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Viola in Reel Life is a 14-year-old snarky girl with dreams of being a famous film-maker one day. When her documentary parents head to Afghanistan to film a movie, Viola ends up “marooned” and “abandoned” in a boarding school in Indiana. Pretty soon she discovers Indiana is not as lifeless as she thinks.

For more suspense, check out The Lying Game. Emma discovers she has an identical twin named Sutton. She sets out to look for Sutton only to find out her twin sister is dead and the killer is at large. Emma takes on Sutton’s life in hopes of uncovering the truth and learn that Sutton may have made more enemies then friends in her short lifespan.

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New York Detective Michael Bennett returns in this best-selling thriller, and this time, he has to deal with not one but three master criminals. With the trio of bad guys wreaking separate trails of havoc through the city, Michael turns to former colleague FBI agent Emily for help and finds his affection for her growing stronger as the work.

Then he stumbles across a shocking discovery that exposes a killer’s pattern and leaves his entire family open to attack.

The Elements

• Keep books out of direct sunlight. Sunlight will cause the colors of the book’s dust jacket to fade.
• Keep your books dry. Humidity and dampness produce mold, which is a book problem that pretty much can’t be cured. Exposure to water will also ripple pages and deform the book.
• Extreme temperatures at either end aren’t good, but heat is worse, especially in a humid climate.

Creatures

• Keep bugs away from your books. Some bugs like to eat them; others will leave their marks.
• Keep cats away from your books. Cats also have a habit of leaving their mark on books. It’s hard to get rid of this damage. (You may be able to deodorize cat-or tobacco-befouled books by putting them in an airtight container with an air freshener for a day or two; of course, they may then smell like apple cinnamon.)
• Keep kids and other free spirits away from your books. Books should be handled carefully, with clean hands.

Storage

• Ideally, your books will be stored upright on your shelves. You want to be able to see them, maybe even read them occasionally.
• Don’t lay other books on top of them.
• If you have to store your books in a garage or attic, be aware of heat. Store them in airtight, acid-free containers.

Protection

• Read your books with clean hands, preferably not while you’re eating spaghetti or chocolate ice cream.
• Use bookmarks. Don’t fold the pages down; don’t leave the book open and upside-down; don’t mark your place with your sunglasses.
• Don’t write your name (or anything else) in your books. If you have to use bookplates, use nice, custom-made ones.
• Put your dust jackets in protective dust jacket covers. Dust jackets protect and improve the look (and value) of books.
• Use a feather duster to occasionally get the dust off of your books.
• If you loan your books, loan them to people who care about books as much as you do.

Who would’ve thought that a book contains many different parts! Here’s a breakdown of those parts:

Board or cover – the front and back of the book.

Joint – a small groove where the book boards are attached to the book and bends when the book is opened.

Spine – considered the book’s backbone, the spine usually displays the title, author and publisher of the book.

Head – the top part of the spine.

Tail – the bottom part of the spine.

Pastedown & free-end paper – this is usually made up of one piece of paper that joins the book block to the cover. Sometimes the pastedown and free-end paper is made up two separate sheets joined together.

Hinge – the part that bends when the book is opened.

Fore edge – this is the trimmed edge of the opposite of the spine and can sometimes be painted or gilded on higher end books.

Headband – colored cloth band designed to protect the book spine.

Text block – also sometimes referred to as book block, this is the inside pages that make up the book.

Dust Jacket / Dust Wrapper (not shown in diagram) – commonly called the jacket, it is a protective paper or plastic wrapper that wrap around the covers of the book for protection.

Ref: http://www.aboutbookbinding.com/anatomy/Parts-of-a-Book.html