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The Color of Water by James McBride A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers Boy by Roald Dahl The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tisha by Robert Specht Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic by Ann M. Martin The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
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Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Young-adult


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