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A Good Animal

By Sara Maurer ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7/10 ""When I walk these fields, I feel generations beside me."..."

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Vigil

By George Saunders ★★★★★★★★½☆ 8.5/10 ""I scanned for doubts regarding things he had done ir keft undone; things he might have said but had not; mistakes to which he had not yet fully admitted, any of which might keep him from attaining th..."

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THe Elements

By John Boyne ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10 ""Around us, gurneys pass by while outside, in the waiting room, people sit with broken arms, sprained ankles, knife wounds, all the injuries that human beings suffer on a daily basis, because our skin..."

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The Road to Tender Hearts

By Annie Hartnett ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 7.5/10 "" 'What's going to happen to us?' Luna asked the cat. 'What is going to happen to me and my brother?' Suffering, the cat answered. And joy."..."

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A Guardian and a Thief

By Megha Majumdar ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10 ""But the needs of others were always smaller than the needs of one's own child."..."

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Flashlight

By Susan Choi ★★★★★★★★★½ 9.5/10 ""My God, she remembers this, too: his utter faith in her. No one, least of all her, ever held such faith in her again."..."

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Life, & Death, & Giants

By Ron Rindo ★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10 ""I cannot make sense of my own confusion. I'd heard thousands of people cheering for my beloved grandson, saw them on their feet, as if in worship, singing his name. I swell with pride, of course. Who..."