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It

By Stephen King ,

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The Power of One
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The Power of One

By Bryce Courtenay ,

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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
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Mornings on Horseback

By David McCullough ,

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The Basketball Diaries: The Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets
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The Basketball Diaries

By Jim Carroll ,

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The Going to Bed Book
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The Going to Bed Book

By Sandra Boynton ,

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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

By Laurie Lee ,

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The Disappearance of Childhood
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The Disappearance of Childhood

By Neil Postman ,

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Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South
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Separate Pasts

By Melton A. McLaurin ,

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Suffer the Children
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Suffer the Children

By John Saul ,

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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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Boy

By Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake (illustrator) ,

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Song for Sarah: A Mother's Journey Through Grief and Beyond
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Song for Sarah

By Paula D'Arcy ,

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My Father's Glory & My Mother's Castle: Marcel Pagnol's Memories of Childhood
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My Father's Glory & My Mother's Castle

By Marcel Pagnol , Rita Barisse (translator) ,

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A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep
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A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep

By Rumer Godden ,

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The Magic Kingdom
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The Magic Kingdom

By Stanley Elkin ,

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Monkeys
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Monkeys

By Susan Minot ,

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An American Childhood
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An American Childhood

By Annie Dillard ,

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This Boy's Life
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This Boy's Life

By Tobias Wolff ,

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