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Contemporary Fiction
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| The Cellist of Sarajevo (2008) |
Steven Galloway | |
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| The Pearl |
John Steinbeck |
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| Playing with Matches |
Suri Rosen | |
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| The Mysterious Island |
Jules Verne |
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Science Fiction |
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| The Foundation Trilogy |
Isaac Isamov |
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Science Fiction |
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| The Alchemist (1988) |
Paul Coelho |
Allegory. A young shepherd in search of treasure. This novel has been translated into 56 languages and is one of the best-selling books in history. |
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| All the Light We Cannot See (2014) |
Anthony Doerr |
Pulitzer prize winning novel. A blind French girl's path collides with that of a German boy in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War Two. |
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| The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) |
Mitch Albom |
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A maintenance man named Eddie dies while saving a little girl. When he wakes up in heaven, he learns how significant his life actually was. You will need tissues for this one. |
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| Out of My Mind |
Sharon Draper |
A young girl with Cerebral Palsy struggles to communicate. |
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| Tuesdays with Morrie |
Mitch Albom |
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| The Time Keeper |
Mitch Albom |
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| Fahrenheit 451 |
Ray Bradbury |
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| The Help (2009) |
Kathryn Stockett |
Black maids working in white households in the American South during the 1960s. |
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| The Maze Runner(2009) |
James Dashner |
Post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction. Part of a trilogy. |
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| Ruby Holler (2002) |
Sharon Creech |
Troubled adolescent twins Dallas and Florida are adopted by an eccentric older couple. |
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