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• Lovely War

  Berry, Julie, 1974-

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  Set at the time of World War I, Lovely War follows four people with intersecting lives. Hazel Windicott is a British girl with a fond love for the piano. She is wildly talented and wants to join a conservatory one day. James Alderidge is a young man…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Truly Assumed

  Sabreen, Laila,

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  After a terrorist attack in D.C., the Muslim community all around the U.S. has been reeling from the Islamophobic effects. Sabriya, a dancer, has always found it hard to identify as all three of her identities (female, Black, Muslim), and to get all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Inheritance Games

  Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn),

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  The Inheritance Games is a full-of-suspense book that keeps you guessing until the end. The book follows the story of a seventeen-year-old girl named Avery Kylie Grambs. Avery inherits billions of dollars after the death of an old man she had never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girls I've Been

  Sharpe, Tess,

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  The Girls I’ve Been is a standalone novel written by Tess Sharpe. It follows the story of Nora and her two friends, who are taken as hostages in a bank robbery. Nora uses her past knowledge as a con artist to help her friends - after all, her mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invisible Man

  Wells, H.G.

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  The Invisible Man begins with a mysterious man who bursts into an inn during a blizzard. The locals and workers at the inn are caught off guard at first. After all, a man covered head to toe in thick clothing, a face wrapped thoroughly by bandages…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Things They Carried

  O'Brien, Tim

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  We all probably have a way we see war, either as honorable or horrific. But we don’t often get to hear what war truly feels like by someone who’s lived it. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a poignant reflection of the nature of war, written…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kafka on the Shore

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  Kafka on the Shore is the story of two characters, one an old man with a mysterious ability to talk to cats, and the other a young boy who runs away, obsessed with his fate. On their travels, they encounter danger and mystery, as they meet new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 1984

  a Novel

  Orwell, George, 1903-1950

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  In a profound depiction of the society of the future written decades in the past, George Orwell’s 1984 presents readers with the dystopian civilization of Oceania, where - in the words of the all-powerful and ever-reaching government - war is peace,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Gatsby

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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  The Great Gatsby is a period piece set in New York during the Roaring Twenties. At its core, The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story. The novel tells the journey of Jay Gatsby, a newly rich man in New York, as he tries to win back the love of an old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dune

  Herbert, Frank,

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  There are a few books that truly become more impactful as they age, and Frank Herbert’s Dune - lauded as the novel that brought science fiction into the mainstream - is one of those books. It tells the story of the far future and a human race…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kite Runner

  Hosseini, Khaled

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  The Kite Runner is a story about an Afghan man’s mistakes and trauma in his past, as well as finding resolve and solace through a new beginning. Amir is born into a wealthy life, while his servant and greatest friend Hassan is much less fortunate.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

  Lin, Grace

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  Award-winning and bestselling author Grace Lin launches her critically acclaimed trilogy with Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. This book, frankly, is like nothing I have ever read before. Though it’s no Percy Jackson, this book still manages to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Thief

  Zusak, Markus

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  The Book Thief is a historical novel told by an unlikely narrator: a girl named Liesel growing up in Germany during WWII. She steals books to read and finds comfort in both the act and the stories they contain. This novel includes important themes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  The Hate U Give is a 2017 Young Adult novel that follows sixteen-year-old Starr Carter as she navigates between two worlds -- the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives, and the wealthy, predominantly white high school that she attends. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Hundred Years of Solitude

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014

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  Gabriel Garcia Marquez's tale of the Buendia family and their home, the mythical city of Macando, can fill any reader with a sense of profound empathy and a feeling of sadness that fits the sad title of the book. Inspired by Latin American history,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Kill a Mockingbird

  [a Novel]

  Lee, Harper

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  To Kill a Mockingbird is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written, and has introduced complex social issues to countless readers since its release in 1960. The book follows two major plotlines. Scout - the narrator and young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything, Everything

  Yoon, Nicola

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  This is a teen romance novel. The story follows Madeline Whittier, a teen who has SCID or Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, which makes it so she cannot leave the house. Because of her disease she doesn’t have very many friends. Her friends include…Read moreRead more of this annotation