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Do you want to read a CLASSIC novel?

Classic American Authors

Mark Twain

 What is it about?
Huck, in flight from his murderous father, and Jim, in flight from slavery, pilot their raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom.

Where do I find it? PB TWAIN

What is it about?
Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, two migrant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California.

Where do I find it? PB STEINBECK

John Steinbeck

Toni Morrison

What is it about?
Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives in post-Civil War Ohio, has borne the unthinkable and works hard at "beating back the past." She struggles to keep Beloved, an intruder, from gaining possession of her present while throwing off the legacy of her past.

Where do I find it? FIC MORRISON

 

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