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STAY ALIVE

by Matt Haig

A heartfelt and surprisingly lively memoir in which Matt Haig shares his experience with depression using honesty, humor, and warmth. With a positive, encouraging voice, it offers readers a hopeful reminder that even hard days can hold joy, connection, and reasons to keep going.

CLASSIC NOVELS

Z FOR ZACHARIAH

by Robert C. O'Brien

Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone and struggling to survive. The world she once knew is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. Then, one day, in the wake of this unimaginable disaster comes another survivor.

NOVELS

THE SHINING

by Stephen king

In the frozen silence of an isolated mountain hotel, a family finds itself trapped as ancient evil seeps through the halls and a father descends into madness.

SHORT NOVELS / NOVELLAS

WAITING FOR ANYA

by Michael Morpurgo

A reclusive widow’s farm has become a haven for a growing band of Jewish children hiding from the Nazis. Jo knows he must keep the secret, and help out any way he can. But when German soldiers move into town, the danger suddenly becomes much more real.

SHORT STORIES

3 DAYS, 9 MONTHS,

27 YEARS

by John Scalzi

A technician who sends people back in time for carefully measured trips is forced to step out from behind the controls and make a risky move of his own. A fast, smart sci-fi story packed with time-travel rules, high-stakes choices, and big questions about identity and consequence.

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ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

"Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'"

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

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Practice Using Articles
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English Idioms, Sayings & Slang

Reading Actvities and Test Preparation (PET)

Sherlock Holmes Collection: Novels and Short Stories

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