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Eccentrics and eccentricities

Sandpiper

Ellen Wittlinger

When The Walker, a mysterious boy who walks constantly, intervenes in an argument between Sandpiper and a boy she used to see, their lives become entwined in ways that change them both.

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The World According to Garp

John Irving

The life and times of T.S. Garp, the son of Jenny Fields, a feminist leader of her times, and his coming-of-age inside the community she has built.

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The Book of Fred

Abby Bardi

A sheltered fifteen-year-old girl named Mary Fred Anderson is removed from her home in a fundamentalist sect and placed in foster care in a Washington, D.C.

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Razzle

Ellen Wittlinger

When his retired parents buy a group of tourist cabins on Cape Cod, fifteen-year-old Kenyon Baker's days are filled with repair work until he becomes friends with an eccentric girl and makes her the s

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Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli

Stargirl, a teen who animates quiet Mica High with her colorful personality, suddenly finds herself shunned for her refusal to conform.

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