Lexy's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:24:17 -0800 60 Lexy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness]]> 361459 NATIONAL BESTSELLER � A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.

Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.

Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
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240 Kay Redfield Jamison 0679763309 Lexy 4 4.06 1995 An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
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average rating: 4.06
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Shock Induction 207299641 From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future. In Shock Induction, the best and brightest students at a seemingly reputable high school are disappearing. Every day it seems another overachiever is lost to an apparent suicide. But something far more sinister is lurking beneath the surface. These kids have been under surveillance since birth, monitored and measured by an online service called “Greener Pastures.� It’s here, in Greener Pastures, that billionaires observe and recruit the next generation of talent. The highest test scores, the best grades, and the most niche extracurriculars just might land these teenagers an enticing offer at auction. A couple billion dollars in exchange for the remainder of your life and intellectual labor sounds like a pretty fair deal—doesn’t it? In a high school only Chuck Palahniuk could imagine, students must choose between the risk of following their dreams or the security of money and a lifetime of servitude to the world’s wealthiest and most elite—but how much of a choice do they truly have?]]> 240 Chuck Palahniuk 1668021447 Lexy 0 to-read 3.17 2024 Shock Induction
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<![CDATA[Grimm's Fairy Tales (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)]]> 13181287 330 Jacob Grimm Lexy 0 to-read 4.03 1812 Grimm's Fairy Tales (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)
author: Jacob Grimm
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average rating: 4.03
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Missing Mom 11782 464 Joyce Carol Oates 0060816228 Lexy 0 to-read 3.56 2005 Missing Mom
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average rating: 3.56
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The Year I Turned 16 15854162 720 Diane Schwemm Lexy 0 to-read 4.16 2010 The Year I Turned 16
author: Diane Schwemm
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average rating: 4.16
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Save Yourself 16142105 Save Yourself has the narrative flair of Gillian Flynn and Adam Ross, the scruffy appeal of Donald Ray Pollock, and the addictiveness of Breaking Bad.

Patrick Cusimano is in a bad way. His father is in jail, he works the midnight shift at a grubby convenience store, and his brother's girlfriend, Caro, has taken their friendship to an uncomfortable new level. On top of all that, he can't quite shake the attentions of Layla Elshere, a goth teenager who befriends Patrick for reasons he doesn't understand and doesn't fully trust. The temptations these two women offer are pushing him to his breaking point.

Meanwhile, Layla's little sister, Verna, is suffering through her first year of high school. She's become a prime target for her cruel classmates, not just because of her strange name and her fundamentalist parents: Layla's bad-girl rep proves to be too huge a shadow for Verna, so she falls in with her sister's circle of outcasts and misfits whose world is far darker than she ever imagined.

Kelly Braffet's characters, indelibly portrayed and richly varied, are all on their own twisted paths to finding peace. The result is a novel of unnerving power-darkly compelling, addictively written, and shockingly honest.]]>
320 Kelly Braffet 0385347340 Lexy 0 to-read 3.47 2013 Save Yourself
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Lilith 81069444 In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of time, an outrageous lie is born: that women are inferior.

Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. Until Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him. She refuses - and is banished forever from Paradise.

Demonized and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah - God's wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven - is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.

Lilith's quest for justice drives her throughout history, from the ziggurats of Ancient Sumer to the court of Israel's Queen Jezebel, and to the side of a radical preacher in Roman Judea. In the modern age, as she observes the catastrophic consequences of a world built on inequality, Lilith finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women - and all humankind - at the beginning of time.

Inspired by ancient myths and suppressed scriptures, Lilith is a thought-provoking and ambitious novel with an evocative literary voice and a triumphantly engaging heroine.]]>
336 Nikki Marmery 1639105719 Lexy 0 to-read 3.63 2023 Lilith
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average rating: 3.63
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<![CDATA[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]> 47763
The horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror-or is he out for revenge?]]>
199 Lois Duncan 0440228441 Lexy 0 3.46 1973 I Know What You Did Last Summer
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<![CDATA[Just As Long As We're Together]]> 1514692 296 Judy Blume 0440700132 Lexy 5 4.24 1986 Just As Long As We're Together
author: Judy Blume
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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Speed Needles 17364713
The feeling that sets in after a week with no sleep and not a bite to eat. When the shadows begin to dance and everything grows darker as your mind begins to work against you in clever ways.

Speed Needles is a bit more intentionally written and aims to tell more of Ashly's back story than her previous journal. She goes back and does her best to explain some of the biggest events that took place in her life, leading up to where the first book began.

While the style is somewhat different, be prepared to encounter the abrupt drop offs that were found throughout "Sex, Drugs & Being an Escort." More than anything, get ready to hear her voice from a different perspective as she paints more of the picture that is her story.]]>
48 Ashly Lorenzana Lexy 0 to-read 3.38 2013 Speed Needles
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average rating: 3.38
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The Bell Jar 6514 294 Sylvia Plath 0571268862 Lexy 0 4.05 1963 The Bell Jar
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average rating: 4.05
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The Bunker Diary 17210598 I can't believe I fell for it.
It was still dark when I woke up this morning.
As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was.
A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete.
There are six little rooms along the main corridor.
There are no windows. No doors. The elevator is the only way in or out.
What's he going to do to me?
What am I going to do?

People are really quite simple, and they have simple needs. Food, water, light, space, privacy. Maybe a small measure of dignity. A bit of freedom. What happens when someone simply takes all that away?]]>
268 Kevin Brooks 0141326123 Lexy 0 to-read 3.85 2013 The Bunker Diary
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average rating: 3.85
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<![CDATA[Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back]]> 7933292
—Ron Hall, coauthor of Same Kind of Different as Me

“Do you remember the hospital, Colton?� Sonja said. “Yes, mommy, I remember,� he said. “That’s where the angels sang to me.�

When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren’t expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed—a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back.

Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery–and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read.

With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big� God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.�

Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child.]]>
162 Todd Burpo 0849946158 Lexy 0 4.03 2010 Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
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Bossypants 9418327
She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon—from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.]]>
283 Tina Fey Lexy 0 3.97 2011 Bossypants
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average rating: 3.97
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Thirteen Reasons Why 29844228 You can’t stop the future.
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.]]>
352 Jay Asher 1595147888 Lexy 0 3.71 2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
author: Jay Asher
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average rating: 3.71
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<![CDATA[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)]]> 6892870
Lisbeth Salander - the heart of Larsson's two previous novels - lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.

Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.

~from the jacket]]>
566 Stieg Larsson 030726999X Lexy 0 4.23 2007 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
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average rating: 4.23
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<![CDATA[The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)]]> 5060378 Millenium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with an investigation into sex trafficking, Blomkvist cannot resist waging war on the powerful figures who control this lucrative industry.

The Murder
When a young couple is found dead in their Stockholm apartment, it's a straightforward job for Inspector Bublanski and his team. The killer left the weapon at the scene - and the fingerprints on the gun point in only one direction.

The Girl Who Played with Fire
Ex-security analyst Lisbeth Salander is wanted for murder. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she can break into almost any network she chooses...]]>
503 Stieg Larsson 0307269981 Lexy 0 4.25 2006 The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)
author: Stieg Larsson
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average rating: 4.25
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<![CDATA[The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1)]]> 19469
As fifteen-year-old Janie Johnson stares at the milk carton, she feels overcome with shock. She knows that little girl is she. But how could it be true?

Janie can't believe that her loving parents kidnapped her, until she begins to piece together clues that don't make sense. Why are there no pictures of Janie before she was four? Her parents have always said they didn't have a camera. Now that explanation sounds feeble. Something is terribly wrong, and Janie is afraid to find out what happened more than twelve years ago.

In this gripping page-turner, the reader will unravel—as Janie does—the twisted events that changed the lives of two families forever.]]>
192 Caroline B. Cooney 038532328X Lexy 0 3.71 1990 The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1)
author: Caroline B. Cooney
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average rating: 3.71
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Infinite Jest 6759
Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.

Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human—and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.]]>
1088 David Foster Wallace Lexy 0 4.26 1996 Infinite Jest
author: David Foster Wallace
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average rating: 4.26
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<![CDATA[Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)]]> 233722
But nobody counted on crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who don't always tell the truth. And then there's Stacey, who's acting more and more mysterious. Having a baby-sitters club isn't easy, but Kristy and her friends aren't giving up until they get it right!]]>
153 Ann M. Martin 0590224735 Lexy 0 3.99 1986 Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)
author: Ann M. Martin
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average rating: 3.99
book published: 1986
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Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7) 91249
Through all the happiness and confusion, and some small moments of sadness, too, Ramona tries hard to be pleasant and helpful. Whether she's pleasant or pesty, brave or blunderful, she's always wonderful Ramona--forever!
--back cover]]>
150 Beverly Cleary 038072801X Lexy 0 4.07 1984 Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)
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average rating: 4.07
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Superfudge (Fudge, #3) 80674 From Judy Blume, bestselling author ofĚýTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!

Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of Peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all Sheila Tubman in Judy Blume’s five Fudge books. Brand-new covers adorn these perennial favorites, and will entice a whole new generation of Fudge—and Judy Blume—fans.]]>
192 Judy Blume Lexy 0 4.00 1980 Superfudge (Fudge, #3)
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average rating: 4.00
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<![CDATA[The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)]]> 125404 For Little Bear, the Iroquois Indian brave, comes to life...]]> 192 Lynne Reid Banks 0007148984 Lexy 0 3.93 1980 The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
author: Lynne Reid Banks
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average rating: 3.93
book published: 1980
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<![CDATA[Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)]]> 11831 359 Cynthia Voigt 0689863624 Lexy 0 3.98 1982 Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)
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average rating: 3.98
book published: 1982
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<![CDATA[Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)]]> 91253 190 Beverly Cleary Lexy 0 4.10 1981 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)
author: Beverly Cleary
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 1981
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<![CDATA[Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)]]> 106264
Set in the late nineteenth century and told from young Anna's point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. Before Sarah arrives, Anna and her younger brother Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she sing? Will she stay?

This children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.]]>
64 Patricia MacLachlan 0618062416 Lexy 0 3.84 1985 Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
author: Patricia MacLachlan
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average rating: 3.84
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A Light in the Attic 30118 Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...This 20th anniversary of Shel Silverstein's A Light in the Attic includes a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album.

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.

From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings.]]>
176 Shel Silverstein 0060513063 Lexy 0 4.36 1981 A Light in the Attic
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average rating: 4.36
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 50
Brian had been distraught over his parents' impending divorce and the secret he carries about his mother, but now he is truly desolate and alone. Exhausted, terrified, and hungry, Brian struggles to find food and make a shelter for himself. He has no special knowledge of the woods, and he must find a new kind of awareness and patience as he meets each day's challenges. Is the water safe to drink? Are the berries he finds poisonous?

Slowly, Brian learns to turn adversity to his advantage--an invading porcupine unexpectedly shows him how to make fire, a devastating tornado shows him how to retrieve supplies from the submerged airplane. Most of all, Brian leaves behind the self-pity he has felt about his predicament as he summons the courage to stay alive.

A story of survival and of transformation, this riveting book has sparked many a reader's interest in venturing into the wild.]]>
208 Gary Paulsen 0689840926 Lexy 0 3.77 1987 Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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average rating: 3.77
book published: 1987
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The Ugly Duckling 122967 40 Hans Christian Andersen 068815932X Lexy 0 4.20 1843 The Ugly Duckling
author: Hans Christian Andersen
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 1843
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<![CDATA[Ramona and Her Father (Ramona, #4)]]> 91247 160 Beverly Cleary 0192751034 Lexy 0 4.05 1977 Ramona and Her Father (Ramona, #4)
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 1977
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<![CDATA[Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)]]> 18580 203 Bette Greene 0440900565 Lexy 0 3.70 1973 Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
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average rating: 3.70
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<![CDATA[Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Fudge, #2)]]> 80670 really think of each other. I knew I didn't have to worry about what my friends think of me, because I am careful to keep my bad points to myself, Sheila was thinking. Sometimes I think I am really two people. I am the only one who knows sheila tubman—afraid of dogs, spiders, the dark, thunder...can't swim, work a yo-yo, never heard of Washington Irving. Everyone else knows only SHEILA THE GREAT—knowledgeable, witty, afraid of nothing.

But the Slam Books reveal a few chinks in Sheila's carefully wrought armor, and if she is fooling anyone, it certainly isn't her new friend Mouse Ellis, Junior Yo-yo Champion of Tarrytown, swimmer, and dog lover.

Slowly, Sheila begins o overcome her fears by admitting them, and she even learns to admit there are some things she doesn't know about. By the time her family has to return to New York City, Sheila decides that sleeping in a boy's room, sharing the rented house with a dog, and taking those dread swimming lessons were not so bad, after all, perhaps even better than a trip to Disneyland.]]>
160 Judy Blume Lexy 0 3.95 1972 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Fudge, #2)
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<![CDATA[Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)]]> 12125 It's still true...

That's the first thing James Tillerman says to his sister Dicey every morning. It's still true that their mother has abandoned the four Tillerman children somewhere in the middle of Connecticut. It's still true they have to find their way, somehow, to Great-aunt Cilla's house in Bridgeport, which may be their only hope of staying together as a family.

But when they get to Bridgeport, they learn that Great-aunt Cilla has died, and the home they find with her daughter, Eunice, isn't the permanent haven they've been searching for. So their journey continues to its unexpected conclusion -- and some surprising discoveries about their history, and their future.]]>
402 Cynthia Voigt 0689851324 Lexy 0 3.95 1981 Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)
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Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3) 91248 160 Beverly Cleary 0192751077 Lexy 0 4.12 1975 Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 1975
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<![CDATA[Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day]]> 46677
And it got worse...

His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV!]]>
32 Judith Viorst 0689711735 Lexy 0 4.24 1972 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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average rating: 4.24
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Rumble Fish 759960 144 S.E. Hinton Lexy 0 3.81 1975 Rumble Fish
author: S.E. Hinton
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1975
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<![CDATA[Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)]]> 310459 288 Mildred D. Taylor 014034893X Lexy 0 3.88 1976 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1976
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<![CDATA[Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School, #1)]]> 15779 There was a terrible mistake - Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that's why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor.

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144 Louis Sachar 0747571775 Lexy 0 4.15 1978 Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School, #1)
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 1978
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That Was Then, This Is Now 33569
Since childhood, Bryon and Mark have been as close as brothers. Now things are changing. Bryon's growing up, spending a lot of time with girls, and thinking seriously about who he wants to be. Mark still just lives for the thrill of the moment. The two are growing apart - until Bryon makes a shocking discovery about Mark. Then Bryon faces a terrible decision - one that will change both of their lives forever.]]>
159 S.E. Hinton 0140389660 Lexy 0 3.93 1971 That Was Then, This Is Now
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<![CDATA[Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)]]> 37741 144 Judy Blume 0425193799 Lexy 0 4.11 1972 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)
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<![CDATA[Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)]]> 537296 Celebrate the power of friendship in these five adventurous stories starring Frog and Toad—a Caldecott Honor Book!

From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be.ĚýFrog and Toad Are Friends is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor (Frog and Toad Together), a Caldecott Honor (Frog and Toad are Friends), ALA Notable Children’s Book, Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children’s Book, and Library of Congress Children’s Book.]]>
64 Arnold Lobel Lexy 0 4.25 1970 Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)
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Blubber 37739 Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.

But Robby grabs the note, and before Linda stops talking it has gone halfway around the room.

That's where it all starts. There's something about Linda that makes a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go -- but nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does.

A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year]]>
127 Judy Blume Lexy 0 3.79 1974 Blubber
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The Lovely Bones 12232938
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.]]>
372 Alice Sebold 0316166685 Lexy 0 3.87 2002 The Lovely Bones
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<![CDATA[Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)]]> 386286 Miyax rebels against a home situation she finds intolerable. She runs away toward San Francisco, toward her pen pal, who calls her Julie. But soon Miyax is lost in the Alaskan wilderness, without food, without even a compass. Slowly she is accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves, and she comes to love them as though they were her brothers. With their help, and drawing on her father’s training, she struggles day by day to survive. In the process, she is forced to rethink her past, and to define for herself the traditional riches of Eskimo life: intelligence, fearlessness, and love.]]> 176 Jean Craighead George 0064400581 Lexy 0 3.84 1972 Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
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Tuck Everlasting 84981 148 Natalie Babbitt 0374480095 Lexy 0 3.90 1975 Tuck Everlasting
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The Thorn Birds 3412
The central figures in this enthralling story are the indomitable Meggie, the only Cleary daughter, and the one man she truly loves, the stunningly handsome and ambitious priest Ralph de Bricassart. Ralph's course moves him a long way indeed, from a remote Outback parish to the halls of the Vatican; and Meggie's except for a brief and miserable marriage elsewhere, is fixed to the Drogheda that is part of her bones - but distance does not dim their feelings though it shapes their lives.

Wonderful characters people this book; strong and gentle, Paddy, hiding a private memory; dutiful Fiona, holding back love because it once betrayed her, violent, tormented Frank, and the other hardworking Cleary sons who give the boundless lands of Drogheda the energy and devotion most men save for women; Meggie; Ralph; and Meggie's children, Justine and Dane. And the land itself; stark, relentless in its demands, brilliant in its flowering, prey to gigantic cycles of drought and flood, rich when nature is bountiful, surreal like no other place on earth.

Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0380018179 (ISBN13: 9780380018178)]]>
692 Colleen McCullough Lexy 0 4.24 1977 The Thorn Birds
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Bridge to Terabithia 40940121 The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine Paterson, with brand-new bonus materials including an author's note by Katherine herself and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo.

Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.

Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and has become a touchstone of children’s literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson’s other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved.]]>
190 Katherine Paterson Lexy 0 4.18 1977 Bridge to Terabithia
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<![CDATA[Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret]]> 37732
But none of them can believe Margaret doesn’t have religion, and that she isn’t going to the Y or the Jewish Community Center. What they don’t know is Margaret has her own very special relationship with God. She can talk to God about everything—family, friends, even Moose Freed, her secret crush.

Margaret is funny and real, and her thoughts and feelings are oh-so-relatable—you’ll feel like she’s talking right to you, sharing her secrets with a friend.]]>
149 Judy Blume 0689841582 Lexy 0 3.93 1970 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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Mad Woman: Poems 30832289 68 Kat Savage Lexy 0 4.12 2016 Mad Woman: Poems
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<![CDATA[Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties]]> 36117615 From bestselling author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough.

At fifty-three, Maggie Harris has a good marriage and two mostly happy children. Perpetually anxious, she’s also accumulated a list of semi-reasonable falling air conditioners, the IRS, identity theft, skydiving, and airbag recalls. But never once did Maggie worry that her husband of nearly thirty years would leave her.

On the day Adam walks out the door, everything that makes Maggie secure goes with him. Only then does she realize that while she’s been busy caring for everyone else, she’s become invisible to the world—and to herself.

Maggie cautiously begins to rebuild her life with a trip to Rome, a new career, and even a rebound romance. But when a fresh crisis strikes and an uncertain future looms, she must How much will she risk to remain the woman she’s just become?]]>
238 Camille Pagán 1503933040 Lexy 0 3.87 2018 Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties
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I'm Fine and Neither Are You 41484600 A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller.

Honesty is the best policy…except maybe when it comes to marriage in this brilliant novel about the high price of perfection from bestselling author Camille Pagán.

Wife. Mother. Breadwinner. Penelope Ruiz-Kar is doing it all—and barely keeping it together. Meanwhile, her best friend, Jenny Sweet, appears to be sailing through life. As close as the two women are, Jenny’s passionate marriage, pristine house, and ultra-polite child stand in stark contrast to Penelope’s underemployed husband, Sanjay, their unruly brood, and the daily grind she calls a career.

Then a shocking tragedy reveals that Jenny’s life is far from perfect. Reeling, Penelope vows to stop keeping the peace and finally deal with the issues in her relationship. So she and Sanjay agree to a radical both will write a list of changes they want each other to make—then commit to complete and total honesty.

What seems like a smart idea quickly spirals out of control, revealing new rifts and even deeper secrets. As Penelope stares down the possible implosion of her marriage, she must ask When it comes to love, is honesty really the best policy?]]>
266 Camille Pagán 1542042224 Lexy 0 3.79 2019 I'm Fine and Neither Are You
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Junky 23940 Naked Lunch, an unknown William S. Burroughs wrote Junky, his first novel. It is a candid eye-witness account of times and places that are now long gone, an unvarnished field report from the American post-war underground. Unafraid to portray himself in 1953 as a confirmed member of two socially-despised under classes (a narcotics addict and a homosexual), Burroughs was writing as a trained anthropologist when he unapologetically described a way of life - in New York, New Orleans, and Mexico City - that by the 1940's was already demonized by the artificial anti-drug hysteria of an opportunistic bureaucracy and a cynical, prostrate media. For this fiftieth-anniversary edition, eminent Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris has painstakingly recreated the author's original text, word by word, from archival typescripts and places the book's contents against a lively historical background in a comprehensive introduction. Here as well, for the first time, are Burroughs' own unpublished introduction and an entire omitted chapter, along with many "lost" passages, as well as auxiliary texts by Allen Ginsberg and others.]]> 166 William S. Burroughs 0142003166 Lexy 0 3.87 1953 Junky
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<![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream]]> 7745 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.]]> 204 Hunter S. Thompson 0679785892 Lexy 0 4.08 1971 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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<![CDATA[Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog]]> 12691
Marley quickly grew into an uncontrollable ninety-seven-pound steamroller of a Labrador retriever. Expelled from obedience school, even the tranquillisers prescribed by the vet couldn't stop him.

Yet through the chaos and the hilarity, he won hearts and remained a steadfast model of devotion to his family, even when they were at their wits' end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.]]>
291 John Grogan 0739461192 Lexy 5 4.14 2005 Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
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<![CDATA[The Sicilian (The Godfather #2)]]> 22026
The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Giuliano back with him to America. But Giuliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Giuliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Giuliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano.]]>
416 Mario Puzo 0345441702 Lexy 3 4.01 1984 The Sicilian (The Godfather #2)
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<![CDATA[The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)]]> 22034
Almost fifty years ago, a classic was born. A searing portrayal of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and their powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor. The seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and the allegiance to family—these are the themes that have resonated with millions of readers around the world and made The Godfather the definitive novel of the violent subculture that, steeped in intrigue and controversy, remains indelibly etched in our collective consciousness.]]>
448 Mario Puzo Lexy 5 4.39 1969 The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
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<![CDATA[Nighttime Lullabies: A Collection of Poetry (Poetry by Avianna Lemonier)]]> 60293603 Nighttime Lullabies is a tale of love as it comes into our life, hovers over us, leaves and, sometimes, comes back for a second chance.

For information regarding Avianna Lemonier's recent publications, visit ]]>
20 Avianna Lemonier Lexy 0 currently-reading 3.56 Nighttime Lullabies: A Collection of Poetry (Poetry by Avianna Lemonier)
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<![CDATA[Black Sheep Rebel Girl: The Almost True Tales, Thoughts, and Observations of a Lifelong...]]> 43363002
In this humorous and thought-provoking collection Hutcheson kicks the door down on convention and pulls you into a universe where anything is possible. From true love to world peace, from talking clouds to drunk pixies this hilarious book reminds one how fun and beautiful life can be.

"I get inspired at around three in the morning when the rest of the world is sleeping. People start getting careless with their dreams about that time, and dreams begin floating down my street. I sit on my front steps and watch them drift by in technicolor stardust bubbles. It’s a good way to find out what kind of neighbors I have and if they have any imagination…�

Black Sheep Rebel Girl is the first book in the humorous/short story/prose Rebel Girl collection. It features irreverent tales, and whimsical thoughts and observations about life, love, and being human. If you like to laugh, and if you like out-of-the-box stories and feeling free, you will love Rachel Hutcheson’s book.

Pick up The Almost True Tales, Thoughts, and Observations of a Lifelong Black Sheep Rebel Girl today!]]>
135 Rachel Hutcheson 1732961115 Lexy 0 currently-reading 4.07 2018 Black Sheep Rebel Girl: The Almost True Tales, Thoughts, and Observations of a Lifelong...
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Cloud Cuckoo Land 56783258 When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive.

How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.

Constantinople, 1453:
An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.

Idaho, 2020:
An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that’s crumbling around him. Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans?

Unknown, Sometime in the Future:
With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance.

Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr’s new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection.]]>
626 Anthony Doerr 1982168439 Lexy 0 to-read 4.24 2021 Cloud Cuckoo Land
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The War for Banks Island 15838434 48 John Green Lexy 3 3.64 2012 The War for Banks Island
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Sex, Drugs and Digging a Hole 24260569 342 Heather McCarthy Lexy 5 4.00 2014 Sex, Drugs and Digging a Hole
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<![CDATA[One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery]]> 56902921
At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a corpse, rifled through his dead friends� pockets for any remaining heroin and went right back to using.

Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the Opioid Crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope, and would do everything in their power to get him the help he so desperately needed.

After a harrowing journey that proves the life of an addict will always get worse, never better, Jordan found himself at the gates of Sand Island, Hawaii’s most notorious two-year inpatient treatment facility. He soon discovers that though his heart was in the right place, the hardest battle of his life was yet to come.

One Hit Away is his arduous and unlikely true story of recovery, rehabilitation and redemption.]]>
376 Jordan P. Barnes 1734716614 Lexy 5 4.47 2020 One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery
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Call Me Cockroach 18619212
For those of you who've read Byrne's compelling debut book, the Kindle eBook bestseller, "Call Me Tuesday," this memoir unveils what became of the gutsy little girl who spent her early years at the mercy of a sadistic mother. To everyone else, it's an honest glimpse into the tormented mind and troubled heart of a damaged woman determined to overcome the debilitating aftermath of a horrific childhood.]]>
236 Leigh Byrne Lexy 5 4.35 2013 Call Me Cockroach
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Call Me Tuesday 17794511 328 Leigh Byrne 1621111679 Lexy 5 4.31 2012 Call Me Tuesday
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Little Women 7188645 In New England while their chaplain father serves during the Civil War, mother "Marmee" watches the four March sisters grow up. Beautiful capable Meg, tomboy writer Jo, shy musical Beth, and selfish temperamental Amy struggle to pursue their dreams. Kindly neighbor Mr Laurence and his grandson "Teddie" soon become part of the friendly family.]]> 429 Louisa May Alcott Lexy 0 3.99 1868 Little Women
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Room to Breathe 45781478 A funny, emotional novel full of southern charm about a mother and daughter ready to start over.

“Liz Talley delivers. Her dialogue is crisp and smart, her characters are vivid and real, her stories are unputdownable.� —Robyn Carr, New York Times bestselling author

For a good part of Daphne Witt’s life, she was a supportive wife and dutiful mother. Now that she’s divorced and her daughter, Ellery, is all grown up, Daphne’s celebrating the best part of her life, a successful career, and a flirtation with an attentive hunk fifteen years her junior…who happens to be her daughter’s ex-boyfriend.

Ellery is starting over, too. She’s fresh out of college. Her job prospects are dim. And to support her fiancé in med school, she’s returned home as her mother’s new assistant. Ellery never expected her own life plan to take such a detour. With no outlet for her frustration, she lets an online flirtation go a little too far, especially considering her pen pal thinks he’s corresponding with her mother.

As love lives tangle, secrets spill, and indiscretions are betrayed, mother and daughter will have a lot to learn—not only about the mistakes they’ve made but also about the men in their lives and the women they are each hoping to become.]]>
332 Liz Talley 1542014581 Lexy 3 3.81 2019 Room to Breathe
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This Won't End Well 51091002 An ingeniously witty novel about the risks—and rewards—of opening your life to new people by Amazon Charts bestselling author Camille Pagán.

No new people: that’s Annie Mercer’s vow. It’s bad enough that her boss sabotaged her chemistry career and her best friend tried to cure her with crystals. But after her fiancé, Jon, asks for space while he’s gallivanting around Paris, Annie decides she needs space too—from everyone.

Yet when Harper moves in next door, Annie can’t help but train a watchful eye on the glamorous but fragile young woman. And if keeping Harper safe requires teaming up with Mo, a maddeningly optimistic amateur detective, who is she to mind her own business?

Soon Annie has let not one but two new people into her life. Then Jon reappears—and he wants her to join him in France. She’s pretty sure letting anyone get close won’t end well. So she must decide: Is another shot at happiness worth the risk?

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295 Camille Pagán 1542014816 Lexy 5 3.97 2020 This Won't End Well
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<![CDATA[American Drug Addict: a memoir]]> 35495259 422 Brett Douglas Lexy 5 4.03 2018 American Drug Addict: a memoir
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<![CDATA[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]> 35105269
Referenced, resourced, analyzed, and embraced since its publication in 1865, Carroll’s masterpiece of the irrational has inspired such varied artists as Walt Disney, Marilyn Manson, Jerome Kern, James Joyce, and Tim Burton. It stands as one of the most extravagantly and ingeniously absurd works in the English language.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

Revised edition: Previously published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.]]>
106 Lewis Carroll 154209741X Lexy 0 4.01 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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<![CDATA[Go Ask Alice (Anonymous Diaries)]]> 6146933 A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale.January 24th After you’ve had it, there isn't even life without drugs� It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth—and ultimately her life. Read her diary. Enter her world. You will never forget her. For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl’s harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful—and as timely—today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.]]> 192 Beatrice Sparks Lexy 5 3.72 1971 Go Ask Alice (Anonymous Diaries)
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<![CDATA[The Taste of Cigarettes: A Memoir of a Heroin Addict]]> 39714433 The true story of one man’s struggle to escape himself. After three decades of living in the sandy suburbs of Huntington Beach, Jon Vreeland’s heroin addiction has finally destroyed his once promising music career, and estranged him from his wife and his two daughters. Now Vreeland broods over his daughter’s absence while living in his old, broken-down tour van. He and Zooey Leigh—his brand new lover and longtime junkie—sell and shoot heroin in the van. They move from place to place, from crime to crime, and rob the undeserving in a brazen attempt to escape their hypodermic reality. No matter where they go or who they stay with, they always circle back to the shores of Huntington Beach, where the dark nights are their lonely playground. But Jon isn’t meant for this life. He wants nothing more than to rid himself of this nightmare, and return to his estranged family and career. This is the story of how he began to get out.]]> 158 Jon Vreeland Lexy 4 4.18 The Taste of Cigarettes: A Memoir of a Heroin Addict
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<![CDATA[Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir]]> 6583905 354 James Salant 1416556613 Lexy 5 3.87 2007 Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir
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average rating: 3.87
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<![CDATA[Addict Chick: Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll]]> 28802193
With the prick of a needle, and a shot of methamphetamine, she lost everything- her child, her career, and she lost Cage. Her story is not for the faint of heart.

Addict Chick: Sex, Drugs & Rock â€Nâ€� Roll is her heartbreak, her sorrow, and the story of how she fought like hell to save herself, with a little help from the Man above.

In this memoir, one woman proves that no matter who you are, and no matter how far you have fallen, nobody is beyond redemption.]]>
237 Amanda Meredith Lexy 3 3.67 Addict Chick: Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll
author: Amanda Meredith
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average rating: 3.67
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Chronicles of a Meth Addict 23433703 270 Paul C. AragĂłn Lexy 2 3.73 2014 Chronicles of a Meth Addict
author: Paul C. AragĂłn
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2014
rating: 2
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Meth A Memoir 18904994
As an addict and meth cook, the author knows that there are aspects to the meth lifestyle that can only be understood by experiencing it for yourself. To help you understand this sub-culture, and those who call that world home, the author will take you into the meth world as no one else has ever done before.

Everyone in America is affected by meth in one way or another. That simple fact makes this book a MUST READ.]]>
292 Wayne Huffman Lexy 5 3.73 2012 Meth A Memoir
author: Wayne Huffman
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Junk: The classic YA novel reissued for a new generation]]> 23986816 268 Melvin Burgess Lexy 0 4.02 1996 Junk: The classic YA novel reissued for a new generation
author: Melvin Burgess
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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Made You Up 22864841


Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal.]]>
448 Francesca Zappia Lexy 5 4.04 2015 Made You Up
author: Francesca Zappia
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye 39680042 There's death all around us.
We just don't pay attention.
Until we do.

The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment.

Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be.

As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told anyone-a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything.

Lex's brother is gone. But Lex is about to discover that a ghost doesn't have to be real to keep you from moving on.]]>
405 Cynthia Hand Lexy 5 4.16 2015 The Last Time We Say Goodbye
author: Cynthia Hand
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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What You Did 44107392 It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing will ever be the same again.

When Karen staggers in from the garden, bleeding and traumatised, she claims that she has been assaulted—by Ali’s husband, Mike. Ali must make a split-second decision: who should she believe? Her horrified husband, or her best friend? With Mike offering a very different version of events, Ali knows one of them is lying—but which? And why?

When the ensuing chaos forces her to re-examine the golden era the group shared at university, Ali realises there are darker memories too. Memories that have lain dormant for decades. Memories someone would kill to protect.

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282 Claire McGowan 1542091349 Lexy 2 4.00 2019 What You Did
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name: Lexy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2019
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Life and Other Near-Death Experiences]]> 26583370
With nothing left to lose, she abandons her life in Chicago for the clear waters and bright beaches of the Caribbean for what might be her last hurrah. Despite her new sunny locale, her plans go awry when she finds that she can’t quite outrun the past or bring herself to face an unknowable future. Every day of tropical bliss may be an invitation to disaster, but with her twin brother on her trail and a new relationship on the horizon, Libby is determined to forget about fate. Will she risk it all to live—and love—a little longer?

From critically acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman choosing between a “perfect� life and actually living.]]>
255 Camille Pagán 150390623X Lexy 5 3.89 2015 Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
author: Camille Pagán
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction]]> 11057651 In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab. In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his days as an addict. In this powerful follow-up about his continued efforts to stay clean, Nic writes candidly about eye-opening stays at rehab centers, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction. By candidly revealing his own failures and small personal triumphs, Nic inspires readers to maintain hope and to remember that they are not alone in their battles. A group reading guide is included. Nic Sheff's Tweak, We All Fall Down, and his father's memoir about him (Beautiful Boy) are the basis of the film Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.]]> 367 Nic Sheff Lexy 5 4.30 2011 We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction
author: Nic Sheff
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Forever is the Worst Long Time]]> 31702595 From acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a wry, heartfelt exploration of love and loss.

When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa “Lou� Bell, he’s sure he’s just found the love of his life. There’s just one she’s engaged to his oldest friend, Rob. So James toasts their union and swallows his desire.

As the years pass, James’s dreams always seem just out of reach—he can’t finish that novel, can’t mend his relationship with his father, can’t fully commit to a romantic relationship. He just can’t move on. But after betrayal fractures Lou’s once-solid marriage, she turns to James for comfort.

When Lou and James act on their long-standing mutual attraction, the consequences are more heartbreaking—and miraculous—than either of them could have ever anticipated. Then life throws James one more curveball, and he, Rob, and Lou are forced to come to terms with the unexpected ways in which love and loss are intertwined.]]>
286 Camille Pagán 1503996638 Lexy 5 4.23 2017 Forever is the Worst Long Time
author: Camille Pagán
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines]]> 8183565 The story that inspired the major motion picture Beautiful Boy featuring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.

This New York Times bestselling memoir of a young man’s addiction to methamphetamine tells a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery.

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As we watch Nic plunge into the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. It's a harrowing portrait—but not one without hope.]]>
340 Nic Sheff 143910333X Lexy 5 4.11 2008 Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
author: Nic Sheff
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[True Tales From Women's Jail: Diary of a Female Prisoner]]> 18802742
There she met the extraordinarily-troubled Amanda Benson, who shot her husband to death while he was handcuffed naked to their bed; the petite, savvy and wealthy Lisa Peng, who stabbed her husband’s mistress to death and smothered their love child in a brutal attack; friendly but rageful prostitute Whitney Millano, whose mother sold her for drugs when she was two and whose father then decapitated her mother; and Tracy Russell, arrested for bestiality after twice forcing sex upon her neighbor’s male dog. These and other complex and fascinating women come to life on the pages of TRUE TALES FROM WOMEN'S JAIL, a factual account of author Kristen Pierce’s two years behind bars in Orange County, California.]]>
121 Kristen Pierce Lexy 5 3.18 2013 True Tales From Women's Jail: Diary of a Female Prisoner
author: Kristen Pierce
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average rating: 3.18
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Dark Corner of the Mind 30830079 352 Anthony Anonimo Lexy 3 4.29 Dark Corner of the Mind
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<![CDATA[Junkie Love: A Story of Recovery and Redemption]]> 20405020 Fix Magazine to call Junkie Love “one of top four recovery memoirs� of all time. Originally published as fiction, this heroin addiction recovery memoir from author Joe Clifford provides a brutal look at addiction and the dirty underbelly of the drug and music scene. This second edition features updates from the author and a forward by Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight and The Heroin Chronicles. From the Forward by Jerry Stahl "The good news is Clifford’s is exactly the kind of voice our poor, strung-out country deserves in these toxic end-times. Like his hero Kerouac, this is a writer drawn to life’s more rough-edged and unsung corners. But, in the best Beat tradition, he writes about the lost and monstrous with a life-affirming, almost depraved sweetness. The miracle is, hardcore addicted, in love with a beautiful schizophrenic, Clifford returned with mind and talent intact. But that no trace of clichéd bitterness or streety one-downsmanship pollutes his tone." Praise for Junkie Love "Joe Clifford’s Junkie Love portrays high-heeled heroin amour, beautiful and vicious, full of front seat hot sex and brutal cop raids, secret rehab gropes and smack-fueled crime sprees. In prose that speeds like a stolen car, Clifford does for opiated romance what Michael Herr did for war and F.X. Toole for prize brings mind-blowing news from hells beyond imagining." - Alan Kaufman, author of Jew Boy and The Outlaw Bible of American Literature "No one writes this good the first time out, do they? Joe Clifford’s Junkie Love is a literary achievement of the first order. Junkie Love is both harrowing and haunting, hypnotic and hilarious. Clifford can flat-out tell a story. He’s savvy, insightful, and fearless. Trust me, here’s a world that’s more vivid, unnerving, and compelling than the one you’re living in, written with the exhilaration and abandon of an improbable survivor." - John Dufresne, author of Requiem, Mass (a People magazine’s Book Pick of the Week) "Joe Clifford reminds us that even in the most punishing circumstances, the human heart doesn’t just struggle or abide, it points the way home. Junkie Love is a savage, funny, ravishing gift of a book, strangely gentle and beautifully strange. Like Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, it reveals that man in extremis is the man in the mirror, and that our own humanity resides precisely in the willingness to see the irreparable fault lines in our own souls, to witness despite the impenetrable to love." - David Corbett, author of Blood of Paradise and Do They Know I’m Running?]]> 179 Joe Clifford Lexy 5 4.17 2013 Junkie Love: A Story of Recovery and Redemption
author: Joe Clifford
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.17
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Out of Orange 25482876 The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time—a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond.

Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Netflix show based on Piper Kerman’s sensational #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, Catherine Cleary Wolters—the inspiration for Alex Vause, Piper’s ex-girlfriend, friend, and sometimes-romantic partner on the show—tells her true story, offering details and insights that fill in the blanks, set the record straight, and answer common fan questions.

An insightful, frustrating, heartbreaking, and uplifting analysis of crime and punishment in our times, Out of Orange is an intimate look at international drug crime—a seemingly glamorous lifestyle that dazzles unsuspecting young women and eventually leads them to the seedy world of prison. Told by a woman originally thrust into the spotlight without her permission—Wolters learned about Piper’s memoir in the media�Out of Orange chronicles Wolter’s time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper. But Wolters is not solely defined by her past; she also reflects on her life and the person she is today.

Filled with colorful characters, fascinating tales, painful sobering lessons, and hard-earned wisdom, Out of Orange is sure to be provocative, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring.

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325 Cleary Wolters Lexy 5 3.73 2015 Out of Orange
author: Cleary Wolters
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2015
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<![CDATA[They Could Have Named Her Anything]]> 43671293 Racism, class, and betrayal collide in this poignant debut novel about restoring the broken bonds of family and friendship.

Every morning, seventeen-year-old Maria Anís Rosario takes the subway an hour from her boisterous and close-knit family in Queens to her private high school on the Upper East Side, where she struggles to fit in as one of the only Latina students—until Rocky welcomes her into this new life. White, rebellious, and ignored by her wealthy parents, Rocky uses her money toward one goal: to get away with anything. To Maria, it’s a dazzling privilege.

As a bond develops between these unlikely friends, neither can see what they share most—jealousy and the desire for each other’s lives. But crackling under the surface of their seemingly supportive alliance, the girls begin to commit little betrayals as they strive to get closer to their ideals regardless of the consequences.

Told from the perspectives of Maria, Rocky, and their fathers, They Could Have Named Her Anything explores the heartfelt expectation of what it means to live up to the name you’ve been given and the more rewarding discovery of what really matters.

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287 Stephanie Jimenez 1542043190 Lexy 1 3.05 2019 They Could Have Named Her Anything
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name: Lexy
average rating: 3.05
book published: 2019
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<![CDATA[Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison]]> 34998294 322 Piper Kerman Lexy 5 3.93 2010 Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
author: Piper Kerman
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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The Love Killers 28013779
Three extraordinary women vow to bring down Bassalino—by destroying his three sons. Innocent-seeming, fragile Beth will go after Frank in New York; kinky underground film star Rio will seduce Angelo in London; slick, gorgeous jet-setter Lara will ensnare Nick in Los Angeles.

But it’s a dangerous game, heating up to a spellbinding blend of dazzling intrigue and murderous suspense, of raw eroticism, and sudden, forbidden passion, as three sensational women use the only weapon Bassalino’s sons can’t resist...]]>
208 Jackie Collins Lexy 2 4.06 1974 The Love Killers
author: Jackie Collins
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1974
rating: 2
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Four Seconds: A Memoir 44793809
“You’ll like it,� she argued.

“I know I’ll like it,� I said. “That’s why I’m not going to try it.�

“Try it just this once and I’ll never ask you to do it again.�

That WASĚýa deal. I slipped back into the driver’s seat while Pat corn-rowed two neat lines of the silky white powder on the back of a plastic cassette tape cover.

Fifteen hundred dollars every month, an abusive boyfriend, a molested child, a lost family, hotels for houses, a ruined leg, a gun to my head, a knife to my butt, a jail cell all my own. Black eyes, bruised days, broken hours. Looking back, it seems strange what I gave up to get my roommate off my back.

It only took four seconds.

***

In her debut memoir, Andrade tells of her years with cocaine and crystal methamphetamines—using, then selling—until all she had left of the life she wanted was a chalk outline and a pack of cigarettes. This is the story of her use and recovery, of the people who frustrated and inspired her, of her decision to leave the drug world.

It is the story of her slow, often unsteady walk home.]]>
242 Laura Andrade Lexy 3 4.22 2019 Four Seconds: A Memoir
author: Laura Andrade
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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Fight Club 4906716 Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything. Fight club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter, and dark, anarchic genius, and it's only the beginning of his plans for violent revenge on an empty consumer-culture world.]]> 221 Chuck Palahniuk Lexy 5 4.27 1996 Fight Club
author: Chuck Palahniuk
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (Mister Rogers Poetry Books)]]> 42616620 For the first time ever, the songs from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood are collected here in a illustrated treasury.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood had a revolutionary impact on children's television, and on millions of children themselves. Through songs, puppets, and frank conversations, Mister Rogers instilled the values of kindness, patience, and self-esteem in his viewers, and most of all, taught children how loved they were, just by being themselves. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood reimagines the songs from the show as poetry, ranging from the iconic "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" to the forgotten gems. The poems deal with topics such as difficult feelings, new siblings, everyday routines, imagination, and more.]]>
144 Fred Rogers 168369113X Lexy 4 4.36 2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (Mister Rogers Poetry Books)
author: Fred Rogers
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average rating: 4.36
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Cannibal 17856443 Chuck Palahniuk Lexy 2 3.56 2013 Cannibal
author: Chuck Palahniuk
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2013
rating: 2
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Twins 412095 304 Marcy Dermansky 0060759798 Lexy 4 3.74 2005 Twins
author: Marcy Dermansky
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Play Now Pay Later (a real junkies bible)]]> 19016023 226 Jason Benson Lexy 5 4.00 2013 Play Now Pay Later (a real junkies bible)
author: Jason Benson
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.00
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rating: 5
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The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2) 2743
This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-Child (Foster Child), Dave is moved in and out of five different homes. He suffers shame and experiences resentment from those who feel that all foster kids are trouble and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a "real" family.

Tears, laughter, devastation and hope create the journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one thing -- the love of a family.]]>
331 Dave Pelzer 1558745157 Lexy 0 4.12 1997 The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
author: Dave Pelzer
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1997
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<![CDATA[A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)]]> 60748 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games—games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it." Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive—dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.]]>
184 Dave Pelzer Lexy 0 4.13 1995 A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
author: Dave Pelzer
name: Lexy
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1995
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<![CDATA[Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)]]> 578329 346 V.C. Andrews 000615929X Lexy 0 3.66 1979 Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
author: V.C. Andrews
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1979
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)]]> 10818853 Ěý
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]>
356 E.L. James 1612130291 Lexy 4 3.68 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
author: E.L. James
name: Lexy
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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