TOM SAWYER by MARK TWAIN

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Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain's tale about boyhood adventures on the Mississippi River.
Wonderful book!

THE HUNGER GAMES by SUZANNE COLLINS

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This story is set in postapocalyptic America, where the government demands a tribute from each of its territories - two children, to be used as gladiators in a televised fight to the death.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTE

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One of literature's most disturbing love stories - Heathcliffe and Cathy believe they're destined to love each other forever, but when cruelty and snobbery separate them, their untamed emotions literally consume them. (thanks goes to Amazon.com for the synopsis of this book).

THE KITE RUNNER by KHALED HOSSEINI

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This book follows the story of Amir and Hassan - one a privileged son of a wealthy businessman, and the other, a child of the father's servant. The story is about disloyalty and cowardly actions, and a lifelong quest for forgiveness.

THE PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB by SANDRA DALLAS

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Set in Depression-era Kansas, this is a book about friendship and loyalty in a womens’ quilting circle.

THE FIRM By JOHN GRISHAM

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FOLLOW THE RIVER By JAMES ALEXANDER THOM

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Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when the Shawnee Indians invaded her home, killed the men and women in her settlement, and kidnapped her. She lived with them until she escaped - following a thousand mile trail to freedom. An amazing story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.

THE KINGDOM AND THE CROWN SERIES By GERALD LUND

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The three books in this fictional series about Christ - "Fishers of Men", "Come Unto Me", and "Behold the Man". Great read!

LAST MAN STANDING By DAVID BALDACCI

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A member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team freezes up on a drug raid and becomes the sole survivor of a remote-controlled ambush. The only witness has disappeared and the inside man on the raid has gone underground. Great thriller - page turner to the end!


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THE GIFT By RICHARD PAUL EVANS

Meet Nathan Hurst - he hates Christmas because of something in his childhood. But, this season he'll encountered a snowstorm, a cancelled flight, and a mother and her very special son, who change his ideas about the season and show him that Christmas really is about miracles.

THE CHRISTMAS BOX COLLECTION By RICHARD PAUL EVANS

This trilogy follows David Parkin, a man who learns from a cache of old love letters that there is more to life than work. (from Amazon.com) The Daily Sun says: "On one of these cold winter nights find a comfortable place and settle down and read [the collection]....When it is over you will feel warmed and enriched by the story you have shared.

(An interesting side note - Richard Paul Evans took his first story, The Christmas Box, to a copy shop and self published it! Readers loved it so much - spending millions - that he wrote the other two books in the collection, Timepiece, and The Letter.)

THE CHOICE By NICHOLAS SPARKS

A love story between a veterinarian, Travis Parker, and new next-door neighbor, Gabrielle Holland. In the first part of the story, Gabrielle must decide between Travis and her longtime boyfriend Kevin. 11 years later, Travis faces a life and death decision. A sweet love story.

GRACE By RICHARD PAUL EVANS

Ninth grader, Eric’s life is changed forever with he discovers runaway classmate, Grace, dumpster diving behind the burger joint where he works. The books take place during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

THE WORK AND THE GLORY By GERALD LUND

Follow the Steed Family through the early years (restoration years) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

THE TWILIGHT SERIES By STEPHANIE MEYER

Love story between Edward, of vampire, and Bella, a human. One mortal, one immortal. The question that runs through the series - will Bella become a vampire, so that she can spend eternity with Edward?