“Three lives, three different paths to the same direction: Aspen Springs a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act, suicide. These three at one point decided enough was enough, and tried to end their life. They acted on impulse, swallowed the bottle, cut a little deeper, and put the gun to...
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Impulse
Before We Were Free
In the story, Before we were Free, by Julia Alvarez, almost all of Anita’s relatives have emigrated to the United States, her family being the only ones left in the Dominican Republic. Her Uncle, Tio Toni has disappeared and nobody has heard from him in several months. After the last of her relatives have...
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Extras
Several years after Tally Youngblood stopped the ulgies, pretties, specials society, no strict rules or ways of life were produced. Cliques such as “Tech-heads,” who show off their newest gadgets, “surge-monkeys,” who are hooked on extreme plastic surgery, and “kickers,” who spread the gossip and trends, rise up. All of what they do is...
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On the Street Where You Live
Emily Graham is haunted by two murders that are closely linked, even though 110 years separate them. After breaking a marriage between her and her husband and being pursued by an obsessive stalker, Emily decides to leave Albany for a new criminal defense attorney job in Manhattan. For her new house, she bought her...
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Eclipse
Bella Swan, a senior in the little town of Forks, is in love with a vampire, but is he the only one that she loves? When Edward left, for Bella’s sake, it sent her into a depression, a depression so deep no one thought she would ever escape it. Then she started hanging out...
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The Clique
Massie Block of the Block Estate is the typical teenager. The only difference between her and the average teenager is the wealth of her father, who is paying for her personal horses, tuition at OCD, the best private school around, her love for shopping and the best style consisting of only the best brands....
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Bottled Up
Have you ever been in so much trouble that you just had to find a way out of telling your parents? In Bottled up by Jaye Murray, Pip is trying to find any way out of getting in trouble with his father. When the principal calls Pip down to his office during gym he...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
In The Fellowship of the Ring, a group of men from a variety of different races have been broken. Now the surviving members head towards different goals on different paths making new enemies and friends along the way. The story is broken into two parts, each following a different group of the remaining fellowship....
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Peak
“This is it, I told myself. Fifteen more handholds and I’ve topped it. I reached up for the next seam and encountered a little snag. Well, a big snag really… My right ear and cheek were frozen to the wall.” 14-year-old Peak Marcello’s passion for climbing is in his genes. Both his mother and...
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Eclipse
“He rolled his eyes, but I could see that he was flying- the relief was making us both lightheaded. It was over. Or . . . was it?” Bella Swan is not being overdramatic. Ever since her arrival in Forks, her life has taken a spiral, and even she can’t tell whether it’s going...
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