Thank you to everyone who shared their favorites with me!
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I'll send it after school as this is my home email address).
The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation "Adair, Bill" =20
Big Brother and National Reading Curriculum "Allington, Richard" critical=
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look at National Reading Panel report
Sons of Fortune "Archer, Jeffrey" =20
Bittersweet "Barr, Nevada" mystery series set in National Parks=20
throughout the U.S.
The Great Escape "Brickhill, Paul" =20
Angels and Demons "Brown, Dan" gripping art history/mystery
The DaVinci Code "Brown, Dan" gripping art history/mystery
The Boric Acid Murder: A Gloria Lamerino Mystery Camille Minichino =20
The Lithium Murder (Worldwide Mystery) Camille Minichino =20
My Antonia "Cather, Willa"=20
"Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" Christopher=20
Moore=20
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove Christopher Moore =20
Remind Me Again Why I Married You "Ciresi, Rita" =20
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems "Collins, Billy" =20
All Families are Psychotic "Coupland, Douglas"=20
Girlfriend in a Coma "Coupland, Douglas"=20
Microserfs "Coupland, Douglas"=20
Miss Wyoming "Coupland, Douglas" great to listen to as a book on cassette
A Vineyard Killing "Craig, Phillip" =20
The Last Detective "Crais, Robert"=20
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World "Critser,=20
Greg" "biology, sociology and psychology of fat"
Alice's Tulips "Dallas, Sandra" again centered around friendships betwee=
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women
Buster Midnight's Cafe "Dallas, Sandra" again centered around friendship=
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between women
The Persian Pickle Club "Dallas, Sandra" Quirky novel with strong ties of=
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friendship among women
Voice from the River "Gerber, Dan" =20
Firehouse "Halberstam, David"=20
Shutter Island "LeHane, Dennis" =20
The Red Tent "Diamant, Anne" the story of Jacob and his wives in Biblical=
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times
Eureka! "Diehl, William" =20
The Painted Bed : Poems "Hall, Donald" =20
Sunshine and Shadows "Fowler, Earlene" =20
Nanny Diaries "McLaughlin, Emma" =20
Peace Like a River "Enger, Lief" =20
For Whom the Bell Tolls "Hemingway, Earnest" =20
There Are No Shortcuts "Esquith, Rafe" "written by a Los Angeles fifth grad=
e=20
teacher, discusses his personal teaching philosophy with regards to reading=20
and math"
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe "Flagg, Fannie"=20
The Eyre Affair "Fforde, Jasper" kind of a sci-fi/mystery/extremely funny=
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novel
Standing in the Rainbow "Flagg, Fannie"=20
"Reading the Naked Truth: Literacy, Legislation, and Lies" "Coles, Gerald"=20
close look at National Reading Panel report
Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen "Greene, Bob" =20
Sleep No More "Iles, Greg" Suspense!
A Disgrace to the Profession Gretchen Kauffman and Charles Newton many=
=20
teachers think it hits the nail on the head
Deal Breaker "Coben, Harlan"=20
Second Chances "Coben, Harlan" a wonderful job of writing twists and turns=20
into his books
The Sinister Pig "Hillerman, Tony" "As ususal, it's terrific."
Rocket Boys Homer Hickam wonderful memoir of growing up in coal country i=
n=20
West Virginia (October Sky)
Ambushed: A War Reporter's Life on the Line "Stewart, Ian" =20
Purity in Death "Robb, J.D." Nora Roberts writes these futuristic=20
police stories
Let Evening Come: Poems "Kenyon, Jane" "Not irreverant, just earthy"
In Good Faith "Smiley, Jane" "about a real estate agent/developer- his=20
life, loves, and mistakes during the 80's real estate boom"
Full House "Evanovich, Janet and Charlotte Hughes" humorous mystery/romance
Full Tilt Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes humorous mystery/romance
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia "Sasson,=20
Jean" =20
Eat Cake "Ray, Jeanne" =20
The Vanished Man: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel "Deaver, Jeffrey" another suspense=
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winner by the author of The Bone Collector
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love "Browne, Jill Connor" hysterical
No Certain Rest Jim Lehrer for the Civil War and suspense buffs
Miss Zukas and the Library Murders "Dereske, Jo" =20
Strawberry Shortcake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery "Fluke, Joanna"=20
"light humourous ""cookie shop"" mysteries"
Salem Falls "Picoult, Jodi"=20
Naked Prey "Sanford, John" another great mystery
Intent to Harm "Jacobs, Jonnie" courtroom stuff -- better than Grisham!
"In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden" "Cambor, Kathleen" "a wonderful=20
story of the events leading up to the Johnstown Flood which killed in about=20=
2,200=20
people."
Sense of Evil "Hooper, Kay" =20
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice "Kershaw,=20
Alex" "19 people from Bedford, VA who died at D-Day.=C2=A0=C2=A0"
The Secret Life of Bees "Kidd, Susan Monk" wonderful novel with a female=20
Huck Finn
A Girl Named Zippy "Kimmel, Haven" laugh-out-loud memoir of growing up in=20
small-town Indiana.=C2=A0
Prodigal Summer =E2=80=93 "Kingsolver, Barbara" =20
Lonesome Dove "McMurty, Larry" =20
The Devil in the White City "Larson, Eric" "non-fiction, intertwines the=20
stories of the 1892 (1893?) World's Fair in Chicago and the serial murderer=20=
H.H.=20
Holmes."
Seabiscuit: An American Legend "Hillenbrand, Laura" also look for the=20
film this summer;=C2=A0 Exciting!
"Cerulean Sins: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel" "Hamilton, Laurell=20
K." =20
Crow Lake "Lawson, Mary" =20
The Last Girls "Smith, Lee" =20
A Circle Of Quiet L'Engle Madeline =20
Angels "Keyes, Marianne " =20
One Hundred Years of Solitude "Marquez, Gabriel Garcia" =20
Life of Pi "Martel, Yann" Powerful and sometimes brutal read
The Second Time Around "Clark, Mary Higgins" =20
The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town "Pipher,=20
Mary" =20
Forgive the Moon "Stahl, Maryanne " =20
French Lessons "Mayle, Peter" =20
Child of My Heart "McDermott, Alice" =20
The Hours "Cunningham, Michael" =20
First Lady "Malone, Michael" =20
Handling Sin "Malone, Michael" =20
Time's Witness "Malone, Michael" =20
Uncivil Seasons "Malone, Michael" =20
First Lady "Malone, Michael" =20
Body Confident "Moran, Victoria" fitness/wellness
The House of the Scorpion "Farmer, Nancy"=20
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay "Milford, Nancy" =20
Flashback "Barr, Nevada" =20
Move to Suppress "O' Shaughnessy, Perri"=20
Unfit to Practice "O' Shaughnessy, Perri"=20
Writ of Execution "O' Shaughnessy, Perri" mysteries set on Martha's=20
Vineyard
Master and Commander "O'Brien, Patrick" =20
Ender's Game "Card, Orson Scott"=20
Ender's Shadow "Card, Orson Scott"=20
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance "Pirsig, Robert" =20
Shipping News "Proulx, E. Anne" =20
Blessings "Quindlan, Anna" =20
Cold Springs "Riordan, Rick" Good suspense and a very realistic story=20
line.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix "Rowling, JK" Comes out July=20
21!
"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related=20
Diseases, and Coping" "Sapolsky, Robert M." "It's very readable, witty,=
funny=20
health science"
Lucky: A Memoir "Sebold, Alice" true story of her rape and the aftermath=20
while she was in college
The Lovely Bones "Sebold, Alice" absolute must read!
All He Ever Wanted "Shreve, Anne" =20
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress "Sijie, Dai" coming-of-age=20
novel set agains the Cultural Revolution
Tears of the Giraffe "Smith, Alexander McCall" =20
The No. 1=C2=A0 Ladys' Detective Agency "Smith, Alexander McCall" =20
White Teeth "Smith, Zadie" =20
Rats Saw God "Thomas, Rob" YA
Big Cherry Holler "Trigiani, Adriana"=20
Big Stone Gap "Trigiani, Adriana"=20
Milk Glass Moon "Trigiani, Adriana"=20
A Thousand Country Roads "Waller, Robert James " epilogue to The Bridges=20
of Madison County=20
The Professor and the Madman "Winchester, Simon" the true story of the=20
Oxford English dictionary
Dirty Work: A Stone Barrington Novel "Woods, Stuart"=20
Clara Callan "Wright, Richard B." =20
Fast Food Nation "looks at the fast food phenomena, and not just in=20
terms of the lack nutrition"
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Terri Lent, Librarian
Patrick Henry High School
Ashland, VA 23005
tlent@aol.com
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