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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Jane Austen

Description: I've watched the long british TV movie and enjoyed it so I thought I'd read the book.I've watched the long british TV movie and enjoyed it so I thought I'd read the book. It's great so far!...

2006-01-17

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: John Steinbeck

Tags: history fiction classic americana race @to_read novella

Description: It's amazing to me that Steinbeck can put so much emotion and such a story into so fewIt's amazing to me that Steinbeck can put so much emotion and such a story into so few pages; One of the only books I actually read in high school instead of just getting Cliffs Notes....

2005-09-17

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Stephen Chbosky

Tags: teen youngadult highschool characterstudy 1990

Description: "This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high scool. More intimate than"This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high scool. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.
"Through Charlie, Stepehen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days know as growing up."...

2005-09-17