August 21: \;Into the Wild by Jon Krakaue r
\nChris McCandless had given $25\,000 in savings to charity\, aban doned his car and most of his possessions\, burned all the cash in his wal let\, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after\, he was dead.&n bsp\;Into the Wild \;is the mesmerizing\, heartbreaking tale of an eni gmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world&rsquo\;s attention. \;
\nSeptember 18:&n bsp\;Girl Wit h a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
\nTracy Chevalier tran sports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated painting s. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artis tic vision and sensual awakening. \;Girl with a Pearl Earring \;te lls the story of sixteen-year-old Griet\, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.
\nOctober 16: \;Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
\nSeven-year-old Wen and her fat hers are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet lake. One afternoon\, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard\, a stranger unexpectedly appe ars in the driveway. The stranger\, Leonard\, and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen\, "None of what's going to happe n is your fault." Thus \;begins an unbearably tense\, gripping tale of paranoia\, sacrifice\, apocalypse\, and survival that escalates to a shat tering conclusion.
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