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"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
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Bestselling author Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties, with the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation.
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A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better.
4) Pollyanna
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who attains eternal yourh while only his portrait grows old, hidden away in a locked room. Despite the young man's disintegration into a life of crime, his face never reflects the moral decay.
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2012
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Young army vet Michelle Sanderson returns to Blackberry Island Inn, the home she left long ago, to claim her inheritance and recover from war. But she finds Carly Williams, her former best friend, running the inn and the business on the verge of financial collapse. To save the inn, the two women must put aside their feelings and work together, but can they heal their past, too?