Tag Archives: 2008

Book Club Kit: The Hour I First Believed

The Hour I First Believed By Wally Lamb First Published: 2008 10 Copies & Reading Guide When high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, a school nurse, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Sins of the Assassin

Sins of the Assassin (Book #2) by Robert Ferrigno First Published: 2008 6 Copies & Reading Guide The year is 2043. Rakkim Epps battles radical fundamentalist forces in a futuristic America, now a divided blood-soaked dystopia. New York and Washington, D.C., … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: My Stroke of Insight

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. First Published: 2008 6 Copies & Reading Guide On the morning of December 10, 1996, Taylor, a brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke. She observed her … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Stolen Innocence

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer First Published:  2008 5 Copies & Reading Guide In this shocking, timely, and … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Every Last Cuckoo

Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy First Published: 2008 10 Copies & Reading Guide At age seventy-five, Sarah thought that her life was settled and assured: she and Charles would live out their days in the quiet comfort of their … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: House on Fortune Street

The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey First Published: 2008 6 Copies & Reading Guide It seems like mutual good luck for Abigail Taylor and Dara MacLeod when they meet at university and, despite their differences, become fast friends. … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Where the River Ends

Where the River Ends by Charles Martin First Published: 2008 10 Copies & Reading Guide Ten years into their marriage, Doss & Abbie Michaels face Abbie’s life-threatening illness, and they steal away from the hospital to embark on a 130-mile trip … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness First Published: 2008 10 Copies & Reading Guide Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout First Published: 2008 Pulitzer Prize: 2009 AJPL: 6 Copies & Reading Guide PCLD: 10 Copies & Reading Guide This collection of interconnected short stories takes place in a small Maine town. They tell us the … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: The Translator

The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari First Published: 2008 10 Copies & Reading Guide The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world–an on-the-ground … Continue reading

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