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Book Groups @ your Library February 2015
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Several of our branches offer book discussion groups. Talk about books with other readers. List of our groups.
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The giver
by Lois Lowry
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade
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Holes
by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats is sent away to a boys' detention center where the warden instructs the boys to "build character" by digging holes everyday, but it doesn't take long for Stanley to figure out that the warden is up to something, and he decides to figure out what it is. Newbery Medal Winner. Teacher's Guide available. Reprint.
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The kitchen house
by Kathleen Grissom
Working as an indentured servant alongside slaves on a tobacco plantation, Lavinia, an Irish orphan with no memory of her past, finds her light skin and situation place her between two very different worlds that test her loyalties
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Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. Reprint.
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Every day
by David Levithan
Waking up in the body of a different person every day and struggling to pass through each experience without raising alarm, "A" endures a lonely existence before falling in love with a girl named Rhiannon, with whom he endeavors to reunite.
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Before I go to sleep : a novel
by S. J. Watson
Christine, whose memory is damaged by a long-ago accident, is treated by a neurologist who helps her to remember her former self through journal entries until inconsistencies begin to emerge, raising disturbing questions
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The book of unknown Americans
by Cristina Henríquez
Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy. By the author of Come Together, Fall Apart. 75,000 first printing
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Divergent
by Veronica Roth
In a future Chicago, Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she does not fit into any one group
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The bonesetter's daughter
by Amy Tan
Struggling to regain her voice and express her true feelings to her husband, ghostwriter Ruth Young discovers that her inability to speak closely parallels the story of her mother LuLing's early life in China, where Ruth finds the famous bonesetter, a woman whose mouth was sealed shut during a suicide attempt
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The cuckoo's calling
by Robert Galbraith
Working as a private investigator after losing his leg in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike takes the case of a supermodel's suicide and finds himself in a world of beauties, rock star boyfriends, desperate designers, and hedonist pursuits
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Life after life : a novel
by Jill McCorkle
The staff and residents at Fulton, North Carolina's retirement facility share the realities of their respective lives, from a retired teacher who believes everyone is a third grader at heart, to a prominent lawyer who feigns dementia to escape life with his son, to a woman who keeps a scrapbook of every local crime. By the award-winning author of Going Away Shoes.
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And the mountains echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
The best-selling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Reprint.
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Maphead : charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks
by Ken Jennings
The Jeopardy! champion and best-selling author of Brainiac traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing lighthearted anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by his fellow map enthusiasts.
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One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
First published in 1962, this novel describes a dark chapter in the history of Soviet Russia, depicting life in a work camp, and one man's fight to prevail over relentless dehumanization. Reprint.
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Five Days at Memorial : Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink
A Pulitzer Prize-winning doctor, reporter and author of War Hospital reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina destroyed its generators to reveal how caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions without essential resources. Reprint. A best-selling book. On the NYT list of 10 Best Books of 2013.
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The round house
by Louise Erdrich
When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 14-year-old Joe Coutz sets out with his three friends to find the person that destroyed his family. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.) 100,000 first printing.
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