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• Invisible Son

  Johnson, Kim, 1979-

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  After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.

• Passersthrough

  Rock, Peter, 1967-

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  At age 11, Helen disappeared for a week in the wilderness while camping with her father, Benjamin. 25 years later the estranged Helen and Benjamin reconnect at his home in Portland, Oregon, to try to understand what happened during the days she was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mika in Real Life

  a Novel

  Jean, Emiko,

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  Getting to know Penny, the daughter she placed for adoption 16 years ago, 35-year-old Mika Suzuki finds unexpected love with Penny's widowed father..

• The Gifts We Keep

  Grindeland, Katie,

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  An evocative story, told through the eyes of five protagonists, about family, pain, loss, and the gifts that are left in the wake of tragedy.

• Summer in the City of Roses

  Keil, Michelle Ruiz,

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  In 1990s Portland, Oregon, seventeen-year-old Iph, aided by George, a modern-day Robin Hood, seeks her sensitive fifteen-year-old brother, Orr, while Orr has escaped wilderness boot camp and is residing with The Furies, an all-girl punk band.

• Fever House

  a Novel

  Rosson, Keith (Novelist),

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  While collecting overdue drug money in a rundown Portland, Oregon apartment complex, Hutch Holtz discovers a severed hand in the client's refrigerator and quickly realizes the body part induces uncontrollable madness and violence and sets…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Betrayal

  Margolin, Phillip,

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  A former MMA fighter-turned-lawyer must defend the opponent who ended her career a decade ago when she is accused of a quadruple murder, in the seventh novel of the series following Murder at Black Oaks.

• The Librarianist

  a Novel

  deWitt, Patrick, 1975-

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  Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, is unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting novel in itself.

• The Paragon Hotel

  Faye, Lyndsay,

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  A riveting suspense with great characters, set in one of 1920s Portland. Each chapter heading references historical details about Oregon's history of white supremacy.

• A Song Below Water

  Morrow, Bethany C.,

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  A metaphorical tale follows the experiences of a black teen siren and her haunted best friend, who find themselves targeted by violence when they are unable to hide their supernatural identities in an alternate world that discriminates against magic.

• This Side of Home

  Watson, Renée,

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  Twins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If Not for You

  a Novel

  Macomber, Debbie,

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  Moving away from her oppressive parents in hopes of taking charge of her own life, Beth takes a job as a school music teacher and initially resists her attraction to a tattooed mechanic who is the epitome of everything her conservative parents fear.

• A Reasonable Doubt

  Margolin, Phillip,

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• The Butterfly Girl

  a Novel

  Denfeld, Rene,

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• Stray City

  a Novel

  Johnson, Chelsey, 1975-

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• Glaciers

  a Novel

  Smith, Alexis M.

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  The reader follows Isabel over the course of a day as she muses on her life while working at the library, nursing a crush on a coworker and coveting a vintage dress on display at a local store.

• Lean on Pete

  a Novel

  Vlautin, Willy

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  Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson and his father move from Spokane to Portland to start over. Charley takes a job in the tack room of a run-down horse track and is comforted by his friendship with a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete.

• Fixation

  Schorr, Mark

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  A Vietnam vet with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of substance abuse, Brian Hanson has turned his life around working as a counselor with some of Portland, Oregon's, most troubled citizens. Taking readers from Portland's mysterious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secrets of My Heart

  Peterson, Tracie,

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• Empowered

  Rebel

  Smith, Dale Ivan,

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