summer reading & more
Books
A Long Way from Chicago
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Joey and his sister, Mary Alice, travel from their home in Chicago to their grandmother's small town. They certainly don't expect the crazy adventures they encounter in Chicago. Each summer trip to grandma's gets funnier and more surprising than the year before.
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A Stranger Is Watching
A Stranger Is Watching by Mary Higgins Clark
A psychopathic killer has picked the members of one family for death. Every member of Nina's family is living in constant fear and pain because of this disturbed killer.
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Angela’s Ashes
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Poignant scenes from the author's childhood in Limerick, Ireland, and New York City, where there was rarely enough food on the table and boots and coats were a luxury.
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Bad Boy: A Memoir
Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers
From bad boy to role model, the author tells the story of his life as a troublemaker and truant, while growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and ‘50s. In his own words, the author reveals his struggle to find his own way and become a successful writer.
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Ball Don’t Lie
Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena
A day in the life of Sticky Reichard, basketball phenom.
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