By Sara Novic In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan How ...

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Violence and intrigue permeate this melodrama, which centers on the impetuous yet tortured head of a syndicate family. Cross: Jason Gedrick. Josie: Patsy Kensit. Rose Marie: Kirstie Alley.

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The book highlights 10 outrageous wrongful convictions and issues within the American legal system. In the sixth book in the series, LAPD detective Renée Ballard reopens a 20-year-old cold case ...

Who should read it: Endless Night is a good book for readers fascinated by plots that grow increasingly unsettling and sinister over time. It is available from HarperCollins Publishers.

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