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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Scribner
Format: eBook

The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925) , stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken...
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The Last Summer

Ann Brashares - Riverhead Hardcover; 1st edition
Format: Print book

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares comes her first adult novelIn the town of Waterby on Fire Island, the rhythms and rituals of summer are sacrosanct: the ceremonial arrivals and departures by ferry; yacht club dinners with...
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The Island: A Novel

Elin Hilderbrand - Reagan Arthur Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Birdie Cousins has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess's lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut back yard to the color of the cocktail napkins. Like any mother of a bride-to-be, she is weathering the storms of excitement and chaos, tears...
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A Walk to Remember

Nicholas Sparks - Replica Books
Format: Print book

There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two,...
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Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson - Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From Fever 1793 "Where's Polly?" I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. "Did you pass by the blacksmith's? "I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan," Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots. "And?" I waved a mosquito...
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Delirium

Lauren Oliver - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure. Now, everything is different. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government...
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Peaches

Jodi Lynn Anderson - HarperTrophy
Format: Paperback

Three Georgia peaches are in for one juicy summer . . .. . . but Birdie would rather eat Thin Mints and sulk in the AC.Leeda would prefer to sneak off with her boyfriend, Rex.And Murphy just wants to cause a little mischief.Together these three very different girls will discover the secret...
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Welcome to Temptation

Jennifer Crusie

Prepare to be absolutely charmed by Jennifer Crusie's riotous tale of two slightly twisted sisters and a town chock full of hunks, coots, and petty politics in Welcome to Temptation. Sophie and Amy Dempsey are just two wedding filmers trying to hop to the next level of t
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We'll Always Have Summer

Jenny Han - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, shes almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. Conrad has not gotten over the mistake he made when he let Belly go even as Jeremiah has always known that...
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Turtles All the Way Down

John Green - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Wrenching and revelatory." An instant #1 bestseller, the widely acclaimed Turtles All the Way Down is John Green's brilliant and shattering new novel.Featured on 60 Minutes, Fresh Air, Studio 360, Good Morning Amercia, The TODAY Show"A tender story about learning...
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