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>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> The Cellist of Sarajevo | Steven Galloway Follows the lives of four people--a baker, a young father, a sniper, and a cellist who commits to playing Albinoni's "Adagio" once a day for twenty-two days in memory of his neighbors who were killed- -trying to adjust to their new daily routines in war- torn Sarajevo.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Th1rteen R3asons Why | Jay Asher High school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini A novel set against the three decades of Afghanistan's history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban, which tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite their nineteen-year age difference and initial rivalry as they suffer at the hand of a common enemy: their abusive husband.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> The Glass Castle: A memoir | Jeannette Walls The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Twisted | Laurie Halse Anderson After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Vinyl Café Unplugged | Stuart McLean This collection contains 14 delightful stories, many first broadcast on CBC Radio, about an idiosyncratic family of four in Toronto. Dave and Morley, the parents, and Sam and Stephanie, the children, lead a life of endless minor mishaps and misunderstandings.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> The Watchmen | Alan Moore A graphic novel in which Rorschach, an aging superhero, digs up the past in his search for answers about the death of one of his former colleagues.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> House of Scorpion | Nancy Farmer In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Boy Meets Boy | David Levithan Paul's simple high school life is confused by his desire for another boy who seems unattainable, until Paul's friends help him find the courage to pursue the object of his affections.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Crank | Ellen Hopkins Kristina Georgia Snow's life is turned upside-down, when she visits her absentee father, gets turned on to the drug "crank", becomes addicted, and is lead down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her life.

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>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Coraline | Neil Gaiman and adapted by Russell P. Craig Coraline, who lives with her parents and some other people in a strange old house, explores the garden, grounds and eventually the inside of the mansion, where a door leads her to another universe that darkly mirrors the one she arrived from. Graphic novel adaptation.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | John Boyne Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence

>>0 >>1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> Alex Rider Adventure | Alan Horowitz Presents a graphic novel adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's novel in which fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his deceased uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI-6.

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