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Melissa’s favorite books

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Night by Elie Wiesel
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Book Club, Children's, Cookbooks, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Poetry, Politics, Romance, Thriller, and Young-adult


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