Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York : Random House, c1969. 818.5409 ANG
Poet Maya Angelou's chronicle of her early life, focusing on her childhood in 1930s rural Arkansas, including her
rape at the age of five, her subsequent years of muteness, and the strength she gained from her grandmother and
Mrs. Bertha Flowers, a respected African-American woman in her town.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-. The Handmaid's Tale. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, c1985. FIC ATW
There has been a war and now the way we used to live is no more. This is the story of a woman who has to forget all
she knew, her family, her past, independence, even how to read in order to adapt to the new “society.”
Bauer, Marion Dane. On My Honor. New York : Clarion Books, c1986. FIC BAU
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to
go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their
disobedience.
Blume, Judy. Forever-- New York : Pocket, 1976, c1975. PB FIC BLU
Michael and Katherine, two high school seniors, are completely involved with each other until they are separated
for the summer.
Blume, Judy. Tiger Eyes. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-Clio, 1987. FIC BLU
Resettled in the "Bomb City" with her mother and brother, Davey Wexler recovers from the shock of her father's
death during a holdup of his 7-Eleven store in Atlantic City.
Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-. My Brother Sam Is Dead. New York : Scholastic, c1974. FIC COL
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while
the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Cormier, Robert. Fade. New York : Delacorte Press, c1988. FIC COR
Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible,
but this power soon leads to death and destruction.
Cormier, Robert. We All Fall Down : a Novel. New York : Delacorte Press, 1991. FIC COR
As The Avenger searches for the teenage boys who trashed a house in his neighborhood, Buddy, one of the trashers,
increases his drinking in order to cope with his parents' separation and his obsession with the daughter of the owner
of the vandalized house.
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. Laurel-Leaf ed. New York : Dell, 1986, c1974. FIC COR
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund
raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
Crutcher, Chris. Athletic Shorts : 6 Short Stories. New York, New York : Dell Publishing : c1989, 1991. SC CRU
Davis, Jenny. Sex Education : a Novel. New York : Orchard Books, c1988. FIC DAV
As a project for an unusually open class in sex education, Livvie and her boyfriend David learn to care for a
pregnant young neighbor, and as they become deeply involved with her and with each other, they learn about love
and caring and eventually about pain and courage.
Follett, Ken. Pillars of the Earth. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, c1989. FIC FOL
George, Jean Craighead, 1919-. Julie of the Wolves. London : Hamilton, 1973. FIC GEO
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the
North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Go Ask Alice. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., : Prentice-Hall, [1971]. FIC GO
Based on the diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user chronicling her struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
Greene, Bette, 1934-. Summer of My German Soldier. New York : Dial Books, c1973. FIC GRE
Sheltering an escaped German prisoner of war is the beginning of some shattering experiences for a twelve-year-old
Jewish girl in Arkansas.
Guest, Judith. Ordinary People. New York : Penguin Books, 1982.
After spending eight months in a mental institution following a suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Conrad returns
home and finds that he must rebuild his life. FIC GUE
Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders,. New York, : Viking Press, [1967].
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the
conflicting values of their adolescent society. FIC HIN
Hinton, S. E. That Was Then, This Is Now. [1st ed.]. New York, : Viking Press, [1971].
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls,
gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate. FIC HIN
Homes, A. M. Jack. 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
Fifteen-year-old Jack's confused feelings for his father, who left him and his mother four years earlier, are further
complicated when he finds that his father is gay. FIC HOM
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Brave New World : a Novel. New York : Harper & Row, c1946. FIC HUX
Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily
grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a
"Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone
is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing…
Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon. New York : Bantam Books, c1966, 1985 printing. FIC KEY
King, Stephen, 1947-. Carrie. New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 1975, c1974. PB FIC KIN
A shy high school girl with an over protective, deeply religious mother discovers she has telekinesis.
King, Stephen, 1947-. Cujo. New York : Viking Press, 1981.
Cujo, a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, becomes infected with rabies and kills four people in Maine. FIC KIN
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only
one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. FIC LOW
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. New York : Knopf, 1977.
Follows the life of Macon Dead, Jr., the son of the richest black family in a midwestern town, as he leaves home on
a quest for personal freedom. FIC MOR
Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2000, c1970.
An eleven-year-old African-American girl in Ohio, in the early 1940s, prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will
be beautiful. FIC MOR
Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1987.
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. FIC MOR
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Fallen Angels. New York : Scholastic Inc., c1988.
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and
spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. FIC MYE
Rodriguez, Luis J., 1954-. Always Running : La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. 1st ed. Willimantic, CT : East Haven, CT
: Curbstone Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by InBook, 1993. 364.1 ROD
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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year
student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 1st American ed. New York : A.A. Levine Books, 1998.
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while
attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches. FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999.
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and
dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths. FIC ROW
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 1st American ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2000.
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at
Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills,
friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger. FIC ROW
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. New York : Pocket Books, c1972. FIC TWA
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Bantam classic ed. New York : Bantam Books, 1981.
Huck, in flight from his murderous father, and Jim, in flight from slavery, pilot their raft down the Mississippi River
in search of freedom. FIC TWA
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five; : Or, the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance With Death. [New York] :
Delacorte Press, [1969]. FIC VON
Meet Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore.
In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life,
concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the
firebombing of Dresden.
Walker, Alice, 1944-. The Color Purple. New York : Washington Square Press : Pocket Books, 1983, c1982. FIC WAL
A feminist novel about an abused and uneducated black woman's struggle for empowerment, the novel was praised
for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Native Son. New York, : Harper & Row, [196-? c1940]. FIC WRI
Bigger Thomas is doomed, trapped in a downward spiral that will lead to arrest, prison, or death, driven by despair,
frustration, poverty, and incomprehension. As a young black man in the Chicago of the '30s, he has no way out of
the walls of poverty and racism that surround him, and after he murders a young white woman in a moment of
panic, these walls begin to close in.
Zindel, Paul. The Pigman. Toronto ; New York : Bantam, 1983. FIC ZIN
For sophomores John and Lorraine, the world feels meaningless; nothing is important. They certainly can never
please their parents, and school is a chore. To pass the time, they play pranks on unsuspecting people. It's during
one of these pranks that they meet the "Pigman"--a fat, balding old man with a zany smile plastered on his face.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1974. 892.7 MAT
The Holy Bible. Revised Standard Version. [n.p., : 19--].220.5 HOL
The Koran : an edition prepared for English readers. New York : Avenel Books, nd. 297.12 KOR
Aristophanes. The Clouds. New York, : New American Library, [c1962]. 882 ARI
Aristophanes. Five Comedies. Cleveland, : World Pub. Co., [1948]. The Knights.- Lysistrata. - The Clouds. - The Birds. The Frogs. 882 ARI
Baldwin, James, 1924-. Another Country. New York, : Dial Press, 1962. FIC BAL
Baldwin, James, 1924-. If Beale Street Could Talk. London, : Joseph, [1974]. FIC BAL
Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous Tombs. But his
girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realistic tale... a powerful indictment
of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time.
Benchley, Peter. Jaws. New York, New York : Bantam Books : c1974. FIC BEN
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-. Fahrenheit 451. New York : Ballantine Books, [1982].
A book burner in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely
pursues reading, until he is betrayed. FIC BRA
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1870. FIC CAR
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. The Canterbury Tales,. London, : Oxford University Press, [1968]. 821 CHA
Confucius. The Philosophy of Confucius. New York : Crescent, 197-.181.11 CON
Confucius. The Wisdom of Confucius. New York : Modern Library, c1938. 181.1 CON
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Moll Flanders. London : New York : Dent ; Dutton, 1966, c1930. FIC DEF
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe. New York : New American Library, c1961. FIC DEF
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. New York, Garden City, : Doubleday, [1938].
Study in Scarlet.--The Sign of Four.--Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.--Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.--The Return of
Sherlock Holmes.--The Hound of the Baskervilles.--The Valley of Fear.--His Last Bow.--The Case of Herlock
Holmes. SC DOY
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. An American Tragedy. New York, : World Pub. Co., [1971, c1948]. FIC DRE
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Adam Bede. New York : Charles Scribner's, c1917. 823.8 ELI
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Silas Marner. New York : New American Library, 1999,c1960. 823.8 ELI
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. As I Lay Dying. [New ed.]. New York : Random House, 1964, c1957.
Describes a family's struggle to get their mother properly buried, while they encounter catastrophes of flood and
fire, as well as the chaos of their own feelings. 813.52 FAU
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Mosquitoes. [New York, : Dell, 1965]. 813.52 FAU
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Novels, 1930-1935. New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the U.S. : Distributed to the trade
in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, c1985. As I Lay Dying -- Sanctuary -- Light in August -- Pylon. 813.52
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Novels, 1936-1940. New York, N.Y.: Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the
U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press, c1990. Absalom, Absalom! -- The Unvanquished -- If I Forget Thee,
Jerusalem [The Wild Palms] -- The Hamlet. 813.52 FAU
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Sanctuary. New York, : Random House, [1962, c1958]. 813.52 FAU
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Soldiers' Pay. London : Chatto & Windus, 1957. 813.52 FAU
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. The History of Tom Jones : a Foundling. Philadelphia : John C. Winston Company, c1948.
823.5 FIE
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. The Great Gatsby. New York, : Modern Library, [1934]. 813.52 FIT
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary. New York, : Random House, [1957]. 843.8 FLA
Set amid the stifling atmosphere of nineteenth-century bourgeois France, Madame Bovary is at once an unsparing
depiction of a woman's gradual corruption and a savagely ironic study of human stupidity.
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Two Famous Novels of Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary. -- The Temptation of Saint
Anthony. 843.8 FLA
Graves, Robert, 1895-. I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born B.C. 10, murdered and deified
A.D. 54. New York : Modern Library, c1934. FIC GRA
Griffin, John Howard, 1920-. Black Like Me. New York : New American Library, 1960, 1961. 301.451 GRI
Groundbreaking and controversial novel about his experiences as a white man who transforms himself with the aid
of medication and dye in order to experience firsthand the life of a black man living in the Deep South in the late
1950s is a mesmerizing tale of the ultimate sociological experiment.
Guthrie, A. B. (Alfred Bertram), 1901-. The Big Sky. Boston, : Houghton Mifflin, [c1947]. FIC GUT
With its living picture of the frontier, its stark and beautiful scenery and its extraordinary people, The Big Sky puts a
name to the Western legend. This first volume of Guthrie's six Big Sky novels lays the foundation for an
unforgettable journey.
Guthrie, A. B. (Alfred Bertram), 1901-. The Way West. New York, : W. Sloane Associates, [1949]. FIC GUT
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Tess of the d'Ubervilles, : a pure woman faithfully presented. New York : A. L. Burt
Company, 1921. 823.8 HAR
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. The Scarlet Letter. New York : New American Library, 1980, c1959.
In seventeenth century New England, Hester Prynne is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the
symbol of the sin she has committed. 813.3 HAW
Hemingway, Ernest, 1889-1961. The Sun Also Rises. Collier ed. New York : Macmillan, 1986, c1954.
Focuses on a "lost generation" of Americans who fought in France during World War I and who expatriated
themselves from America after the war. 813.52 HEM
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. A Farewell to Arms. New York, : Scribner, 1949. 813.52 HEM
The unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver during WWI on the Italian front and his passion for a
beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley,
caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description
of the German attack on Caporetto -- of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized -is one of the greatest moments in literary history.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York : Scribner's, 1968. 813.52 HEM
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. To Have and Have Not. New York, : Scribner, 1937. 813.52 HEM
Homer. The Iliad. New York : Bantam Books, 1960,c1958. 883 HOM
Homer. The Odyssey;. New York, : Modern Library, [1950]. 883 HOM
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Les Miserables. New York : Dodd, Mead, n.d.
Trying to forget his past and live an honest life, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a
motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris. 843.8 HUG
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Antic Hay and The Gioconda Smile. New York, : Harper & Row, [1964]. FIC HUX
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Eyeless in Gaza. New York, : Harper & Row, [1974, c1936]. FIC HUX
This semiautobiographical novel criticized the dearth of spiritual values in contemporary society. In nonchronological fashion, the novel covers more than 30 years in the lives of a group of upper-middle-class English
friends.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck. New York: Rinehart, [1948]. 839.82 IBS
Jones, James, 1921-1977. From Here to Eternity. London, : Fontana/Collins, [1959]. FIC JON
Written with contempt for the forces that waste human life, and out of compassion for men who find love and honor
and courage in the lower depths, where they are less apparent but sometimes more enduring.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Dubliners,. New York, : The Modern library, [c1926]. The Sisters.--An Encounter.--Araby.-Eveline.--After the Race.--Two Gallants.--The Boarding House.--A Little Cloud.--Counterparts.--Clay.--A Painful
Case.--Ivy Day in the Committee Room.--A Mother.--Grace.--The Dead. 823.912 JOY
Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses. [New York, : Random House, c1946]. 823.912 JOY
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Sons and Lovers,. New York, : M. Kennerley, 1913. FIC LAW
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Elmer Gantry. Cambridge, Mass. : R. Bentley, 1979, c1927. FIC LEW
Elmer Gantry starts out as a greedy, shallow, philandering Baptist minister, turns to evangelism, and eventually
becomes the leader of a large Methodist congregation. Throughout the novel Gantry encounters fellow religious
hypocrites, including Mrs. Evans Riddle, Judson Roberts, and Sharon Falconer, with whom he becomes
romantically involved. Although he is often exposed as a fraud, Gantry is never fully discredited.
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Kingsblood Royal. New York, : Random house, [1947]. FIC LEW
London, Jack, 1876-1916. The Call of the Wild. [c1963]. FIC LON
Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the
struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen
Alaskan Klondike.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. New York, : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1968? c1948]. FIC MAI
The story follows an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of
Anopopei.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes. New York: Collier Books. : c1962. 821
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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind,. New York, : The Macmillan company, 1937. FIC MIT
Moliere, 1622-1673. Tartuffe. New York, : Appleton-Century Crofts, [1958]. 842.42 MOL
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doctor Zhivago. New York : Pantheon Books, 1958. 891.73 PAS
Although the historic events in Russia from 1903 to 1943 form the chaotic background of the story, it's the human
drama as seen through the eyes of Yurii Zhivago that gives it meaning. As Yurii becomes a prisoner of the Partisans,
separated from his wife and family and then from his great love, Lara, his brooding intelligence finds courage and
dignity far beyond that of any political ideology.
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. All Quiet on the Western Front. Boston : Little, Brown, 1975, c1930. FIC REM
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. Pamela. London : New York : Dent ; Dutton, 1946. FIC RIC
As its heroine became an icon of feminine virtue, so she also became the subject of vicious parody. Within its
didactic account of a servant girl who resists her libidinous master, this brilliant epistolary novel creates high erotic
and moral tension.
Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses. London : Viking, 1988. FIC RUS
Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878. Black Beauty;. London, New York, : J. M. Dent; E. P. Dutton, [1950, reprinted 1957]. FIC SEW
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. The Merchant of Venice. New York, : American Scholar Publications, 1965. 822.331
MER
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,. [2d ed.]. Waltham, Mass., : Blaisdell Pub.
Co., [1967]. 822.331 HAM
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. The Tragedy of King Lear. New York : New American Library, c1963. 822.331 LEA
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822.3 SHA
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth Night. New York, : Bantam Books, [1964]. 822.331 TWE
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Complete Plays, : with prefaces. New York, : Dodd, Mead, 1962. 822 SHA
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Plays by George Bernard Shaw. New York : Signet Classic, [1960]. Mrs. Warren's Profession - Arms and the Man -- Candida -- Man and Superman. Contains four plays by nineteenth-century playwright
George Bernard Shaw, including "Mrs. Warren's Profession," "Arms and the Man," "Candida," and "Man and
Superman," all of which explore society's attitudes toward women. 822 SHA
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein. Bantam reissue ed. New York : Bantam Books, 1991.
Victor Frankenstein has discovered the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and has created a monster
being by using this terrible power. 823.7 SHE
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. The Jungle. New York, N.Y. : Signet Classic, c1960. FIC SIN
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing
factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's
extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. The Wayward Bus. New York : Bantam Books, [1957, c1947]. FIC STE
Steinsaltz, Adin. The Essential Talmud. New York : Basic Books, c1976. 296.1 STE
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The adventure of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, in a land inhabited by dwarfs, elves, goblins, dragons, and humans. He
sets off to recover a stolen treasure from a dragon hidden in the Lonely Mountain. FIC TOL
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide. New York, Random : [1951?]. 843.54 VOL
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