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SPOKANE IS READING
debut:
2002
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
Old farmers, a girl in trouble,
a broken family, and a devoted high school teacher
are featured in this narrative about how families
can be made between folks who are not necessarily
blood relatives.
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2003
Cold Mountain
by Charles Fraizer
A Confederate soldier faces marauders, bounty
hunters and witches, both helpful and malign as
he walks back to his home and to Ada, who is trying
to revive her father's derelict farm and learn
to survive in a world where the old certainties
have been swept away. |
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2004
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Aliens have attacked Earth twice and now the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses. Ender Wiggin the genius among geniuses, but is
he smart enough to save the planet? Equally popular with non-science
fiction readers as with science fiction fans. |
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2005
Girl In Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
Taking its title from a fictional Vermeer painting,
the reader follows the painting back in time,
visiting with each of its owners until readers
meet the artist himself and learn of the painting’s
beginnings. |
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