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In My Hands : Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
by Irene Gut Opdyke
Hardcover: Aug 1999
Paperback: 1 Apr 2001
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"You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of the SS and the Nazis all at once. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence."  An amazing, courageous, uplifting autobiography about a brave teenager who was not afraid to get involved.

Icy Sparks
by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Hardcover: Mar 2001
Paperback: 1 Apr 2001
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A fresh, original, and completely redeeming novel about learning to overcome others’ ignorance and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique.

Amy and Isabelle
by Elizabeth Strout
Hardcover: Jan 1999
Paperback: 1 Feb 2000
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Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality.

All Over But The Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
Hardcover: Sep 1997
Paperback: 1 Aug 1998
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The story of a violent, war-haunted, alcoholic father and a strong-willed, loving mother who struggled to protect her three sons from the effects of poverty and ignorance that had tainted her own life.

Where The Heart Is
by Billy Letts
Hardcover: Jun 1995
Paperback: 1 May 1998
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Novalee may be homeless and jobless, living secretly in a Wal-Mart, but she's beginning to believe she may have a future. Through all the touching and surprising adventures that lie ahead, she's going in the right direction.

Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen
Paperback: 1 Apr 1994
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"Searing . . . captures an exquisite range of self-awareness between madness and insight."

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Emily Murdoch

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Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
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Karen Joy Fowler

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The story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel.
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