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The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival

by Sheryl Needle Cohn

Published: 2011-12-22

Hardcover: 108 pages

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The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival is a uniquely different Holocaust book. It reads like an intriguing novel, such as the title chapter which tells the story of an infant smuggled out of Germany in a suitcase and raised in the Dominican Republic. Each chapter tel...

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The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir

by Domingo Martinez

Published: 2012-07-03

Paperback: 456 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980's, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become "real" Americans...

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Boy Meets Boy

by David Levithan

Published: 2005-05-10

Paperback: 224 pages

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This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids le...

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The Boy Next Door: A Novel

by Irene Sabatini

Published: 2009-09-08

Hardcover: 416 pages

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In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, there is a tragedy in the house next door to Lindiwe Bishop--her neighbor has been burned alive. The victim's stepson, Ian McKenzie, is the prime suspect but is soon released. Lindiwe can't hide her fascination with this young, boisterous and mysterious white man, a...

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A Boy of Good Breeding: A Novel

by Miriam Toews

Published: 2006-03-28

Paperback: 248 pages

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From the acclaimed Giller Prize Finalist and Governor General's Award Winner comes her delightfully funny and charming second novel about life in Canada's smallest town.

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The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven

by Kevin Malarkey

Published: 2010-06-30

Kindle Edition: 0 pages

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In 2004, Kevin Malarkey and his six-year-old son, Alex, suffered an horrific car accident. The impact from the crash paralyzed Alex?and medically speaking, it was unlikely that he could survive. 'I think Alex has gone to be with Jesus,' a friend told the stricken dad. But two months later,...

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The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond This World

by Kevin Malarkey

Published: 2010-06-30

Hardcover: 224 pages

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In 2004, Kevin Malarkey and his six-year-old son, Alex, suffered an horrific car accident. The impact from the crash paralyzed Alex—and medically speaking, it was unlikely that he could survive. “I think Alex has gone to be with Jesus,” a friend told the stricken dad. But two months ...

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The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To (Vintage Contemporaries)

by DC Pierson

Published: 2010-01-26

Paperback: 226 pages

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A wildly original and hilarious debut novel about the typical high school experience: the homework, the awkwardness, and the mutant creatures from another galaxy. When Darren Bennett meets Eric Lederer, there's an instant connection. They share a love of drawing, the bottom rung on the cr...

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The Boy Who Fell to Earth

by Kathy Lette

Published: 2012-04-09

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Meet Merlin. He's Lucy's bright, beautiful son - who just happens to be autistic. Since Merlin's father left them in the lurch shortly after his diagnosis, Lucy has made Merlin the centre of her world. Struggling with the joys and tribulations of raising her eccentrically adorable yet challenging child,...

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba

Published: 2009

Paperback: 273 pages

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Amazon Best of the Month, September 2009: Discarded motor parts, PVC pipe, and an old bicycle wheel may be junk to most people, but in the inspired hands of William Kamkwamba, they are instruments of opportunity. Growing up amid famine and poverty in rural Malawi, wind was one of the few abundant resources...