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Louis Sachar

(1295 reviews )

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Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five ...more

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All Editions	Rumble Fish S. E. Hinton (41 reviews ) Description Rusty-James knows he is a tough teen, but he wants to be even tougher, just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. He wants to stay calm and laugh when things get dangerous, to be the strongest streetfighter and the most respected guy this side of the river.
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Go Ask Alice

Anonymous

(1087 reviews )

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January 24thAfter you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs....It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would ro...more

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The Color Purple

Alice Walker

(777 reviews )

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Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband ...more

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All Editions	Republic Plato (292 reviews )
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All Editions	Tis A Memoir Frank McCourt (370 reviews ) Description Continues the sometimes harrowing tale of the author's youth as he immigrates from Ireland to the United States, joins the Army, goes to college, and begins building a life. Popular Tags: irish, read in 2001 irish , read in 2001
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Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt

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"Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood," writes Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes. "Worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." Welcome, then, to the pinnacle of the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Born in Brooklyn in 1930 to recent Irish immigrants Malachy and Angela McCourt, Frank grew up...more

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All Editions	The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002) John Steinbeck (1850 reviews ) Description Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression. Popular Tags: fiction, american, classic ...more fiction , american , classic , fiction - classic , jobless poor
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

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The Giving Tree

Silverstein

(3383 reviews )

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"Once there was a tree ... and she loved a little boy." So begins a story Of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he ...more

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