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2) The way
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Description
Tom goes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, who was killed in the Pyreness in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey.
9) Taken 3
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Bryan Mills is accused of murdering his wife and must use his special skills to track down the real killers and protect his daughter.
11) God's Pocket
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Mickey Scarpato's stepson is killed in a construction accident and Mickey Scarpato finds himself stuck in a life-and-death struggle compounded by a newspaper reporter who comes sniffing around for the truth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the town of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new Foreword by Donald Margulies, who writes, "You are holding in your hands a great American play. Possibly...
14) Hamlet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the most extensively annotated version of Hamlet to date makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind." "Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and...
16) The Book Thief
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
17) Chappaquiddick
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles 'Pudge' Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they've been through
19) Umma
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her alienated mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the dread of turning into her own mother.
20) Before I Fall
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Description
After one fateful night, Sam wakes up with no future at all. Trapped reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. And as she begins to untangle the mystery of a life suddenly derailed, she must also unwind the secrets of the people closest to her, and discover the power of a single day to make a difference, before she runs out of time for good.
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