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Bradley Library Book Clubs November 2019
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Woman 99 : A Novel
by Greer Macallister ~ Wednesday Book Club
"Shes only a number now. When Charlotte Smiths wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows theres more to the story than madness. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged young lady of San Francisco society to become a nameless inmate, Woman 99. The longer she stays, the more she realizes that many of the women of Goldengrove arent insane, merely inconvenient and that her search for the truth threatens to dig up secrets that some very powerful people would do anything to kep. A historical thriller rich in detail, deception, and revelation, Woman 99 honors the fierce women of the past, born into a world that denied them power but underestimated their strength."
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Murder On the Rocks : a Gray Whale Inn Mystery
by Karen MacInerney ~ Chatty Crafters Book Club
Natalie Barnes buys the Gray Whale Inn, a bed and breakfast in Main, and publicly opposes Bernard Katz's proposed resort development, which threatens a colony of black-chinned terns. When Katz is found dead, Natalie must find the true killer in order to clear her own name.
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Fire Lover : A True Story
by Joseph Wambaugh ~ What's On the Menu
The best-selling author of The Onion Field and The Choirboys returns with a compelling true-crime portrait of John Orr, a dangerous loner whose obsession with fire led him to a dual career as fire investigator and arsonist.
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The Landry News
by Andrew Clements ~ Girls Rule
A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.
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Shiver
by Maggie Stiefvater ~ Crossover Club
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
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Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhha Lai ~ Booked for Middle School
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
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The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate ~ My First Book Club
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
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