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• A Jest of God

  Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987,

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  Rachel Cameron is a woman struggling to come to terms with love, with death, with herself and her world. A Jest of God won the Governor General's Award for 1966 .

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M.,

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  In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

  Haddon, Mark, 1962-

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  Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

• Challenger Deep

  Shusterman, Neal

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  A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.

• A Court of Thorns and Roses

  Maas, Sarah J.

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  Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have no rights to their bodies or property and are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Is Gay

  Dawson, James (Young adult fiction writer),

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  Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder.

• This One Summer

  Tamaki, Mariko,

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  Winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration Rose and Windy are summer friends whose families have visited Awago Beach for as long as they can remember.

• Parable of the Sower

  Butler, Octavia E.,

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  Parable of the Sower is the Butlerian odyssey of one woman who is twice as feeling in a world that has become doubly dehumanized. The time is 2025. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Clockwork Orange

  Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993,

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  In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, 15 year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder.

• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra,

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  The set of vignettes charts the life of young Mexican-American girl Esperanza, as she grows during the year, both physically and emotionally.

• Snow Falling on Cedars

  Guterson, David,

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  On an isolated island in Puget Sound, a fisherman is found murdered. A Japanese-American man is charged with the crime. The resulting trial revives memories of the exiling of all Japanese residents of the island during World War II.

• Beloved

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni

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  From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner--an unflinchingly look into the abyss of slavery. This spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby.

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen,

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  A coming of age novel about Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wall flower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. He deals with the usual problems of teens, but also with the suicide of his best friend.

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir Deluxe Edition

  Kobabe, Maia

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  Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.

• Wicked

  The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

  Maguire, Gregory

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  A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

  Andrews, Jesse

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  This is the funniest book you'll ever read about death.