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The Book of Speculation is Erika Swyler's gorgeous and moving debut, a wondrous novel about the power of books, family, and magic. Simon Watson lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home, a house perched on the edge of a cliff that is slowly crumbling into the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, works for a travelling carnival and seldom calls.

Once upon a time, there were Nazis...this story, however, has a happy ending and takes place in 1994. Born in Paris, Laura Rue celebrated her first birthday on the day the Nazis invaded the city. Most of her family escaped, and as an adult in New York, Laura teaches seventh graders about the environment. Shortly after her French grandfather dies, Laura's French grandmother, Simone, claims she is having repetitive dreams about an angel named Oleo, who insists that she and Laura must hire a captain to sail them around the world, so they can live happily ever after.