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 | Alcott, Louisa May | | Little Women | Before “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,“ the March sisters shared love, laughter, life and loss together. Come be a part of the original sisterhood…
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|  | Bronte, Charlotte | | Jane Eyre | Moved from a cruel aunt’s house, to a cruel school, to a job with a cruel boss, Jane Eyre’s life is anything but easy. But when she starts to have feelings for her boss, things get even more interesting.
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|  | Card, Orson Scott | | Ender’s Game | In the future, Earth is at war with an alien species and the military trains children to do the fighting. Star student Ender Wiggin, both brilliant and brutal, is the hope of the human race.
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|  | Elizabeth Speare | | Witch of Blackbird Pond | In a Puritan town in 1687 a girl who swims, wear’s fancy clothes and has a mind of her own isn’t just a nuisance, she’s in danger of being accused of witchcraft.
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|  | Frank, Anne | | The Diary of a Young Girl | Mostly taking place while her family was in hiding during WWII, Anne Frank’s diary is a glimpse into the true life of an ordinary young girl living during an extraordinarily horrific time.
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|  | Lee, Harper | | To Kill a Mockingbird | Hate runs deep in her small southern town, and Scout finds herself a target of it the summer her father is assigned to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a white woman.
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|  | Montgomery, L.M. | | Anne of Green Gables | The Cuthberts decide to adopt an orphan boy but are surprised when precocious Anne Shirley arrives instead. Unable to turn her away, they discover that life with Anne is never boring, and she may be just what they needed after all.
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|  | Potok, Chaim | | The Chosen | Reuven, an Orthodox Jew, and Danny, the son of a Hasidic rabbi, form a deep, if unlikely friendship. But their friendship is soon tested as each boy deals with his relationship with his father, and with the realities of World War II.
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|  | Salinger, J.D. | | The Catcher in the Rye | Kicked out of another prep school, Holden Caulfield spends a weekend on his own in New York City frustrated and bitter with the world and all its fakeness, but at the same time, he’s not quite ready to give up on it.
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|  | Smith, Betty | | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | | Francie’s life is anything but easy. Her family life isn’t great, she’s poor, and she lives in a rough area of town. But Francie is intelligent, and determined to make the most of herself. |
|  | Stevenson, Robert Louis | | Kidnapped | After losing both his parents, David is kidnapped by his villainous uncle who is trying to keep him from his rightful inheritance.
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|  | Taylor, Mildred D. | | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Life in Mississippi during the depression isn’t easy for anybody. But the kids in the Logan family know that life for a black family in Mississippi is even harder.
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|  | Tolkien, J.R.R. | | Lord of the Rings Trilogy | Chances are you’ve seen the movies. Admit it; you’re a little curious how true to the story they stayed.
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|  | Twain, Mark | | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Huckleberry Finn and Jim are both running away, but for different reasons. Their journey down the Mississippi river on a raft is filled with adventure, humor, and unexpected friendship.
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|  | Vonnegut, Kurt | | Slaughterhouse-Five | Billy Pilgrim was a soldier in WWII, but after being abducted by aliens and doing some time travel, the events of his life become unclear. The only thing he is certain of is when he will die.
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