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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Overall Rating: 10/10 The Help is about three strong female characters who come together for a common cause of highlighting the...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Assegai by Wilbur Smith
Overall Rating: 10/10 Set in Masai tribal territories in Africa just prior to WW1, ex-soldier turned professional big-game hunter Leon...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20232 min read
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Golden Lion by Wilbur Smith
Overall Rating: 7/10 Henry (Hal) Courtney saw his father executed in battle and spent his youth avenging this death. Now he is a man with...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Overall Rating: 8/10 It's WW2, at the height of the Nazi regime, and Lida has been taken from her native Ukraine to be an Ostarbeiter in...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Overall Rating: 2/10 Love, obsession, lavish parties, and death. It sounds like a romantic love story... Sadly, this story didn't live up...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Overall Rating: 5/10 "Yes, the Fuhrer decided that he would rule the world with words. 'I will never fire a gun,' he devised. 'I will not...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Overall Rating: 10/10 1930's Mississippi is not a safe place to be Black - a lesson that Cassie Logan and her brothers are just beginning...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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