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Harriet the Spy

Children’s novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called “a milestone in children’s literature” and a “classic”. In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children’s Novels on two lists generated in 2012.It was followed by two sequels or “companion books”, The Long Secret and Sport .

Fields of Fire

Novel that follows the lives of several Marines serving in the Vietnam War

Swallowing Clouds

The emotional plight of a Chinese exile is the theme of Ng’s second novel (after Silver Sister). Born in a mud hut in a village near Shanghai, Syn endures her first exile, to Inner Mongolia, during the Cultural Revolution.

Within This Wilderness

“Ben was on perfectly safe ground when he asked me to come out to British Columbia to see where he was living. Any kid who had gone to the trouble of putting a whole continent between himself and his family could count on their never showing up at his doorstep…” This is the story of …

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Germinal

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews journalist Alex Haley conducted between 1963 and Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination.