Girl in Pieces
After treatment ends early, seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis tries to rebuild in Tucson through work, drawing, and fragile friendships.
2,730-word summary · 12 min read
Tag: friendship
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Corduroy
A teddy bear missing a button searches a department store at night for a friend to take him home.
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A Separate Peace
Two roommates at a New England boarding school test friendship as war drafts close in.
2,065-word summary · 9 min read
The Other Hand
Nigerian Little Bee leaves detention after two years and reunites with Sarah O'Rourke, linked by a violent beach meeting in Nigeria.
2,385-word summary · 11 min read
Rules of Civility
In 1938 Manhattan, working girl Katey Kontent meets Tinker Grey and Eve Ross, and one bright year of jobs and parties remakes her life.
2,330-word summary · 10 min read
Christine
Misfit Arnie restores a wrecked 1958 Plymouth Fury that takes him over, forcing best friend Dennis and girlfriend Leigh to fight back.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Twelve-year-old Margaret navigates puberty in New Jersey while trying to choose a religion on her own.
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The Man Who Died Twice
The Thursday club chases missing diamonds as an old spy friend dies and professionals close in.
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Lonely Opal names a stray Winn-Dixie and finds ten friends, plus a way to ask her preacher father hard things.
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Truly Madly Guilty
A Sydney barbecue turns when two-year-old Ruby falls in a fountain. Three couples face guilt, marriage strain, and repair.
2,892-word summary · 13 min read
The Rose Code
Three Bletchley Park women reunite in 1947 to expose a wartime traitor in Quinn's codebreaking novel.
3,219-word summary · 14 min read
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Locke Lamora leads con artists in Camorr until a rival boss and a deadly coup force a fight for survival.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Fourteen-year-old Junior leaves his Spokane reservation school for an all-white farm town, drawing cartoons through grief, basketball, and divided loyalty.
3,224-word summary · 14 min read
Stargirl
Leo Borlock likes blending in until homeschooled Stargirl Caraway arrives at Mica High with a ukulele, a pet rat, and kindness that tests them both.
2,980-word summary · 13 min read
One Day in December
Laurie spots her dream man from a London bus, then meets him again as her best friend Sarah's new boyfriend.
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Maybe in Another Life
One midnight ride splits Hannah Martin's life in two, and Reid follows both versions to see what love and choice decide.
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Lilac Girls
Three women meet across World War II: a New York volunteer, a Polish courier turned prisoner, and a German camp doctor.
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If We Were Villains
Seven Shakespeare students at a cutthroat conservatory close ranks after a death by the lake, and one serves ten years for it.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Evelyn meets Ninny in a nursing home and hears the story of Idgie and Ruth and their Alabama cafe.
2,825-word summary · 13 min read
City of Girls
City of Girls retold: a Vassar dropout, a shabby theater, one scandal, and a love like no other.
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Wheelwright believes in God because of Owen Meany, the tiny friend whose foul ball killed his mother.
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A Little Princess
Rich Sara Crewe loses her father and fortune at boarding school, survives the attic on stories and kindness, and is rescued from next door.
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The Three Musketeers
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
2,569-word summary · 11 min read