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Melissa’s favorite books

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 1984 by George Orwell The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Night by Elie Wiesel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
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The Secrets We Hide
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by Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author)
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Biography, Children's, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Romance, Suspense, and Young-adult


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