A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
by Jill Twiss | 
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini | 
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck | 
A Prayer For Owen Meany
by John Irving | 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer | 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey | 
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah | 
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut | 
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein | 
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurty | 
Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult | 
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd | 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson |
The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel
by Khaled Hosseini | 
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut |
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
by Glendy Vanderah |
When We Believed in Mermaids
by Barbara O'Neal | 
The Guardians
by John Grisham | 
The Total Money Makeover
by Dave Ramsey |
When a strange and wild boy walks into her life, Tess is forced to confront a past she had long ago forgotten Fourteen-year-old Tess can'??t remember the first ten years of her life'??and if they were anything like her life now, she'??d prefer that they stay forgotten. Since her mother'??s death, she and her disabled stepfather have lived without a phone, electricity, or even much food on the table. At school, her classmates think she'??s weird, but she'??s bigger and stronger than all of them. And at least she has music to keep her company. When a mysterious stranger named Kamo shows up looking for his dad, he is convinced that Tess and her stepfather may have the answers he'??s been searching for. The more time she spends with Kamo, the more she realizes how much they have in common. Then she hears a song on the radio called '??Secret Star'?'??a song so mesmerizing that every time she hears it, Tess'??s past comes bubbling up, and she knows she won'??t be able to keep it hidden for much longer . . .