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    A Spool of Blue Thread

    by Anne Tyler

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    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    by Ann Brashares

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    Threat Vector

    by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney

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    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    by Frederick Douglass

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    Every Day

    by David Levithan

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    The Next Always

    by Nora Roberts

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    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    by Rebecca Skloot

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    Vinegar Girl

    by Anne Tyler

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    Barefoot Beach

    by Toby Devens

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    Chesapeake

    by James A. Michener

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