at her family’s feed-and-seed store in Cobb, Texas. In a painfully selfless gesture, Katie had left the sexy wizard Owen Palmer to battle his demons in the magical realm–after all, Katie just seemed to attract evil, which only made Owen’s job a lot harder. But now it seems that trouble has followed her home: Despite the fact that Merlin, Katie’s old boss at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc. , has assured her that Cobb is free of enchantmen, (magically speaking), Katie begins to notice curious phenomena. Cobb is being plagued by a series of inexplicable petty crimes and other devilish mischief, and after her experiences in Manhattan, Katie knows “unauthorized magic” when she sees it. As this new darkness strikes deep in the heart of Texas, Owen appears (literally) to investigate. Now Katie’s friends and family must show the bad guys why it’s bad luck to hex with Texas, while Katie and Owen combine their strengths like never before to uncover a sinister plot before evil takes root in the Lone Star State. “Enchanting . . . Trying to start a romance with the world hanging in the balance is not optimal, but it sure is funny. ” –Romantic Times, on Shanna Swendson’s Damsel Under Stress “Winning . . . [a] smart, snappy novel. ” –Booklist, on Shanna Swendson’s Once Upon Stilettos From the Trade Paperback edition.
Don't Hex with Texas
by Shanna SwendsonEverything's bigger in Texas-including romance, magic, and danger!Katie Chandler has fled fast-paced Manhattan and returned home to a simpler life, working at her family's feed-and-seed store in Cobb, Texas. In a painfully selfless gesture, Katie had left the sexy wizard Owen Palmer to battle his demons in the magical realm-after all, Katie just seemed to attract evil, which only made Owen's job a lot harder. But now it seems that trouble has followed her home: Despite the fact that Merlin, Katie's old boss at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., has assured her that Cobb is free of enchantmen, (magically speaking), Katie begins to notice curious phenomena. Cobb is being plagued by a series of inexplicable petty crimes and other devilish mischief, and after her experiences in Manhattan, Katie knows "unauthorized magic" when she sees it. As this new darkness strikes deep in the heart of Texas, Owen appears (literally) to investigate. Now Katie's friends and family must show the bad guys why it's bad luck to hex with Texas, while Katie and Owen combine their strengths like never before to uncover a sinister plot before evil takes root in the Lone Star State. "Enchanting . . . Trying to start a romance with the world hanging in the balance is not optimal, but it sure is funny." -Romantic Times, on Shanna Swendson's Damsel Under Stress"Winning . . . [a] smart, snappy novel."-Booklist, on Shanna Swendson's Once Upon StilettosFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Don't Hug Doug: (He Doesn't Like It)
by Carrie FinisonMeet Doug, an ordinary kid who doesn't like hugs, in this fun and exuberant story which aims to spark discussions about bodily autonomy and consent--from author Carrie Finison and the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of The World Needs More Purple People, Daniel Wiseman.Doug doesn't like hugs. He thinks hugs are too squeezy, too squashy, too squooshy, too smooshy. He doesn't like hello hugs or goodbye hugs, game-winning home run hugs or dropped ice cream cone hugs, and he definitely doesn't like birthday hugs. He'd much rather give a high five--or a low five, a side five, a double five, or a spinny five. Yup, some people love hugs; other people don't. So how can you tell if someone likes hugs or not? There's only one way to find out: Ask! Because everybody gets to decide for themselves whether they want a hug or not.
Don't Hug Me
by Phil OlsonMusical Comedy / 3m, 2f / It's Fargo meets The Music Man (without the blood or the trombones). Oh, for cryin’ in yer snow shoes! It’s the coldest day of the year in Bunyan Bay when a slick karaoke salesman arrives at the bar and turns the locals’ lives upside down. With its over the top songs and crazy characters, this “Minnesota love story with singin’ and stuff” will have you laughing until the spring thaw! Don't Hug Me takes place in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota. Cantankerous bar owner, Gunner Johnson, wants to sell the business and move to Florida. Clara, his wife and former Winter Carnival Bunyan Queen, wants to stay. Bernice Lundstrom, the pretty waitress, wants to pursue a singing career. Her fiance, Kanute Gunderson, wants her to stay home. It's a battle of wills, and when a fast-talking salesman, Aarvid Gisselsen, promises to bring romance into their lives through the 'magic' of karaoke, all heck breaks loose!
Don't Hurt Laurie!
by Willo Davis RobertsLaurie is physically abused by her mother; can she escape, and will anyone believe her story?
Don't Hurt my Pony (Pony Pals #10)
by Jeanne BetancourtOn the Wiggins trail, Lulu's pony gets her hoof stuck in an animal trap. Why would someone be setting traps on the trail? Who would want to hurt Lulu's pony? The Pony Pals have to solve this mystery. Can they stop the trappers before it's too late?
Don't I Know You?
by Karen ShepardGina's son, Steven, caught only a fleeting glimpse of the killer as he fled. If only, he wonders again and again. As Lily Chin prepares for her upcoming wedding, a mysterious woman appears to inform her of her fiancÉ's secret life-which may have included Gina Engel. Louise Carpanetti received a phone call from the dying Gina. Now, more than a decade later, she is forced to finally acknowledge a shocking possibility: the killer might be her emotionally disturbed son. . . . Told through three distinct yet interconnected narratives, Karen Shepard's Don't I Know You? is an intricate, dazzling, and devastating psychological drama that absorbs and thrills as it examines the complexities of the human heart.
Don't I Know You?
by Marni JacksonWhat if some of the artists we feel as if we know—Meryl Streep, Neil Young, Bill Murray—turned up in the course of our daily lives? This is what happens to Rose McEwan, an ordinary woman who keeps having strange encounters with famous people. In this engrossing, original novel-in-stories, we follow her life from age 17, when she takes a summer writing course led by a young John Updike, through her first heartbreak (witnessed by Joni Mitchell) on the island of Crete, through her marriage, divorce, and a canoe trip with Taylor Swift, Leonard Cohen and Karl Ove Knausgaard. (Yes, read on.)With wit and insight, Marni Jackson takes a world obsessed with celebrity and turns it on its head. In Don't I Know You?, she shows us how fame is just another form of fiction, and how, in the end, the daily dramas of an ordinary woman’s life can be as captivating and poignant as any luminary tell-all.
Don't Invite a Shark to Dinner and Other Lessons from the Sea
by Disney Book GroupHow’s a little clown fish to navigate the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef after living a sheltered life within an anemone? Young readers will find out in this hilarious underwater survival guide featuring the characters from Disney/Pixar’s new feature film Finding Nemo.
Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover: Book 3 (Gallagher Girls #3)
by Ally CarterHere's the thing about covert operations: the really bad things always happen when you least expect them. The enemies don't give you a heads-up. And they never let you stop to put on comfortable shoes.A spy-in-training, Cammie Morgan has a cover for every occasion. But what happens when she is forced to lose her cover to save her best friend, Macey? Cammie and her friends are determined to hunt down the group that threatens to tear their secret sisterhood apart. This time it's personal.
Don't Judge Me
by Lisa SchroederInspired by a true story of girl empowerment, acclaimed author Lisa Schroeder's new novel explores trust, self-worth, and speaking up -- especially when you're told to keep quiet.Well-behaved girls seldom make historyHazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise.But then Hazel discovers a list that rates the girls at her middle school based on their looks -- started by her best friend's older brother. She knows she has to do something, and she can't do it alone. The wave she'll be making might turn into a tsunami, but if Hazel can find the courage to speak up, she might just change everything.
Don't Judge Me (A Secrets and Lies Novel #2)
by Sylvie FoxFill a lonely city with one dash of playboy comedian. Add a splash of adult webmistress. Do not shake. Stir. One-night gigs, one-night stands, even one-night in jail...comedian Raphael Augustine is not about the repeat performance. Now he's closing in on a TV deal that might be his route to stardom, he can't let anything unexpected shakeup his careful plans. Or so he tells himself. During Raphael's striptease act at a gay bar, a young woman catches his eye--and his shirt. Daisy is gorgeous, but she's also from world more prim and proper than anything Raphael knows. Falling for her may be the biggest joke the world's played on him yet. Despite her Ivy League education, Daisy's wound up doing the one job she never imagined: working as an adult webmaster. Her degree's collects dust on the wall while she clings to a failing business and spends her days in virtual chat rooms. It's enough to make her want to give up on men entirely--after all, they only seem to want one thing. But when Daisy meets a rakish comic, she begins to doubt her cynical view of love. Could he be the one?
Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover (The Most Popular Guy in the School)
by Robbie MichaelsThe Most Popular Guy in the School: Book OneHigh school can be some of the best years of life--and some of the toughest. Mark Mitchell's strategy for surviving is to emulate the mighty turtle: pull back inside his protective shell and keep a low profile to avoid trouble. And it works--nobody bothers him. Of course, nobody really knows him, either, even in a town so small it seems like everybody must know everyone else. Mark certainly knows Bill Cromwell, whom he meets officially when his father volunteers him for manual labor at the school. Bill is his polar opposite: outgoing, gregarious, athletic. But when a massive snowstorm traps the two boys together for three days, Mark learns that being popular doesn't mean you can't be bullied or abused--or gay--and that bullying doesn't stop at the school doors. Mark isn't naïve. He's seen the news reports of gay teen suicides, and he's determined not to become a statistic. But it's not himself he's worried about.
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls #3)
by Ally CarterCammie Morgan arrives in Boston, where Macey's father is about to receive the vice presidential nomination. The girls soon find themselves trapped in a kidnapping plot, in the third installment of the "Gallagher Girls" series.
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls #3)
by Ally CarterFriendship. Romance. Espionage. The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is no ordinary boarding school. Don't miss a moment of this New York Times bestselling series--now with a bonus epilogue!When Cammie Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. The girls suddenly find themselves trapped in a kidnapper's plot, with only their espionage skills to save them.Soon Cammie is joining Bex and Liz as Macey's private security team on the campaign trail, where they struggle to answer the questions Who is after Macey? And how can the Gallagher Girls keep her safe? The girls must use their spy training at every turn as the stakes are raised, and Cammie gets closer and closer to the shocking truth . . .
Don't Kill the Bugs: How Kids Can Be Heroes for Creatures Big and Small
by Berthe JansenBugs are all around us, and with a simple mantra—be kind, don&’t kill!—children ages 3–7 can all be everyday heroes for the creatures with whom we share our world.Follow Bu and his new friends as they spend a lovely day adventuring through the park, encountering creatures who crawl and buzz all around us—bugs! From spiders and ladybugs to bees and beetles, this story shows kids that every living creature deserves our kindness and compassion. Kids learn to be still while a bee is buzzing and help a beetle that is trapped in water. Due to their small size, bugs are some of the first living beings that children come into contact with that they have control over. This book presents a clear and practical discussion of how we can live peacefully together with these creatures. Through these thoughtful interactions, they can see that these creatures aren't scary at all, and we can coexist with them.
Don't Kill the Messenger
by Eileen RendahlMessenger Melina Markowitz, a go-between for paranormal forces and supernatural creatures, must find an envelope stolen from her--or watch out-of-control Chinese vampires take down rival gang members in an all-out street war.
Don't Kiss Him Good-bye (London Confidential #3)
by Sandra ByrdSeattle fifteen-year-old Savvy Smith feels like the only girl in England with no date for the traditional May Day Ball, but when she meets a boy with a reputation for trouble, she struggles to follow her own advice.
Don't Kiss Me: Stories
by Lindsay HunterAn explosive story collection from a bold, blistering new voiceWith broken language, deep vernacular, unexpectedly fierce empathy, and a pace that'll break your granny's neck, Lindsay Hunter lures, cajoles, and wrenches readers into the wild world of Don't Kiss Me. Here you'll meet Peggy Paula, who works the late shift at Perkin's and envies the popular girls who come in to eat french fries and brag about how far they let the boys get with them. You'll meet a woman in her mid-thirties pining for her mean-spirited, abusive boyfriend, Del, a nine-year-old who is in no way her actual boyfriend. And just try to resist the noir story of a reluctant, Afrin-addled detective. Self-loathing, self-loving, and otherwise trapped by their own dumb selves, these characters make one cringe-worthy mistake after another. But for each bone-headed move, Hunter delivers a surprising moment that chokes you up as you peer into what seemed like deep emptiness and discover a profound longing for human understanding. It's the collision of these moments that make this a powerful, alive book. The stories of Don't Kiss Me are united by Hunter's singular voice and unflinching eye. By turns crass and tender, heartbreaking and devastatingly funny, her stories expose a world full of characters seemingly driven by desperation, but in the end, they're the ones who get the last laugh. Hunter is at the forefront of the boldest, most provocative writers working now.
Don't Know Tough
by Eli CranorFriday Night Lights gone dark with Southern Gothic; Eli Cranor delivers a powerful noir that will appeal to fans of Wiley Cash and Megan Abbott.In Denton, Arkansas, the fate of the high school football team rests on the shoulders of Billy Lowe, a volatile but talented running back. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother&’s abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, but when his savagery crosses a line, he faces suspension. Without Billy Lowe, the Denton Pirates can kiss their playoff bid goodbye. But the head coach, Trent Powers, who just moved from California with his wife and two children for this job, has more than just his paycheck riding on Billy&’s bad behavior. As a born-again Christian, Trent feels a divine calling to save Billy—save him from his circumstances, and save his soul. Then Billy&’s abuser is found murdered in the Lowe family trailer, and all evidence points toward Billy. Now nothing can stop an explosive chain of violence that could tear the whole town apart on the eve of the playoffs. WINNER OF THE PETER LOVESEY FIRST CRIME NOVEL CONTEST