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July
26, 2008
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The
Monsters of Templeton
by Lauren Groff
The same
morning that Willie Upton slinks home in disgrace to Templeton, New
York, the 50 foot body of a monster floats from the depths of the
town's lake. With this and other mysteries in her sight, Willie
turns her attention to uncovering the secrets of the town and her
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The
Welsh Girl
by Peter Ho Davies
Davies' first novel
examines the themes of dislocation and cowardice through the stories
of a WWII POW camp in the remote mountains of Wales. Esther, a
17-year-old Welsh girl at the heart of the story, longs for
something more than her small town can offer but is too loyal to her
family to pursue it.
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The
Other
by David Guterson
When John William Barry
and Neil Countryman meet at a high school track meet in the early
1970s, they are two sides of the same coin: they share an affinity
for the outdoors and apprehension over impending changes in their
lives. An unintentionally challenging week lost in the North
Cascades sends them on remarkably different paths toward lives of
meaning.
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City
of Thieves
by David Benioff
This hard to put down
novel is based on Benioff's grandfather's stories about surviving
WWII in Russia. This novel of life behind enemy lines shows the
desperation of wartime.
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The
Host
by Stephenie Meyer
A species of altruistic
parasites has peacefully assumed control of the minds and bodies of
most humans, but feisty Melanie Stryder won't surrender her mind to
the alien soul called Wanderer. Overwhelmed by Melanie's memories of
fellow resistor Jared, Wanderer yields to her body's longing and
sets off into the desert to find him. Likely the first love triangle
involving just two bodies, it's unabashedly romantic, and the
characters (human and alien) genuinely endearing.
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