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Adult Fiction
Find monthly adult fiction titles that our librarians recommend for discussion:
Her Hidden Genius
Honor
Thrity Umrigar
The story of two Indian women, one a victim of a brutal crime and the other an Americanized journalist returning to India to cover the story, and the courage they inspire in each other.
Adult Non-fiction
Find monthly adult non-fiction titles that our librarians recommend for discussion:
The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments
Meik Wiking
The CEO of the Happiness Institute explores how we can learn to create happy memories and do better at holding onto them.
Subjects: Memory, Mnemonics, Happiness
Page count: 288
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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
Ronald Takaki
Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism.
Subjects: Minorities, Race relations, United States history
Page count: 508
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YA Books
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Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin
A gender-fluid teenager who struggles with identity creates a blog on the topic that goes viral, and faces ridicule at the hands of fellow students.
Subjects: Identity, Bullying, Blogs
Page count: 335
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Allegedly
Tiffany D. Jackson
When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.
Subjects: Pregnant teenagers, Group homes, Murder investigation
Page Count: 387
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Children Books
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The Boy with Big, Big Feelings
Britney Winn Lee
Meet a boy with a heart so big, his feelings glow from his cheeks, spill out of his eyes, and jump up and down on his chest. What good is this giant heart?
Page count: 32
Lexile: Unavailable
AR: 3.6
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Love That Dog
Sharon Creech
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Page count: 128
Lexile: 1010
AR: 4.5
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The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Page count: 377
Lexile: 680
AR: 4.7
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