Gabrielle Zevin
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Language
English
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Description
"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry." --
"On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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2023 Book Discussion Titles
Kendallville Public Library Book Club Patron Suggestions (August-October)
Kendallville Public Library Book Club Patron Suggestions (August-October)
Description
The irascible A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books, has already lost his wife. Now his most prized possession, a rare book, has been stolen from right under his nose. One night upon closing, he discovers a toddler in his children's section with a note from her mother saying she can no longer raise her. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the transformation of both bookstore and owner, especially to the lovely yet eccentric sales rep, Amelia...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What do you do when one youthful indiscretion threatens to derail the rest of your life? Aviva Grossman is a bright, ambitious Congressional intern with a promising future in front of her--until her Lewinsky-esque affair with a married Congressman comes to a crashing end. Literally. (She's in a car crash with the Congressman and that's how their affair makes the news.) After unsuccessfully trying her best to bounce back and restart her life, she decides...
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2083, seventeen-year-old Anya Balanchine seeks a way to make Balanchine Chocolate legitimate, and although a trip to Mexico gives her new insights and ideas, escaping her mobster family's legacy of violence may prove impossible.
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anya's new prominence brings out friends, foes, and ghosts from the past. Certain scores must be settled; certain debts must be paid. Surviving a crime-ridden New York City in the 2080s is looking harder and harder for Anya"--
8) Elsewhere
Author
Language
English
Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Author
Language
English
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Description
The Pomeroys are a church-going family in a Texas college town and making misguided efforts to stay afloat spiritually, morally, and financially. Roger has impulsively gone back to school; his wife Georgia has been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months; and the two of them make a series of catastrophic decisions that will leave their children struggling to overcome them for most of their lives.
10) Margarettown
Author
Publisher
Miramax Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry comes an enchanting story about love in its many forms, and a man's timeless journey into the unknowable territory of the woman he loves. From the moment they first sleep together-piled atop seven mattresses in her dorm room-N. is drawn into a rich and enchanted relationship with Margaret Towne, a woman who will introduce him to worlds...
Publisher
[Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This Book Club in a Box is a book discussion kit which circulates for six weeks and contains everything you need to host your own book club.
The irascible A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books, has already lost his wife. Now his most prized possession, a rare book, has been stolen from right under his nose. One night upon closing, he discovers a toddler in his children's section with a note from her mother saying she can no longer raise her. It doesn't...
14) Love Is Hell
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
Sure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it.
In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers—Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for Nightmares)—love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all.
From two students who let the power
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