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Published Feb 2013
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by Howard Norman
Published May 2011
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by Danny Scheinmann
Published Jan 2009
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by Sara Young (Pennypacker)
Published Oct 2008
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
Published Sep 2008
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by Nathan Englander
Published Apr 2008
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by Sebastian Faulks
Published Apr 1997
Read ReviewsCrafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be read and marveled at for years to come.
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