Fiction By Jodi Picoult Reviewed by Jennifer Waterman 4 out of 5 stars June Nealson, an overprotective hardworking mother, has had about all she can take. First her husband gets killed by a drunk driver, leaving her a single mother. Believing in second chances, she marries Rick, a loving and supportive cop, who helps...
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Religion
Change of Heart
Into The Wild
“Two years he walks the earth, no phone, no pool, and no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is The Road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, ‘cause “The West Is The Best.” And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climatic battle to...
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The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Bruce Lee has had such an impact on the world that it is hard to find a way that in which he is the loser. Bruce Lee is most famous for his martial arts skills, and his strength. He had stared in many films but, undoubtedly, he is most famous for his film, “Enter...
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Scream
“Jeff’s voice was suddenly drowned by a hideous screaming. Not just one voice, but a multitude of voices mingling and colliding, merging and blending in a cacophony of wails and groans, grunts and cries. A million mouths weeping and howling in bone-crunching pain. Agony. As if their skin was being peeled off inch by...
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The Shack
On a cold winter storm day, Mack or Allan Mackenzie receives a strange message in his mail box, from his dead dad. The note will take Mack through a life changing weekend in, the shack. Mack is an average man who has really had a rough life. From his father being an alcoholic to...
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Certain Poor Shepherds
Imagine being torn away from your family at a young age- you can barely remember them. A shepherd now forces you to watch over a herd of needy, stupid, young sheep and protect them from eating poisonous food. One day, as you watch the sheep, you see a new star in the sky that...
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Desperation
Imagine yourself traveling along the desolate Highway 50 through the endless deserts of Nevada to the destination of your vacation in your sister’s Acura with the AC blowing in your face, sweat trickling down your back, when out of the corner of your eye, you catch a speed limit sign with the rotting carcass...
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Gertruda’s Oath
“Now it’s my turn to watch over you,” young Michael Stolowitzky, aged beyond his years, vows to his adoptive mother, Gertruda Bablinska, the only family he has left. It is a time of desolation, desperation, and death in Europe, 1939. It is the beginning of World War II; it is the time of the...
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Uncensored
In this book the author, Jeanne Mayo, gives advice to teenage boys and girls. She answers all the questions that you may be afraid to ask and lets you know all the important things about growing up. Jeanne is a retired youth pastor who understands the way teens think and act. She gives a...
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The Faith Club
“A Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew — Three women search for understanding.” September 11, 2001 affected America in more ways than one. One of the millions pressure by this tragic event was Ranya Idilby, an American Muslim of Palestinian descent. After what is now only described as “nine-eleven,” she faced constant questions from...
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