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Bradley Library Book Clubs September 2019
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Saving Beck
by Courtney Cole ~ Wednesday Book Club
"Reminiscent of the beloved novels by Mary Kubica and Jodi Picoult comes a chilling portrayal of a son's addiction and its harrowing effects on both him and his mother from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole. There comes a time when offering your life for your child's doesn't work, when you realize that it'll never be enough. The cold needle in his warm vein was a welcome comfort to my son at first. But then it became the monster that kept us apart. Heroin lied, and my son believed. It took him to a world where the last year didn't happen, to a place where his father was still alive. What Beck didn't understand was that it couldn't bring his father back from the dead. It couldn't take away his pain, not permanently. You think it can't happen to you, that your kids, your family, will never be in this situation. I thought that too. But you're wrong. Step into our world, and see for yourself. Watch my golden boy become a slave to this raging epidemic. Watch me try and save him. Drug addiction comes with a price. Trust me, you're not equipped to pay it. Don't miss this heartwrenching, evocative, yet hopeful novel--it will leave you forever changed."
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Lending a Paw : A Bookmobile Cat Mystery
by Laurie Cass ~ Chatty Crafters Book Club
"With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile based in the resort town of Chilson, Michigan. After Eddie darts outside at the last stop and leads her to the body of a local man, they work to help the police find the killer."
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Redemption
by Karen Kingsbury ~ What's On the Menu
When Lari Baxter Jacobs finds out that her husband, Tim, is involved in an adulterous relationship and wants a divorce, she decides that she will love him and remain faithful to her marriage at all costs.
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Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson ~ Crossover Club
Melinda Sordino finds herself an outcast at her high school for calling the cops on an end of summer party, and, although she finds comfort in her art class, she still holds a terrible secret.
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry ~ Page to Screen
Coming to movie theaters in the summer of 2014, this movie tie-in edition of the 1994 Newbery Medal-winning classic tells the story of 12-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal world and only begins to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community after he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory.
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Abby in Wonderland
by Sarah Mlynowski ~ Girls Rule
When Abby finds herself in the "Alice in Wonderland" story with two friends and a girl named Penny, she must solve a riddle, find one of her friends, and avoid the Red Queen.
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