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Banks, Russell
The Sweet Hereafter
With authenticity and affection, Banks recounts the fictional story of a school bus accident in a small town, and how the community deals with the resulting deaths of their children. (Stephanie, Ridgedale Library)
1991
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Berg, Elizabeth
Durable Goods
In the sweltering heat of a Southwestern summer, on a small army base in rural Texas, Katie waits impatiently for her life to change. Though battered by the recent death of her mother, her spirit remains miraculously stong. She is filled with longings: for a boy to fall in love with her the way Dickie Mac has fallen for her sister; for her father to stop hitting her; for her life to become less uncertain. (Book Cover) Sequel: Joy School.
2003
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Enger, Leif
Peace Like a River
Eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys, living in 1960s Minnesota, tells the story of his family's cross-country search for his outlaw older brother, who has been charged with murder.
2001
Appears on the following book lists:
 Alex Award - Fiction
Minnesota Authors
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Konecky, Edith
Allegra Maud Goldman
Allegra Maud Goldman, a feisty Jewish girl, grows from age 3 to 13 in her 1930's Brooklyn world. While her self-made father is not very loving, her mother is rarely home, and her older brother is absorbed in his piano playing, Allegra observes life in her uniquely funny and wise way. (Kim, Ridgedale Library)
2001
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McGhee, Alison
Shadow Baby
"Shadow Baby" is eleven-year-old Clara Winters' story. Clara, who lives with her no-frills mother Tara in the foothills of the Adirondacks, is obsessed by a need for family. She learns that she had a twin sister who died at birth; she knows she must have a father somewhere; she knows little bits and pieces about her mother's father, and that's all she has. In her search for information and attention, Clara meets an elderly immigrant who lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of her town. Their relationship, along with Clara's overactive fantasy life, finally brings her to learn the truth about her history.
2000
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Minnesota Book Awards
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Russo, Richard
Empire Falls
Empire Grill manager Miles Roby is an intelligent, mild-mannered, long-time resident of the past-its-prime Empire Falls. Led with the author's bittersweet humor, Miles tackles the memory of his mother (who wanted him to get out of Empire Falls); his everpresent, irresponsible father; his ex-wife and her new fiancee; and the oppressive owner of the Empire Grill and much of Empire Falls, Mrs. Whiting, with a relentless hold on the town. ...all while guiding his bright teenage daughter, Tick, toward adulthood. (Stephanie, Ridgedale Library)
2001
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Pulitzer Prizes
Family Relationships
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Sebold, Alice
Lucky
In this memoir, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was transformed when, at age 18, she was raped and beaten in a park near her college campus.
1999
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Extraordinary Reads for High Schoolers
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Treadway, Jessica
And Give You Peace
How do you survive when the desperate action of a loved one has shattered your family? In this compelling novel, a young woman, Anastasia Dolan, courageously examines her seemingly normal childhood to uncover the motivations behind an unspeakable tragedy. Jessica Treadway seamlessly portrays the complexity of human experience in the face of incomprehensible loss, revealing yet again why the New York Times Book Review has called her "a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth." [Book Cover]
2001
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Ursu, Anne
Spilling Clarence
After a fire at the local pharmaceutical factory, the panic-stricken townspeople of Clarence, Minnesota, fall under the spell of a strange and powerful drug that unlocks their memories. A bittersweet first novel, beautifully rendered with a light comic touch.
2002
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Minnesota Authors
Minnesota Book Awards
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