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The Shadow of the Wind

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón                   Pages: 487               Published: 2004

The book: Barcelona, 1945. Daniel, age 10, whose father is a bookseller, still misses his mother, who died in 1939.
One morning his father takes him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There, Daniel finds a book by little-known author Julian Carax. Daniel wants to read more by Carax, but the author is a mystery and finding his books almost impossible. Daniel is determined to find out more about him. His search will lead him into treacherous territory; a world of murder, madness, and doomed love. Read more

The Nightingale

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Kristin Hannah      Pages: 564      Published:  2015

The book: France, August 1939. Vianne, a teacher, her husband, Antoine, and their daughter, Sophie, live in the Loire Valley. Life seems good, but then Antoine is drafted into the French Army. Isabelle, Vianne’s estranged, rebellious sister, is expelled from boarding school and makes her way to Paris, where she plans to live with her father.  World War II begins and life gets harder in both Paris and the Loire Valley. As the Germans overrun France, what will happen to Vianne and her family? Where will Isabell’s rebellious streak take her? Into danger? Will the family survive the war? Read more

How To Stop Time

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Matt Haig                    Pages: 325              Published: 2017

The book: Tom Hazard teaches history in a London high school. However, Tom’s life is not what it seems. Tom has a dangerous secret. He appears to be in his 40s but actually he has been alive for centuries. He’s survived this long undiscovered, by constantly changing his identity, moving location, and never falling in love. Can he continue to hide his secret? Will he manage to avoid falling in love? Read more

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

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Lisa See              Pages: 364           Published: 2017

The book: In a remote Akha village in the mountains of China, where life revolves around tea picking, Li-yan finds herself pregnant by a man her parents consider a bad match and who, in any case, has left their village. A baby born outside of wedlock, it is traditionally believed, will bring bad luck to the village. In desperation, Li-yan puts her baby in a box and leaves it in the street, near to an orphanage in a nearby town. Read more

Shell Shaker

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LeAnne Howe              Pages: 227              Published: 2001

The book: A Shell Shaker is a Choctaw woman who dances wearing empty turtle shells on her feet. Two murders occur (one in 1738 and another in 1991), which impact Shakbatina (a shell shaker and peace maker) and her female descendants, the women of the Billy family.
The story moves between Mississippi, where the Chocotaw originally lived, and Oklahoma, where the tribe was forcibly moved to in the 1900s.
How will Shakbatina and her descendants resolve the murders? Read more

Dancing In The Baron’s Shadow

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Fabienne Josaphat               Pages: 231           Published: 2016

The book: It’s 1965 and Haiti is ruled by a brutal leader, Francois Duvalier, better known outside the country as Papa Doc.
Two brothers, Raymond, a taxi driver, and Nicolas, a university professor, struggle to survive, albeit in very different economic situations.  Nicolas is secretly compiling a dossier of crimes committed by the regime. He gets caught and sent to the infamous Fort Dimanche, a prison from which few people ever escape. Can Raymond save his brother? Read more

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