During World War II, many of the young men of Haven, Pennsylvania are fighting in Europe. Unable to serve due to an earlier car accident, Andy Gilbert must stay at home and keep his job as a...
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Author: Peterson, TracieSummary:Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Shreve, Susan RichardsSummary:Julie MacNeil feels threatened both in the family and on the soccer field when her widower father begins to date the mother of her arch-rival Benji True.
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Author: St. John Mandel, EmilySummary:
Lilia Albert can't remember many details from her childhood--she just knows she was always on the move. As an adult, she travels compulsively, leaving behind friends and lovers all over the world...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: O'Brien, Robert C.Summary:On her tenth birthday, Ellen wakes up to find a silver crown on her pillow; a few inutes later her house burns up and her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Author: Paterson, KatherineSummary:When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Rylant, CynthiaSummary:
Retells the myths about Pandora, Persephone, Orpheus, Pygmalion, Narcissus, and Psyche.
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Myths and folk tales -
Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Born into peace and freedom, Lavinia is stunned to learn that she will be the cause of a great war--or so the prophecies and omens claim. Her fate is sealed, however, when she meets a man from...
Genre: Historical fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Author: Paterson, KatherineSummary:Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
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Author: Picoult, JodiSummary:
Police chief Cameron McDonald has lived in idyllic Wheelock, Massachusetts for most of his life, as has his beloved wife Allie. Their comfortable lives are thrown into tumult, however, when Cam's...
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Author: Duncan, LoisSummary:Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding.
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Author: Haddix, Margaret PetersonSummary:In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she...
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Author: Klause, Annette CurtisSummary:Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.
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Author: Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued...
Genre: Romance fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Fluke, JoanneSummary:
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The last thing Maura Thomas remembers before her car careened over a steep embankment is having dinner with her college roommate.over twenty years ago....
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Author: Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.