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Email
Affiliation
Merrowvista
canders67@aol.com
Merrowvista
Miniwanca
1969dodgecharger01@gmail.comMerrowvista
natebrady@comcast.net
Merrowvista
lee.braff@gmail.com
Miniwanca
katiebrowkaw@gmail.com
Miniwanca
sunshinebrown@hotmail.com
Volunteer
Referred by a friend
kvcoleman@me.com
Miniwanca
cooper9267@sbcglobal.net
Miniwanca
john.collins.craig@gmail.com
Merrowvista
gdarroch@ayf.com
Miniwanca
dmlc416@yahoo.com
Referred by a friend
ddietrich@ayf.com
St. Louis
sdulaney@kent.edu
Referred by a friend
Miniwanca/Merrowvista
saraheekern@yahoo.com
Miniwanca
rebflem@gmail.com
Miniwanca
tffoerster@gmail.com
Merrowvista
donajhf1@gmail.com
Merrowvista
Miniwanca
dgolden30@gmail.com
Merrowvista
crazysu@aol.com
Miniwanca
annieclimb@gmail.com
Miniwanca
greenpalmetto@yahoo.com
Miniwanca
mscsjenkins@gmail.com
Miniwanca
Miniwanca
jordanamy16@yahoo.com
Miniwanca
kathking@hotmail.com
Miniwanca
ihakta715@comcast.net
Merrowvista
mlacagnin@gmail.com
Miniwanca
Merrowvista
Years Attended
2012-present
Book Read
Wonder
The Sun Also Rises
staff, 1992-1995
The Sun Also Rises
2012-present
Hatchet
The Art of Racing in the Rain
1963, 1964, 1966
Hatchet
1992 - 2011
Grapes of Wrath
Life of Pi
The Book Thief
69-71; 73-94; 97-2005 Life of Pi
1978-81
The Fault in our Stars
97-00; 02; 06; 2010-12 Life of Pi
current staff
The Fault in our Stars
The Fault in our Stars
2011-present
The Fault in our Stars
Hatchet
1957-78; 1968-70
The Awakening
1984-1995
Wonder
mom attended in 1980s Hatchet
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Art of Racing in the Rain
1992-present
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2009-2011
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1972-86
The End of Your Life Book Club
1965-present
Wonder
Grapes of Wrath
2001-2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Awakening
1977-79
The End of Your Life Book Club
1984, 1989
The Art of Racing in the Rain
1990-97; 1999
Wonder
2005-present
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Grapes of Wrath
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I Recommend Reading
Candymakers, Wendy Mass
Hotel on the Corner, Bitter and Sweet
Eragon, Christopher Paolini
Pope Joan, Donna Woolfork Cross
The Fairy Godmother, Mercedes Lackey
Wolf Hall ; Hilary Mantel
5 People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Cat's Table ; Michael Ondaatje
The Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fforde
World Made by Hand ; James Howard Kunstler
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trad
I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak
The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo
Catching Fire; Suzanne Collins
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote
Same Kind of Different, Ron Hall/Denver Moore
The Circuit, Francisco Jimenez
Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
A Dog's Purpose, W. Bruce Cameron
In Our Time, Ernest Hemingway
The American Youth Foundation
Best Self Quest
A Novel Challenge Participants
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McIntosh
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Phillips
Powers
Reichard
Risto
Sanborn
Scheerbaum
Seymour
Sheats
Skarsten
Strawn
Henry
Molly
Kate
Jeanne
Sara
Megan
Mary
Betsy
Emily
Katie
Bejeray
Kelly
Kendall
Madeline
Janet
Chloé
Sharron
Marilyn
Dan
Bailey
Suzanne
Christine
Swartzentruber Sarah
Swier
Annie
Tessier
Phyllis
Thomas
Kathy
Tobin
Maura
Towner
Margaret
Turner
Holden
Venn
Laura
Waldo
Lydia
Young
Luke
Merrowvista
Miniwanca
katiereceipt@kateandjoe.com
Miniwanca
jlischer@centurytel.net
Miniwanca
sluehring4@gmail.com
Miniwanca
m.e.lumnah@gmail.com
Merrowvista
mbmacmillin@comcast.net
Merrowvista
elizabeth.maslen@hitchcock.org Merrowvista
emilymcintosh@gmail.com
Merrowvista
kmervart@gmail.com
Miniwanca
bmorrison@epicacademy.org
Miniwanca
mrs.kellypatterson@gmail.com Miniwanca
kendall.phillips@hope.edu
Miniwanca
Miniwanca
jshades@yahoo.com
1991-present
cristo@ayf.com
Miniwanca
sharronrae@gmail.com
Miniwanca
mscheermv@gmail.com
Merrowvista
dseymour@ayf.com
St. Louis
bsheats@ayf.com
Merrowvista
Merrowvista
christinestrawn@gmail.com
Merrowvista
sarahpetsch@yahoo.com
Miniwanca
annieswier@gmail.com
Miniwanca
Merrowvista
boysthreee@embarqmail.com Merrowvista
Miniwanca
margtet@comcast.net
Miniwanca
Merrowvista
walton7690@aol.com
Miniwanca
Merrowvista
Referred by a friend
Life of Pi
2010 - 2012
Book Thief
1984-1991; 2009-2012 The End of Your Life Book Club
1976-79, 1983-85
The Awakening
2006-2012
Wonder
2011-2012
Wonder
The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club
1996-2011
The Fault in our Stars
The Awakening
2000 - 2001
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1998-present
Life of Pi
2003-2012
Life of Pi
2011-2012
Wonder
The Awakening
1999-present
Life of Pi
1988-2001
The Book Thief
1954-1961; 2001-2004 The Book Thief
2012-present
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2011-present
Life of Pi
1987-1994; 2012
Life of Pi
The Art of Racing in the Rain
1992, NLC
Wonder
2009-present
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Life of Pi
1976-80, 1982-89
Wonder
2002 - 2013
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2011 - 2012 +
Life of Pi
2004 - 2010
The Awakening
2008-09, 2012
Grapes of Wrath
Wonder
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Clockwork Angel; Cassandra Clare
Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
The Devil in the White City, Eric Larson
Listening is an Act of Love, Dave Isay
Zeitoun, Dave Eggers
Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach
Jubilee, Margaret Walker Alexander
Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
Little Bee, Chris Cleave
Cutting for Stone; Abraham Verghese
Dune; Frank Herbert
Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
Animal Vegetable Miracle , Barbara Kingsolver
The Kitchen House, Kathleen Grissom
Wild, Cheryl Strayed
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
Wuthering Heights; Emily Bronte
Anything by Roald Dahl
Daring Greatly; Brene Brown
The Bible