Chris Cleave
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English
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Award-winning author Chris Cleave's Little Bee spent nearly a year on the New York Times best-seller list. Gold introduces Zoe and Kate, speed cyclists set to participate in the London Olympics. They have been friends and rivals over the years, but as they approach their final competition together, the two will be forced to confront difficult truths about ambition, trust, and sacrifice.''[A] thrillingly written and emotionally rewarding novel ''-
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Set in London during the years of 1939-1942, when citizens had slim hope of survival, much less victory; and on the strategic island of Malta, which was daily devastated by the Axis barrage, Everyone Brave is Forgiven features little-known history and a perfect wartime love story inspired by the real-life love letters between Chris Cleave's grandparents. This dazzling novel dares us to understand that, against the great theater of world events, it...
3) Little Bee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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A haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.