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Why is this a pick?: A fable about undauntingly following one's dreams, listening to one's heart, and reading life's omens features dialogue between a boy and an unnamed being. |
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Why is this a pick?: Girl with a pearl earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl, who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner not only helps her in her household duties, but also attracts Vermeer's attention. |
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Why is this a pick?: One man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war based upon an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon that will send America back to the Dark Ages. |
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Why is this a pick?: In Moundville, Alabama, in 1917, twelve-year-old Dit hopes the new postmaster will have a son his age, but instead he meets Emma, who is black, and their friendship challenges accepted ways of thinking and leads them to save the life of a condemned man. |
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Why is this a pick?: Charlie Gordon, a youth with limited mental capabilities, along with a laboratory rat named Algernon become the joint objects of a scientific alteration to see if Charlie can become "normal." |
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Why is this a pick?: Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed. |
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Why is this a pick?: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. |
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Why is this a pick?: When fifth-graders Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon meet the owner of the new candy store in town and are given a magical candy that endows them with super powers, they find that along with its benefits there are also dangerous consequences. |
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Why is this a pick?: I couldn't put this book down. It has a rich story told through the eyes of 2 different characters, who will both steal your heart. |
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Why is this a pick?: This is a book full of adventure and unexpected surprises. Mattie leaves Iowa in a covered wagon bound for Colorado with a new husband she barely knows and finds love in ways she never expected. |
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Why is this a pick?: A movie you can watch over and over. In her chocolate shop, Vianne begins to create mouth-watering confections that inspire the villagers to abandon themselves to happiness! |
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Why is this a pick?: Amazing book that not only tells you why you feel the way you do but HOW you can transform these undesirable feelings so they don't hinder you. |
