When his parents are killed in a traffic accident, Jacob Jankowski hops a train after walking out on his final exams at Cornell, where he had hoped to earn a veterinary degree. The train turns out to be a circus train, and since it’s the Depression, when someone with a vet’s skills can attach himself [...]
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The Kite Runner
“A poignant debut novel…The Kite Runner offers a moving portrait of modern Afghanistan, from its pre-Russian-invasion glory through the terrible reign of the Taliban.”
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Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of “My Sister’s Keeper” and “The Tenth Circle,” pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy. Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens – until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of [...]
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