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Bradley Library Book Clubs November 2018
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Girls Burn Brighter
by Shobha Rao ~Wednesday Book Club
Forging a deep friendship with impoverished but passionate fellow weaver Savitha, motherless Poornima begins to reconnect with the beauty of the world before a devastating act of cruelty drives her friend away, compelling her to leave behind everything she knows to search for her friend in the darkest corners of India's underworld and beyond. A first novel.
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Past Perfect : a novel
by Danielle Steel ~What's On the Menu
An abrupt job relocation that takes them from their well-ordered Manhattan life to San Francisco triggers a collision between the past and present for a successful married couple who during a small earthquake experience visions of their new home's original inhabitants from a century earlier. By the best-selling author of Blue.
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The Outsiders
by S. E Hinton ~Dudes & Donuts
The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are 2 kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers-- until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.
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Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson ~From Page to Screen
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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Mummies in the Morning
by Mary Pope Osborne ~My First Book Club
Join Jack and Annie as they travel back to ancient Egypt for an adventure filled with magic, mystery, history and fun facts, in this full-color edition that boasts new artwork, plus a letter from the author and additional nonfiction information.
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Death of a Turkey
by Kate Borden ~Chatty Crafters Book Club
When she is accused of murdering her obnoxious neighbor, Peggy Jean Turner, the Mayor of Cobb's Landing, races against time to clear her name and get the town's Colonial-style Thanksgiving preparations back on track for the incoming tourists.
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A Wrinkle in Time : the graphic novel
by Hope Larson ~Girls Rule
A graphic novel adaptation of the classic tale in which Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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Legend
by Marie Lu ~Crossover Club
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas ~Teen Book Club
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life."
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Beyond the Door
by Maureen McQuerry ~Booked for Middle School
When mythical creatures appear, a mystery of unparalleled proportions begins to unfold for Timothy, his sister Sarah, and school bully Jessica, who must defeat the powers of the Darkness.
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