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• 1984

  Orwell, George, 1903-1950,

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  Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thought crimes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Kill a Mockingbird

  Lee, Harper,

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  A young girl growing up in an Alabama town in the 1930s learns of injustice and violence when her father, a widowed lawyer, defends a black man falsely accused of rape.

• Lord of the Flies

  Golding, William, 1911-1993,

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  Few works in literature have received as much popular and critical attention as Nobel Laureate William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Since its publication in 1954, it has amassed a cult following, and has significantly contributed to our dystopian…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Catcher in the Rye

  Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010,

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  This is the story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity, and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunger Games

  Collins, Suzanne

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  In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Scarlet Letter

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel,

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  Everyone knows that Hester Prynne's little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. Hester's refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her. But she stands strong in the face of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diary of a Young Girl

  the Definitive Edition

  Frank, Anne, 1929-1945

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  Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary, a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit, has since become a world classic beloved by generations of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fahrenheit 451

  Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012,

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  In a society in which books are outlawed, Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invisible Man

  Ellison, Ralph

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  In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an American black man becomes involved in a series of adventures. Introduction explains circumstances under which the book was written. Ellison won the National Book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bell Jar

  Plath, Sylvia,

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  When Esther Greenwood wins an internship, she is elated, believing she will finally realize her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, her life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lolita

  Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977

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  When it was published in 1955, Lolita immediately became a cause celebre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  Twain, Mark, 1835-1910,

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  Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Boy

  Wright, Richard,

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  When Richard Wright's autobiography, Black Boy, was published in 1945, it was hailed as a landmark work. Since then, it has become a classic of African American literature. For this audioproduction, Recorded Books, Inc. uses a definitive edition…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go Ask Alice

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  It started when she was served a drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the streets of an unforgiving city. It was a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Hundred Years of Solitude

  Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014,

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  The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A People's History of the United States

  Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010

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  With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools--with its emphasis on great men in high places-- to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  Angelou, Maya

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  Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right.…Read moreRead more of this annotation