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  2. Blue Willow - Wikipedia

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    Blue Willow is a realistic children's fiction book by Doris Gates, published in 1940.Called the "juvenile Grapes of Wrath", [1] it was named a Newbery Honor book in 1941. . Written by a librarian who worked with migrant children in Fresno, California, this story of a migrant girl who longs for a permanent home was considered groundbreaking in its portrayal of contemporary working-class life in A

  3. Mockingbird (Erskine novel) - Wikipedia

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    Common Sense Media found the book to be "sensitive, captivating, and, just put simply, a great read." [4] Simon Mason of The Guardian thought that the author's "evocation of 'Asperger thinking' is impressive and sensitively managed, but such narrowing of the focus reinforces the story's programmatic nature" and concluded, "In the end, like Caitlin's drawings, Mockingbird is a neat outline in ...

  4. On the Come Up - Wikipedia

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    On Bookmarks September/October 2019 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "On the Come Up, critics conclude, will likely “assure Tomas’s continued and well-deserved dominance on the best-seller lists” (Vox)".

  5. Dad (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Dad is the second novel by the American novelist William Wharton. It is "a story of fathers and sons drawn from [the author's own] relationship with his own dying father". [1] The novel was published in 1981 following Birdy (1978). It deals with a Paris-based American artist who is called to his mother's bedside as she has had a serious heart ...

  6. Crank (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Crank is a novel by Ellen Hopkins published in 2004. It is based loosely on the real life addictions of the author's daughter to crystal meth. [1] The book is required reading in "many high schools, as well as many drug and drug court programs."

  7. The 14 best books for dad: Which titles to gift him this year

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    In this collection of essays, Michael Chabon delivers a handful of funny, heartfelt messages on what fatherhood really means. In the book’s first essay, Chabon opens up about a writer he met who ...

  8. Here's what we do know for sure: until they were collected by early catalogers Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, and The Brothers Grimm, fairy tales were shared orally. And, a look at the sources cited in these first collections reveals that the tellers of these tales — at least during the Grimms' heydey — were women.

  9. Circe (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Circe is the divine daughter of the titan Helios and naiad Perse. Deemed unattractive and powerless from birth, she is neglected by her father and bullied by the rest of her family. While still young, she witnesses the titan Prometheus being punished for giving fire to humanity and gives him water when no one is looking.