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TITLE & AUTHOR	SYNOPSIS
1984 ORWELL, G	Orwell's bleak 1984 vision of a totalitarian England under Big Brother.
Absolute Power BALDACCI, D	Can the President of the United States get away with murder? A suspenseful thriller about ambition, greed and murder.
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn TWAIN, M	A young boy reaches manhood while fleeing down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave.
Adventures Of Tom Sawyer TWAIN, M	The story of an exuberant, high-spirited boyhood by the Mississippi River that captures the magical years of the very young.
All Quiet On The Western Front REMARQUE, E	Harrowing account of WW I seen through the eyes of a German soldier.
All The Pretty Horses MCCARTY, C	John Grady Cole is a young Texas rancher who sets off for adventure in the beautiful but dangerous borderland of Mexico.
Amistad PATE, A	True story of the 1839 mutiny on the Spanish ship "La Amistad". When the ship is intercepted by the US Navy, and the captives imprisoned, a series of charged trials for their freedom begins that call into question the controversial institution of slavery.
And Then There Were None CHRISTIE, A	A pathological killer systematically murders ten strangers entrapped on an island.
Angela's Ashes MCCOURT, F	Frank McCourt tells the story of his poverty-stricken childhood years after his family returned to the slums of Limerick, Ireland.
Animal Farm* ORWELL, G	A devastating, satirical attack on the avaricious rulers in an imaginary totalitarian state.
Anna Karenina TOLSTOY, L	Sensual, rebellious Anna renounces a respectable marriage and a fine position for a passionate and destructive romantic involvement.
Autobiography Of Malcolm X MALCOLM X & HALEY, A	The absorbing personal story of Malcolm X's rise from hoodlum, dope peddler and pimp to dynamic leader of the black revolution.
Beloved* MORRISON, T	In post-Civil War Ohio, the past continues to haunt the ex-slave Sethe, and the surviving members of her family.
Black Like Me GRIFFIN, J	A medically darkened white man's record of his month traveling as a black man in the South.
Brave New World HUXLEY, A	Huxley´s vision of the future in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World - a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, where the people are genetically designed to be passive, consistently useful to the ruling class.
Bread Givers YEZIERSKA, A	Sara Smolinksy, the youngest daughter of a rabbi, watches as her father marries off her sisters into dire circumstances, and she vows to escape this fate.
Breakfast At Madeline's* WITTEN, M	Jacob Burns, an aspiring screenwriter, enjoys hanging out in an espresso bar called Madeline's. Then one morning one of the bar's regular patrons appears in the bar, hands him a safe key, and drops dead! This is the first clue in a puzzling mystery that will lead the writer down a path of deception and intrigue.
Breaking Rank* RANDLE, K	17-year-old Casey has some of her preconceptions challenged when she tutors Baby, a member of the Clan, a gang-like society in her school.
Breath, Eyes, Memory DANTICAT, E	At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village in Haiti to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti.
Breathing Lessons TYLER, A	Ira and Maggie Moran have been married for 28 years. The journey to the funeral of Maggie's best friend's husband, takes several unexpected detours and leads them into memories of the past and a reconciliation with the present.
Call Of The Wild & White Fang LONDON, J	Two striking and powerful tales of the savage lawlessness of man and beast.
Cannery Row STEINBECK, J	An earthy fable peopled by drunks, fancy ladies, benign bums and social-outcast philosophers.
Catch-22 HELLER, J	A savagely funny war novel: military madness and civilian insanity in WW II.
Chamber GRISHAM, J	Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.
Chocolate War CORMIER, R	High school politics, cruelty and conformity sparked by the annual fundraising event.
Chosen POTOK, C	The odyssey of two young men journeying from boyhood to manhood, set against the background of the conflicts and traditions of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews.
Cider House Rules IRVING, J	The story of Dr. Wilbur Larch - obstetrician, director of St. Cloud's orphanage, ether addict and abortionist - and his favorite orphan, Homer Wells.
Clear And Present Danger CLANCY, T	Jack Ryan, hero of The Hunt for Red October, is in the middle of America's war on drugs. Colombian drug lords have assassinated three top American officials. America's response is unprecedented and shocking!
Cold Sassy Tree BURNS, O	On July 5^th, 1906, Will Tweedy's newly widowed grandfather elopes with Love Simpson, half his age, and a Yankee to boot!
Color Purple WALKER, A	A triumphant novel of a black woman's life in the South.
Count Of Monte Cristo DUMAS, A	Unjustly sentenced to life imprisonment, Edmund Dantes escapes, determined to exact revenge from his enemies.
Cry The Beloved Country PATON, A	Beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940's
Day Of The Jackal FORSYTH, F	"Jackal", the world's most dangerous, enigmatic and elusive assassin, has an extremely dangerous contract: to kill Charles de Gaulle, the world's most heavily guarded man.
Deep End Of The Ocean MILLER, F	Beth Cappadora, brings along her children to a school reunion. She asks 7-year-old Vincent to watch his younger brother Ben as she makes her way to the hotel's registration desk. When she returns, Ben is gone.
Devil's Arithmetic* YOLEN, J	Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel takes her to a Polish village in the 1940's.
Different Seasons KING, S	Collection of four novellas, markedly different in tone and subject, each on the theme of a journey. Three novellas have been made into well-received movies: "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" into The Shawshank Redemption; "Apt Pupil" into Apt Pupil, and "The Body" into Stand By Me.
Disclosure CRICHTON, M	When Tom Sanders' new boss turns out to be a woman, Sanders is determined to be professional. But after a closed-door meeting, the woman accuses him of sexual harassment, and it's her word against his.
Dolores Clairborne KING, S	Folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting 30 years to find out what happened the day Dolores Claiborne's husband Joe died - but the police want to know what happened yesterday, when Dolores's long-time employer died suddenly in her care.
Don Quixote CERVANTES, M	The unabridged saga of the fabulous knight and his simple squire and their adventure / Survivals in Medieval Spain.
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde STEVENSON, R	A bizarre potion transforms the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll into his alter ego, the psychopathic Mr. Hyde.
Dracula STOKER, B	Famous Gothic horror story of courageous people who set out to destroy vampires.
Eagle Has Landed HIGGINS, J	Threatened on all sides, a desperate Adolph Hitler lashes out with an impossible order: kidnap Winston Churchill - or kill him.
Elephant Man SPARKS, C	John Merrick, trapped in the ugly body of a circus freak, finds love and becomes the toast of London society.
Emma AUSTEN, J	Classic novel about a self-assured young lady whose capricious behavior is dictated by a romantic fantasy.
Face On The Milk Carton COONEY, C	A photograph of a missing child on a carton of milk leads Jane on a search for her real identity.
Farewell To Arms HEMINGWAY, E	One of Ernest Hemingway's most enduring creations, a tale of love set on the Italian front during WW I.
Firm GRISHAM, J	A young lawyer works undercover for the FBI to reveal his firm's Mafia connections.
Flowers For Algernon KEYES, D	Provocative novel of a dramatic medical experiment and its implication for society. 30-year-old retarded Charlie is turned into a genius.
For Whom The Bells Toll HEMINGWAY, E	The epic story of Robert Jordan, who fought, loved and died with the anti-Fascist guerrillas of the Spanish Civil War.
Fountainhead RAND, A	Novel of rebellious architect who refuses to lower his standards in work or love.
Fourth Protocol FORSYTH, F	It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain, and behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence.
Girl Interrupted KAYSEN, S	Committed to a psychiatric ward at age 18, the author spent two years on the ward for teenage girls. A contemporary classic of self-discovery, this memoir tells of her journey through a "parallel universe" of madness.
Go Tell It On The Mountain BALDWIN, J	Autobiographical novel of a family in Harlem composed of an angry father, a stoic mother, a rebellious older son and a sensitive younger one.
Godfather PUZO, M	A searing novel of the Mafia underworld.
Gorky Park SMITH, M	Chief Police Inspector Arkady Renko was a man too just for Russia and too cynical for anywhere else. When he found three frozen corpses in Gorky Park, their fingerprints obliterated and their faces skinned, he was immediately propelled into an international intrigue.
Grapes Of Wrath STEINBECK, J	Powerful chronicle of dispossessed landowners who leave Oklahoma during the Great Depression and head for the "promised land" of California.
Great Expectations DICKENS, C	The story of young Pip's difficult coming-of-age in the genteel but corrupt world of Victorian society.
Great Gatsby FITZGERALD, S	Classic novel of life in the 1920's.
Great Santini CONROY, P	A tyrannical father brutalizes his family, and particularly his oldest son, interpreting humanity as weakness in this unsparing novel. Tragedy is the outcome.
Green Mile KING, S	Set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for the rape and murder of twin nine-year-old girls.
Hard Times DICKENS, C	A fierce indictment of the callous greed of Victorian industrial society and its inhumane educational system.
Harmful Intent COOK, R	Anesthesiologist Jeffrey Rhodes loses a patient in what should have been a routine childbirth. Found guilty of malpractice, harmful intent and reckless disregard for human life, Rhodes flees the authorities in an effort to clear his name and sort out what really happened that fateful day.
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2) ROWLING, J	Harry Potter is in terrible danger indeed when he returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Chilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him.
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) ROWLING, J	Orphan Harry Potter's life changes when destiny calls and he is enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Heart Of Darkness And The Secret Sharer CONRAD, J	Two brilliant short novels that explore the human soul, its capacity for good, and its inclination for evil.
Hobbit TOLKIEN, J	Tolkien has created a world of fantasy called Middle-Earth, populated by small creatures known as Hobbits. This prelude to Lord of the Rings trilogy chronicles the adventures of Bilbo Baggins.
Horse Whisperer EVANS, N	Teenager Grace Maclean loses a leg in a terrible accident while riding her horse, Pilgrim. Grace and Pilgrim are both emotionally scarred as well as physically devastated by the accident. Realizing that the fates of her daughter and the horse are linked, Grace's mother launches a campaign to find a '"horse whisperer'", someone who can cure troubled horses with only a calm voice and a soothing touch.
Hound Of Baskerville DOYLE, A	The most famous adventure of the peerless detective Sherlock Holmes concerns a family living under the ancient curse of a spectral hound.
Hunt For Red October CLANCY, T	Gripping military thriller about the chase of for a top-secret Russian missile sub.
I Am The Cheese* CORMIER, R	Adam Farmer desperately tries to remember the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of his parents.
I Know What You Did Last Summer* DUNCAN, L	Four teenagers conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident and are pursued by a mysterious avenger.
In The Time Of Butterflies ALVAREZ, J	An eloquent account of the human cost of political oppression, this novel tells the story of life in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo dictatorship through the eyes of the Mirabal sisters.
Intruder In The Dust FAULKNER, W	This novel of a young, white Mississippi boy's attempt to save an elderly black man accused of murder is sharp commentary on the difference between race relationships in the North and in the South.
Island Of The Blue Dolphins* O'DELL, S	Haunting story of a Native American girl who spent eighteen years alone on a rocky island far off the coast of California in the early 1800's.
Jane Eyre BRONTE,C	The love story of a strong, yet gentle, woman and a harsh mannered society man with a mysterious past and a secret hidden in his attic.
Johnny Got His Gun TRUMBO, D	The story of one man’s harrowing experience in WW I, and a revelation of the horror of war for all mankind.
Joy Luck Club TAN, A	Chronicles the lives of four Chinese women, their forty-year friendship, and how the death of one member brings her daughter into the group, creating a new understanding for each.
Jude The Obscure HARDY, T	The tragic tale of a young man whose dreams are thwarted because of his social class.
Jurassic Park CRICHTON, M	An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures extinct for eons now roam Jurassic Park, and the world can visit them for a price - until something goes wrong.
Killing Mr. Griffin DUNCAN, L	The pranks of a group of high school students misfire and result in the death of their teacher.
Legend Of Bagger Vance PRESSFIELD, S	In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game - Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen - meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete - a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance.
Lesson Before Dying GAINES, E	Set in the 1940's, this is a heartbreaking story of friendship between two black men, one condemned to die.
Like Water For Chocolate ESQUIVAL, L	Tita, the youngest of three daughters, is expected to spend her life waiting on Mama Elena and never to marry. When her beloved Pedro becomes engaged to one of her sisters, Tita and he are thrown into tantalizing proximity and manage to communicate their affection through the dishes she prepares for him and his rapturous appreciation.
Lilies Of The Field BARRETT, W	Homer Smith, a black ex-GI, encounters Mother Maria Marthe, the leader of a group of German-speaking nuns, and is soon playing a pivotal role in helping them realize their dream of building an adobe chapel in the desert.
Lord Of The Flies* GOLDING, W	A group of English schoolboys, marooned on an island, set up there own society in this classic investigation of the roots of fear and violence.
Lord Of The Rings TOLKIEN, J	Tolkien's trilogy of the Hobbits of Middle Earth and the Great War of Rings.
Lords Of Discipline CONROY, P	Will McLean, a rebellious outsider with his own personal code of honor, is battling into manhood the hard way. Immersed in a poignant love affair with a haunting beauty, Will must confront the terrifying injustice of a corrupt institution as he struggles to expose a mysterious group known as "The Ten".
Lost World CRICHTON, M	Six years have passed since the disastrous ending of Jurassic Park, but rumors persist that something has survived.
Lost World DOYLE, A	Two scientists, a big game hunter, and a journalist travel to the Amazon rain forest. On a volcanic plateau, they discover an isolated world still inhabited by dinosaurs, climaxing in a chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Madame Bovary FLABERT, G	Classic novel in which a woman defies the standards of convention in French society.
Map Of The World HAMILTON, J	A drama about a rural American family filled with grief after their child drowns.
Mayor Of Casterbridge HARDY, T	The fictional biography of an unemployed, homeless hay-trusser who becomes a mayor.
Misery KING, S	After an automobile accident, novelist Paul Sheldon meets his biggest fan. She is his nurse-and his captor. Now, she wants Paul to write his greatest work just for her, and she has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty.
Moby Dick MELVILLE, H	Ahab's quest for the great White Whale is an allegory of the individual's struggle with fate.
Moll Flanders DEFOE, D	Moll Flanders is born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later. Her drive to find a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution, and a resourceful career as a thief, before she is returned to Newgate.
Murder On The Orient Express CHRISTIE, A	Agatha Christie's renowned mystery on the fabled Orient Express.
Native Son WRIGHT, R	Caught up in forces of racism he can't understand or control, Bigger Thomas, a black man living in Chicago in the early 1930’s, turns to violence.
Needful Things KING, S	A little shop called Needful Things opens in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine. Whatever is the heart’s most secret desire is for sale - but at a terrible price.
Net Force. The Ultimate Escape* CLANCY, T	Julio Cortez has left the Net Force Explorers to move with his family to a new home. But when he and his family are held hostage, the team has to convince the world that Julio's in danger. And if no one will listen, they'll do anything to rescue the Cortez family themselves!
*Net Force. Virtual Vandals CLANCY, T**	At a holographic "old-timers" baseball game, Matt Hunter and several other Net Force Explorers are thrilled to see Babe Ruth swing for the fences. But when Ruth does his famous routine of pointing to the stands, four people dressed in 30s-style outfits stand up and open fire with Tommy guns! Matt and his friends know that these "virtual vandals" must be stopped.
Never Cry Wolf MOWAT, F	True story of a brash young scientist's incredible adventure with a family of wolves in the Canadian wilderness.
Night Shift KING, S	Anthology that features the classic stories "Children of the Corn," "The Lawnmower Man," "Graveyard Shift," "The Mangler," and "Sometimes They Come Back" - which were all made into hit horror films.
Northanger Abbey AUSTEN, J	Classic novel about a young socialite, Catherine Morland, who makes her entree into the leisure society at Bath.
October Sky HICKAM, H	The author tells the story of growing up in a dying coal town in the 1950's, and how he made his dream of launching rockets into space come true.
Odessa File FORSYTH, F	The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called "Odessa"; of a young German journalist turned obsessed avenger and, ultimately, of a brilliant, ruthless plot to re-establish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers, and to carry out Hitler's chilling "Final Solution".
Of Mice And Men STEINBECK, J	Poignant and powerful story of George Milton and mentally retarded Lennie, searching for a better life.
Old Man And The Sea HEMINGWAY, E	The tragic tale of a Cuban fisherman and the giant marlin he kills and loses.
Oliver Twist DICKENS, C	The moving tale of an orphan who must make his way through the horrors of London's sinister underworld.
Ordinary People GUEST, J	An incisive, unsparing look at family politics among a father, a mother and a son in the wake of a family tragedy.
Outsiders* HINTON, S	Outstanding novel about the tensions between two rival gangs in a city in Oklahoma, told from the point of view of Ponyboy, a young greaser.
Partner GRISHAM, J	When Patrick Lanigan, a bright young partner of a prominent law firm stages his own death, he believes he has everyone fooled. Weeks later, a fortune is stolen from his ex-law firm's offshore account, and Patrick can not completely cover his tracks.
Patriot Games CLANCY, T	A CIA analyst and his family are targets in the deadliest game of our time: international terrorism. In an explosive wave of violence, an ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA hunts one man for his act of salvation in an assassination attempt.
Pelican Brief GRISHAM, J	An unforgettable and chilling story that begins with the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court justices.
Perfect Storm JUNGER, S	In 1991 the forces of nature converged to create a 100-year storm that caught the North Atlantic fishing fleet at sea and unprotected.
Pet Sematary KING, S	When Dr. Louis Creed is first taken to the pet cemetery in the woods behind his house, he thinks it is just an eccentric, if morbid, local site. However, after he learns that the Micmac Indian burial grounds beyond it have the power to bring his daughter's dead cat back from death, albeit slightly altered, he discovers that he has been touched by a power beyond anything imaginable.
Phantom Of The Opera LE ROUX, G	A half-crazed musician hides in the labyrinth of the famous Paris Opera House and orchestrates a number of events to further the career of a beautiful young singer.
Picture Of Dorian Gray WILDE, O	An outwardly innocently but inwardly corrupt gentleman draws those about him into a life of wanton sexuality.
Power Of One COURTENAY, B	Peekay, a white boy born in 1939 in South Africa as the seeds of apartheid are newly sewn, begins an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice.
Presumed Innocent TUROW, S	A courtroom novel about a prosecuting attorney who is charged with the murder of a female colleague with whom he once had an affair.
Pride And Prejudice AUSTEN, J	A superb comedy of manners, detailing the romantic clash between an opinionated woman and her proud beau.
Prince Of Tides CONROY, P	Spanning 40 years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the extraordinary family into which they were born.
Red Badge Of Courage CRANE, S	A young and frightened soldier comes of age under the stress of combat in the Civil War.
Return Of The Native HARDY, T	Vast and brooding Egdon Heath is the setting for this examination of the frailties of human life.
Rumble Fish HINTON, S	Rusty James's lack of direction, his longing for the days of street gangs, and his blind drive to be like his brother, eat away at his world until it comes apart in an explosive chain of events.
Scarlet Letter HAWTHORNE, N	A dramatic and powerful love story dealing with shame and salvation, set in Puritan new England.
Secret Garden* BURNETT, F	Mary Lennox, an ill-tempered orphan, is sent to live in England with an uncle she has never met. While there, she discovers a spoiled cousin and a long-abandoned garden. Working to restore the garden, she also cures her own ill temper, and reforms her cousin as well.
Sense And Sensibility AUSTEN, J	Two high-spirited sisters search for true love in a straight-laced society.
Silas Marner ELIOT, G	Silas Marner, a 19^th century English weaver, avoids relationships to guard his gold. One day his wealth is stolen and replaced with a golden-haired child.
Slaughterhouse Five VONNEGUT, K	Slaughterhous-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
Snow Falling On Cedars GUTERSON, D	In 1954 on the isolated beaches of San Pedro Island in Puget Sound, a local fisherman mysteriously drowns. When a Japanese American is charged with his murder, it becomes clear over the course of the ensuing trial that much more is at stake than one man's guilt.
Sophie’s Choice STYRON, W	The story of a young Southerner who wants to become a writer, the turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman, and an awful wound in the woman's past, one that impels Sophie toward destruction.
Sphere CRICHTON, M	When a huge vessel is discovered 1,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, American scientists are baffled by the discovery that the vessel is actually a spaceship and appears to be in good condition.
Sum Of All Fears CLANCY, T	As Deputy Director of the CIA, Jack Ryan faces the challenge of his career when his proposal for a Middle East peace plan is thwarted by terrorists who intend to destroy Israel - after detonating an atomic bomb on American soil.
Sun Also Rises HEMINGWAY, E	A spellbinding story of an American expatriate in Europe after WW II.
Talisman KING, S	As lung cancer consumes his mother, Jack Sawyer is sent on a mystic quest through a parallel country called the Territories. He must obtain the talisman that can save his mother's life and that of her 'Twinner', the queen of the Territories. But evil forces crave the talisman for their own use; Jack must dodge and fight his way across a continent.
Tess Of The D'urbervilles HARDY, T	The tragic tale of the seduction of a beautiful and an innocent peasant girl.
Thinner KING, S	The fantasy of becoming trimmer - and happier - turns into a nightmare of unrelenting terror for Billy Halleck who is 50 pounds overweight, sideswipes an old gypsy woman, and receives the sentence to get "thinner." What will he do when he can't stop losing weight?
Thousand Acres SMILEY, J	When an Iowa patriarch decides to turn over his thriving farm to his three daughters, he sets off a series of tragic events that will eventually rip apart his family.
To Kill A Mockingbird LEE, H	Magnificent novel of a quiet Southern town rocked by a crisis of conscience.
To Sir With Love BRAITHWAITE, E	The classic and inspiring story about school room savages, and the teacher who tames them.
Tommyknockers* KING, S	Something is happening to the residents of Haven, Maine. Something that gives everyone in the small town powers no human should have, turning Haven into a death trap for outsiders - and plunging the town into the depths of madness.
Treasure Island STEVENSON. R	A thrilling story of buried treasure, piracy and derring-do in days past.
Trial KAFKA, F	A respectable banker gets arrested and spends his life fighting a charge he can not get information about.
Tuck Everlasting BABBITT	The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a 10-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing older.
Uncle Tom's Cabin STOWE, H	This 1852 novel of slavery poses the question: "What is it to be a moral human being?"
Waiting To Exhale MCMILLAN, T	In this proud, poignant tale, four 30-something African-American women rely on one another for love and support.
Walkabout MARSHALL, J	A young girl and her brother learn to communicate with an Aborgine youth when they are thrown together in an effort to survive the wilderness of the Australian outback.
Watership Down ADAMS, R	Picturesque saga of a maverick band of rabbits that, against all odds, seek a new home and a better society.
We Were The Mulvaneys OATES, J	Saga about a seemingly ideal family that is suddenly rocked by the date-rape of 16-year-old Marianne Mulvaney. This shattering event brings about an extraordinary journey into 25 years of shameful secrets and despair, culminating in the unforeseen miracles that can bring a family closer together.
West Side Story* SHULMAN, I	A novel based on the stage play and movie.
When We Were Colored TAULBERT	Taulbert looks back at his "colored" childhood in the segregated South with striking honesty and unusual affection, revealing the deep sense of community, optimism and self-worth instilled by his family.
Where The Heart Is LETTS, B	17-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation finds herself stranded at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. In this small southwestern town she discovers the hidden treasures of a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl.
Where The Lilies Bloom* CLEAVER, B & CLEAVER, V	Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together, but when winter comes, she learns that the land where the lilies bloom is also a cruel and unforgiving place, and that it may take more than a promise to keep her family together.
Where The Red Fern Grows RAWLS, W	Billy and his precious coon hound pups win the coveted gold cup in the annual coon-hunt contest, capture the wily ghost coon, and bravely fight with a mountain lion. Sadly, the victory over the mountain lion turns to tragedy.
White Fang LONDON, J	White Fang, part wolf and part dog, is viciously bad-tempered from mistreatment, but eventually rescued from a cruel owner. The wild animal is finally tamed by a combination of patience and kindness. His new owner, Weedon Scott, is vindicated in his faith in the dog when White Fang defends Scott's father from attack.
White Oleander FITCH, J	Young Astrid is an only child with strong attachments to her brilliant if unstable mother, Ingrid, and their idyllic life together. Astrid's world is shattered, however, when Ingrid murders her lover after a devastating rejection. Her life becomes a constantly changing whirlwind of strange new faces and foster homes.
Wuthering Heights BRONTE, E	A savage, tormented orphan falls wildly in love with the daughter of his benefactor.
Yearling RAWLINGS, M	This story of backwoods Florida and the tender relationship of a young boy and his tame fawn.

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