“It’s after the shower. That’s when it happens. It’s when I turn on the bathroom light and wipe the fog off the mirror. It’s what I don’t see. I look a second time, and then rub at the mirror again. I’m not there. That’s what I’m saying. I’m. Not....
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Things Not Seen
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
Ruby’s mother is dead and all that she has left is her aunt, her best friend, her beloved boyfriend, and her good for nothing dad who’s a movie star. She has to move to her dad’s house in California, but she would rather not. She hates her father because he left her mom and...
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Caught in the Act
Ethan Lederer is not the perfect kid that his parents make him out to be. He’s getting low grades in most of his classes and is faking his way through all the honors’ courses. Lydia Krane then comes to the town of West Baring and no one knows what to think about her. They...
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The Secret Life Of Bees
A beautifully written treasure of life truths and truths that appear only after much suffering and soul-searching ,this is simply the first great novel from Sue Monk Kid. The Secret Life of Bees is the story of a teenager, Lily Owens, also known as Lily Williams, who must come to terms with the truth...
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Glass
By eighteen, Khristina is already a single parent with no job, whose living at home with her mother. As far as anyone knows, Khristina is “attempting” to get her life back together. And for a while she is. That is, before the monster comes knocking at her door. Will she fight for her and...
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
Al Capone, machine Gun Kelly, and escapee Roy Gardner are not your normal neighbors. Not unless you are Moose Flanagan and his family. Moose’s dad was a great electrician and he competed with a lot of other men to get the job on Alcatraz Island. Moose and his mentally slow sister have the job...
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Positioned in a place where the ambitious thrive, and the weak fail, Mary Boleyn is forced to live at court, where nothing is her choice and to disobey what she is told to do would be the end of her. Among these rivalries is her dear sister Anne, who although is and will always...
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Pet Sematary
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife and two kids, Ellie and Gage, move from Chicago to Maine for Dr. Creed’s new job at the university. They move into a nice house with plenty of space for their children. They also got new neighbors, the Crandalls. Judd Crandall, who later becomes a family friend, tells...
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Runner
Chance Taylor worries about things kids his age don’t usually worry about. He worries about the mortgage fees, the food bills, the gas bills, the rent, and with a dad who’s a drunk and can’t hold a job for over a week these things just wont go away with wishful thinking. Chance’s dad also...
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The Ever-After Bird
When Cece’s father dies, she is left confused and hurt. Her father had always helped run away slaves, yet he was always mean to her, his own daughter. After his funeral, she is sent to live with her Uncle Alex and his wife. Her Uncle Alex is very kind to her and she is...
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