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A Day no Pigs would Die

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This coming-of-age story is set in 1920s rural Vermont, and focuses on Robert, a teenage boy who is becoming closer with his father, who is a butcher who slaughters hogs. Robert is given a pet pig, Pinky, from his neighbours after helping their cow…

The Satanic Verses

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This book follows two protagonists, Gibreel Farishta, a Bollywood superstar who specializes in playing Hindu deities, and Saladin Chamcha, an emigrant who has broken with his Indian identity and works as a voiceover artist in England. The book opens…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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In this semi-biographical, coming-of-age story, told in first-person narrative, a Native-American teen, Arnold Spirit Jr. (referred to as “Junior” throughout the book) details his experience attending an all-white public high school in the…

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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This book follows an introverted, high school freshman, Charlie, who befriends two seniors, Patrick and Sam, and starts to experiment with alcohol, drugs, and smoking. As he manages his new social life and his feelings towards Sam, Patrick's…

Beloved

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Set after the American Civil War this book was inspired by the true life story of an African-American slave, Margaret Garner. The book follows the story of Sethe, an slave who escaped slavery from Sweet Home in Kentucky to Cincinnati where she would…

Fallen Angels

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When seventeen year old Richie Perry realizes he cannot afford to go to college he joins the army. He leaves the US for Vietnam with idealized ideas of war, which are soon shattered upon arrival. He witnesses increasing levels of destruction and…