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Beyond the Ghetto Gates
by Michelle Cameron
Fiction: When Napoleon Bonaparte's French troops occupy the Italian port city of Ancona in 1796-1797, freeing the city's Jews from their repressive ghetto, it unleashes a whirlwind of progressivism and brutal backlash as two very different cultures collide. Mirelle, a young Jewish maiden, must choose between her duty--an arranged marriage to a wealthy Jewish merchant--and her love for a dashing French Catholic soldier. Meanwhile, Francesca, a devout Catholic, must decide if she will honor her marriage vows to an abusive and murderous husband when he enmeshes their family in the theft of a miracle portrait of the Madonna.
Recommended by Susan, Ewing Branch
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Young Adult Fiction: Young Francie Nolan, is armed with her idealism and determination, as she struggles to escape from the poverty of life in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.
Recommended by Mary, Hickory Corner Branch
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Broken Places & Outer Spaces : Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
by Nnedi Okorafor
Memoir: The science fiction author discusses how she used her hardships throughout life to fuel her creative work, touching upon such other artists as Frida Kahlo and Mary Shelley to explore how limitations have the potential to become one's greatest strengths.
Recommended by Kim, Hightstown Memorial Branch
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The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
by Candace Fleming
Young Adult Biography:The award-winning author of The Family Romanov shares insights into the more complicated aspects of celebrated aviator Charles Lindbergh’s life, from his Nazi sympathies and anti-Semitic beliefs to his support of controlled breeding and his advocacy of environmental causes.
Recommended by Christine, Hollowbrook Branch
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Fix Her Up : A Novel
by Tessa Bailey
Fiction: When his best friend's sister, Georgie, proposes a wild scheme-that they pretend to date to shock her family and help him land a new job, for major league baseball player Travis Ford agrees and soon finds himself wanting to make their fake relationship real.
Recommended by Dana, Hopewell Branch
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing : A Novel
by Hank Green
SciFi: The first to document the appearance of the Carls, giant robot-like statues popping up around the world, April May finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight that puts her relationships, identity and safety at risk.
Recommended by Donna, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
Young Adult Fiction: Five years after the shattering murder and suicide of two popular teens, a skeptical high school student reexamines the case before uncovering disturbing clues about what really happened. A first novel.
Recommended by Michelle, Robbinsville Branch
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The President is Missing : A Novel
by Bill Clinton
Fiction: A collaboration between the 42nd President and a #1 best-selling novelist traces the baffling disappearance of the leader of the free world, in a thriller that also explores the pressures, choices and threats facing the modern presidency.
Recommended by Loren, Twin Rivers Branch
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Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
Young Adult Fiction: In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
Recommended by Elena, West Windsor Branch
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Bingo Love
by Tee Franklin
Y Graphic Novel: Divided by time and society, two women who fell in love at a 1963 bingo hall are reunited by chance decades later and are given the chance to start again.
Recommended by Kim, Information Technology Department
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