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The Girl in the Picture: The Remarkable Story of Vietnam’s Most Famous Casualty

The Girl in the Picture: The Remarkable Story of Vietnam’s Most Famous Casualty
  • Author(s): Denise Chong
  • Location(s): Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 1970s

Kim Phuc was nine years old in 1972. Hers is the photo that shot around the world when she ran towards the photographer, severely burned by napalm. Denise Chong describes Kim’s experience and recovery in this astonishing biography and...

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

The Girl in the Spider’s Web
  • Author(s): David Lagercrantz
  • Location(s): Sweden
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Current

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son’s well-being, Balder wants...

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
  • Author(s): Mojha Kahf
  • Location(s): Syria, Indiana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Syrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her African-American friends, Hakim and Hanifa,...

The Girl in the Window

The Girl in the Window
  • Author(s): Jake Needham
  • Location(s): Singapore
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Singapore is a good house in a bad neighborhood. Three hundred million Muslims live in Indonesia and Malaysia completely surrounding the barely five million people living in the secular city-state. Islamic terrorism in Asia may not get much attention...

The Girl in White

The Girl in White
  • Author(s): John Nicholl
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller

Harry Gilmore has no idea of the terrible danger he faces when he meets a beautiful girl in a local student bar. Drugged and abducted, Harry wakes up in a secure wooden compound deep in the Welsh countryside, where...

The Girl King

The Girl King
  • Author(s): Meg Clothier
  • Location(s): Georgia (Asia)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1177

Georgia, 1177 For twenty years King Giorgi has defended the throne of his fragile kingdom against all comers. Now on the threshold of old age he faces a grave new threat: he has no son to succeed him. There...

THE GIRL MADE OF CLAY

THE GIRL MADE OF CLAY
  • Author(s): Nicole Meier
  • Location(s): Oregon
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An emotional exploration of the frayed bond between a father and daughter…and what it takes to mend it. After Sara’s father, famous sculptor Thomas “TR” Harlow, is badly injured in a fire, she’s suddenly forced to care for a...

The Girl of Glass

The Girl of Glass
  • Author(s): Holly Webb
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

An enchanting tale of magic, friendship and adventure for readers aged 9 and up – from bestselling author, Holly Webb. Mariana lives with her family on the Venetian island of Murano – famed for its artists who create masterpieces...

The Girl on the Mountain

The Girl on the Mountain
  • Author(s): Carol Ervin
  • Location(s): West Virginia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1899

Untrue things are said of May Rose Long, but it is true she’s too pretty for her own good. It’s 1899, and she’s on her own in a remote sawmill town where Company is king, men are rough, and...

The Girl Under the Olive Tree

The Girl Under the Olive Tree
  • Author(s): Leah Fleming
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2 and 21st Centruy

May 1941 and the island of Crete is invaded by paratroopers from the air. After a lengthy fight, thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers are forced to take to the hills or become escaping PoWs, sheltered by the Cretan...

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