Fever 1793by Laurie Halse Anderson 252 pages, PaperbackPublisher: AladdinRelease Date: September 1, 2000My Rating: ★★★★☆ Book Summary It’s late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of fever. Down near the docks, many have taken ill, and the fatalities are mounting. Now they include Polly, the serving girl at

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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordonby Stephen King 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback Publisher: Pocket Books (on April 25, 2017)Release Date: April 6, 1999My Rating: ★★★★☆ Book Summary The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King—uniquely frightening suspense about a young girl lost in the woods as night falls, with only the voice of

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Was it the vivid or accurate descriptions? Did it put into words a feeling hard to define? Maybe it convincingly conjured a unique emotion or experience? “There’s something else about them, something that makes the hair rise up on the back of my neck, but I can’t put my finger on it.” – The Hunger

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