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by Vince Vawter
Published Dec 2014
Read ReviewsFor fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, The King's Speech, and The Help. A boy who stutters comes-of-age in the segregated South, during the summer that changes his life.
by Michael Sears
Published Sep 2013
Read ReviewsJason Stafford is a former Wall Street hotshot who made some bad moves, paid the price with two years in prison, and is now trying to put his life back together. He's unemployable, until an investment firm asks him to look into possible problems left by a junior trader who died recently in an accident. What he discovers is big - there are ...
by Jodi Picoult
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsSterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens -- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy.
by Lionel Shriver
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsEva never really wanted to be a motherand certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered fellow high-school friends and staff in a horrific rampage. Two years later, it is time for Eva to come to terms with her life and the decisions she made.
by Barbara D'Amato
Published May 2006
Read ReviewsThe former residents of The Hawthorne House School for the Treatment of Autistic Children attend the first-ever reunion 15 years after the school closes, but events turn into a bloody nightmare when the school's founder is found tortured to death in the basement.
by John Searles
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsBeautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget.
by Patricia Stacey
Published Oct 2004
Read ReviewsA compelling and inspiring read which should be of interest to anyone who cares about the lives of children; and especially for parents and professionals who care for children with autism and other special needs.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
Published May 2004
Read Reviews'Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy.'
by Dennis Lehane
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsA tense and unnerving psychological thriller - also an epic novel of love and loyalty, faith and family.
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