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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…

As Nasty as they Wanna Be

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This is the third album by Miami bass group, 2 Live Crew. It was their best selling album but was later declared legally obscene in the United States, and was the first album to ever be declared so. The group later released the album "As Clean as…

And Tango Makes Three

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This story is based on the two male penguins in New York's Central Park Zoo, Roy and Silo, who made a nest together but discovered neither of them could lay an egg. They watched the other penguins and tried to hatch a rock that looked like an egg.…

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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This book is told in first person narrative by Huckleberry Finn, friend of Tom Sawyer, and is the direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It follows Huck as he escapes from the confines of small town, religious, southern life to float on a…

A Wrinkle in Time

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This book is about Meg Murry, a fourteen year-old girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil forces…

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…