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The book thief by Markus Zusak c2005 
hb 552 pgs (TEEN Fiction)
White, Trudy, ill.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end.   by Atul Gawande  c2014.
hb 282 pgs

Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families of the terminally ill. (see Book Reviews at right!)
Wonder by RJ Palacio c2012.
hb 316 pgs (Junior Fiction)
Carpenter, Tad, ill.

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate c2012.
hb 305 pgs (Junior Fiction)
Castelao, Patricia, ill.

Newbery Medal, 2013.
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Peach & blue by Sarah Kilborne c1994.
hb unpgd (Children's Fiction)
Fancher, Lou & Johnson, Steve, ill.

A frog helps a peach see the world and the peach shows the frog sights he has never seen before.
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