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The Circus Fire - Stewart O'Nan
It was a midsummer afternoon, halfway through a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus performance, when the big top caught fire. The tent had been waterproofed with a mixture ... -
The Children's Book - A. S. Byatt
From the renowned author of Possession, The Children’s Book_ is the _absorbing story of the close of what has been called the Edwardian summer: t... -
The Cardturner - Louis Sachar
From School Library JournalGrade 8 Up—Alton Richards is resigned to spending a slow summer on his own after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend and he finds himself with ... -
The American Plague - Molly Caldwell Crosby
From Publishers WeeklyIn a summer of panic and death in 1878, more than half the population of Memphis, Tenn., fled the raging yellow fever epidemic, which finally waned when coole... -
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *“Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life.”* So starts Mark Twain’s classic tale about a boy’s life in a ... -
The Accident Man - Tom Cain
From Publishers Weekly The pseudonymous Cain, a British journalist, has come up with a clever premise for his first novel. One summer night in 1997, Samuel Carver, an extremely cap... -
That Summer - Sarah Dessen
SUMMARY: For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She's nearly six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister&150the always perfect Ashley&150is pl... -
Swimming - Nicola Keegan
SUMMARY: "I lovedSwimming. It's the most original novel I've read all year. I can't get Pip's voice out of my mind. Give yourself a treat this summerread this book." Judy Blume A s... -
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
SUMMARY: In the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, five 12-year-old boys forge the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. An ancient, sinister evil lurks in t... -
Summer of Fire - Linda Jacobs
Product DescriptionIt is 1988, and Yellowstone Park is on fire. Among the thousands of summer warriors battling to save America’s crown jewel, is single mother Clare Chance. Having...