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- Ladies
of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough
The stetting, just before World War I in
Australia, in a time where men may dominate but women rule.
- Cold
Sassy Tree by Olive Burns
Told from the point of view of a 14-year-old
Will Tweedy in turn of the century Georgia. Will's store proprietor
Grandpa Rucker, three weeks after becoming a widower, marries a woman
half his age and a Yankee! An exploration of love, death, coming
of age and the bonds that tie families and generations.
- Cider
house rules by John Irving
A coming of age story set during the 1940s of an
astounding young orphan named Homer whose mentor, a truly
compassionate doctor, proprietor of an orphanage and an abortionist,
trains Homer to be his successor. Homer falls in love and sets
on his own search of self.
Top YA Fiction
- True
confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Charlotte Boyle is a young girl, who by a
combination of unusual circumstances, becomes the only passenger and
female on a transatlantic voyage in 1832. High adventure,
intrigue, treachery, and mutiny are but a few of the challenges
Charlotte faces.
- Holes
by Louis Sachar
A young boy, who by a set of circumstances some
would attribute to a curse, others to bad luck, finds a new respect
and sense of self at a correctional camp. An exciting plot which
cleverly intertwines the past and present.
- The
witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Kit was raised in a free-spirited fashion in
Barbados, but when she is orphaned, she has a difficult time fitting
into the strict Puritanical family of her uncle in the 1600s in
Massachusetts.
- The
westing game by Ellen Raskin
A very unusual group of heirs is brought
together and must solve the mystery of a the death of an eccentric millionaire
before they claim their inheritance.
- The
giver by Lois Lowry
Futuristic, thought-provoking - a society where
all is predetermined and void of emotion and love. Jonas, at 12,
receives his lifetime assignment of becoming the receiver of memories
and begins to question the society in which he lives.
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