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Bradley Library Book Clubs March 2019
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Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng ~ Wednesday Book Club
Fighting an ugly custody battle with an artistic tenant who has little regard for the strict rules of their progressive Cleveland suburb, a straitlaced family woman who is seeking to adopt a baby becomes obsessed with exposing the tenant's past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both of their families.
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The Care and Management of Lies : A Novel of the Great War
by Jacqueline Winspear ~ What's On the Menu
Kezia struggles to keep her ordered life from unraveling after her husband enlists to fight for his country, while Thea, her best friend, sister-in-law, and suffragette, is drawn reluctantly to the battlefield.
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The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman ~ Crossover Club
Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it.
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Afternoon on the Amazon
by Mary Pope Osborne ~ My First Book Club
Jack and Annie journey back in time to a South American rain forest to search for new clues to the whereabouts of Morgan le Fay.
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Glitter Bomb
by Laura Childs ~ Chatty Crafters Book Club
Scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand and her best friend Ava investigate a Mardi Gras parade float disaster that led to someone's death, and the number one suspect is Carmela's ex-husband Shamus.
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Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan ~ Girls Rule
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
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Black Hawk Down : A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden ~ From Page to Screen
Recounts a 1993 firefight in Mogadishu, Somalia, that resulted in the deaths of eighteen Americans and more than five hundred Somalis, examining the rationales behind the disastrous raid.
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Hour of the Bees
by Lindsay Eagar ~ Booked for Middle School
At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.
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