Lisa SeeIn nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match...

Ken Follett   As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in...

by Jacqueline Kehl(Adapted by), Max Allan Collins[Penguin Readers Level 6]Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, Saving Private Ryan is a World War II drama set...

Tea ObrehtIn the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives unfold. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life--her...

John BoyneIf you start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy named Bruno. (Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or...

Leon UrisLeon Uris’s beloved Irish classic, available in Avon mass market. From the acclaimed author who enthralled the world with Exodus, Battle Cry, QB VII, Topaz, and other beloved classics...

Nathan HillA hilarious and deeply touching debut novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life...

Mordecai RichlerMoses Berger is very young when he first hears the name that will obsess him and drive him on a quest across Canada and Europe. His life becomes consumed...

Liat Taiber Ben-David"A state is not handed to a people on a silver platter." -Haim Weizmann, first president of Israel, 1948. Four generations of strong, dedicated women live through one...

Chang-Rae Lee   A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee is a taut, suspenseful story about love, family, and community, and the secrets we all harbor. It is the story of...

Author: Philippa GregoryFrom the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool comes a stunning portrait of the first perilous years of Elizabeth I's reign.As a new queen,...

Melanie BenjaminA captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II--while playing hostess to the invading...