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You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons

Mo Willems

A collection of single panel comics that the author/illustrator used to record his daily impressions of places he visited while on a year-long journey around the world following his college graduation

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Saving Fish From Drowning

Amy Tan

When Bibi Chen, the leader of a group of twelve American tourists, mysteriously dies while on an art expedition in the Himalayan foothills of China, the remainder of the group discover that the Burma

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Eastern Sun, Winter Moon

Gary Paulsen

The author chronicles his boyhood in the U.S. and the Philippines during World War II.

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Lost

Gregory Maguire

Winifred Rudge travels to London to jump-start her new novel, but instead she finds herself investigating the disappearance of her stepcousin, whose apartment seems to have been taken over by a hostil

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Deception Point

Dan Brown

When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NAS

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Nineteenth-century mechanic Hank Morgan suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Court where he tries to introduce modern technology and political ideas to the inhabitants.

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Rule of the Bone

Russell Banks

Novel about a homeless youth on the edge of the society.

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Iron & Silk

Mark Salzman

An American describes his experiences after his arrival in Hunan Province in 1982 to teach English, including his wushu training and life in post-Mao China.

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Rule of the Bone

Russell Banks

The story of a troubled fourteen-year-old boy who, upon leaving an abusive homelife, lives on the edge of society, struggling to find himself.

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