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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By Stephen Chbosky

Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

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Angels & Demons (movie tie-in)

By Dan Brown

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code comes the explosive thriller that started it all. Angels & Demons marks symbologist Robert Langdon's first adventure as it careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.

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Kaffir Boy

By Mark Mathabane

Armed only with the courage of his family and a hard-won education, Mark Mathabane raised himself up from the squalor and humiliation of South Africa's most desperate ghetto to win a scholarship to an American university. This extraordinary memoir of life under apartheid is a triumph of the human spirit over hatred and unspeakable degradation.

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Nineteen Minutes

By Jodi Picoult

Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens -- until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.

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Gone with the Wind

By Margaret Mitchell
Preface by Pat Conroy

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By Mark Twain

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Canterbury Tales

By Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Origin of Species

By Charles Darwin

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Twelfth Night

By William Shakespeare
Edited by Dr. Barbara A. Mowat
By Paul Werstine, Ph.D.

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The God of Animals

By Aryn Kyle

Aryn Kyle's wise and astonishing debut novel about a family torn asunder, the different guises of love, and the often steep tolls found on the road to adulthood.

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The Spellman Files

By Lisa Lutz

The uproarious, unforgettable first novel in Lisa Lutz's hilarious new series, which Lauren Weisberger calls “the funniest book I've read in years,” introduces readers to a lovably chaotic family of private investigators.

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Such a Pretty Girl

By Laura Wiess

Meredith's father was supposed to stay locked up until she turned eighteen. But today, three years earlier than expected, her father is coming home from prison. Today her time has run out.

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Born On A Blue Day

By Daniel Tammet

Journey inside one of the most fascinating minds alive today -- guided by its owner himself, an autistic savant whose extremely rare condition gives him almost unimaginable mental powers.

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