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Water for elephants : a novel

By Gruen, Sara
When Jacob Jankowski - recently orphaned and suddenly adrift - jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters and misfits in the...
Book. English.
Published London : Hodder 2007
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Sworn to silence

By Castillo, Linda
Painters Mill, Ohio may be a sleepy, rural town with both Amish and English residents, but it's also the place where a series of murders shattered...
Book. English.
Published London : Macmillan 2009
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The Host

By Meyer, Stephenie
The Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, an invader, has...
Book. English.
Published London : Sphere 2008
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The Third Angel

By Hoffman, Alice
This haunting, poignant story travels effortlessly across three generations and through time. Unravelling the years from the present to the 1950s,...
Book. English.
Published Chatto & Windus 2008
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The Little Stranger

By Waters, Sarah
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two...
Book. English.
Published London : Virago 2010