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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan O'Brien The Pearl by John Steinbeck The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
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Biography, Fiction, Historical fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Religion, and Spirituality


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