Julie Buxbaum

The Area 51 Files

1 - The Area 51 Files (Sep-2022)
2 - The Big Flush (Jul-2023)
3 - Friend or UFO (Apr-2024)
4 - Way Off Base (Jul-2025)

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  The Opposite of Love
  

  • Feb-2008
  • / General Fiction
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  With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, debut author Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again. When twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney ...

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  After You
  

  • Sep-2009
  • / General Fiction
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  The complexities of a friendship. The unexplored doubts of a marriage. And the redemptive power of literature... Julie Buxbaum, the acclaimed author of The Opposite of Love, delivers a haunting, gloriously written novel about love, family, and the se...

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  Tell Me Three Things
  

  • Apr-2016
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met? Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week as a junior at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. It’s been bar...

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  What to Say Next
  

  • Jul-2017
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a charming and poignant story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. For fans of Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Niven, and Rain...

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  Hope and Other Punchlines
  

  • May-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  The New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things and What to Say Next delivers a poignant and hopeful novel about resilience and reinvention, first love and lifelong friendship, the legacies of loss, and the stories we tell ourselves in ...

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  Admission
  

  • Dec-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes an of-the-moment novel that peeks inside the private lives of the hypercompetitive and the hyperprivileged and takes on the college admissions bribery scandal that rocked the co...

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  Year on Fire
  

  • Apr-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  What secrets will people keep -- or reveal -- to protect those they love? This novel, set against the frightening backdrop of an encroaching fire season, sparks reflection about friendship, the allure of romantic love, and loyalty to family. Can a...

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  The Area 51 Files
  

  • Sep-2022
  • / Science Fiction
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  The Area 51 Files - 1
  

  Aliens, sassy hedgehogs, and unexplained disappearances . . . Oh, my! Discover the secrets of the universe in this hilarious, highly illustrated middle-grade series from New York Times bestselling author Julie Buxbaum.“Epically fun!” -- Max Brall...

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  The Big Flush
  

  • Jul-2023
  • / Science Fiction
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  The Area 51 Files - 2
  

  A killer space toilet is hurtling toward Area 51, courtesy of a mystery traitor on base, and things are about to get messy if Sky and her friends can’t solve the case. Don’t miss book two in the Edgar Award nominated Area 51 Files series!“Epica...

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  Friend or UFO
  

  • Apr-2024
  • / Science Fiction
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  The Area 51 Files - 3
  

  Sky and her friends tackle their biggest mystery yet -- the discovery of Area 52! -- in the third installment of this laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated middle grade series by New York Times bestselling author Julie Buxbaum, illustrated by Lavanya Na...

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  Way Off Base
  

  • Jul-2025
  • / General Fiction
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  The Area 51 Files - 4
  

  Is Area 51’s cover blown?! Sky and her otherworldly friends scramble to protect its secrets when a UFO goes missing in the fourth installment of this laugh-out-loud, Edgar Award-nominated series for young readers.For the first time since Sky got to...

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