This story is a tale of self-confidence. The main chartacter Morris Bird III, embarks on a journey to supposedly meet his best friend. The real purpose is to prove to himself that he is not a wuss as he thinks before the journey. He may leave a wuss, but he returns a man.

This is the first of a three book series in which the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, along with her neice Lucy, are taunted by a demonical serial killer. This murederer has close ties with a good friend of Lucy, and has a plan to get the M.E.off his back by harming Lucy, who is an FBI agent.

This story is the ending to the three book series. The serial killer is finally killed in a very dramatic ending. He book ends in the darkness of NYC in old subway tunnels. Above on the streets is a parade. This might signify that good (the parade) is on top of bad( the murderer.)

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This is my very favorite mystery novel. A series of married women in their thirties with no children disappear. No evidence is left behind except a black rose and a note, left on the pillow. The note says: "gone, but not forgotten." In one house is the blood stains one of the wives, who oddly enough does have a child, which also disapeared. This case is declared unsoleved. Ten years later, it happens again across the country. The story ends with a surprise ending.

This is a storry with a large twist at the end. A man is killed on a train. The train gets stuck in a snow storm. Hercule Poirot, one of the passengers takes it upon himself to solve this case, he does so, with n answer to his surprise.

This classic story of two lovers torn apart, who end up sacraficing their lives for one another. The families of each of the lovers have a feud with one another. Only in the end when both of the lovers die do the families come together.

This book talks a lot about human nature. It talks of the desire to be evil. Will power alone is not enough to fight against it. At the beginning of the book, all the boys are English school children, but at the end they are all savages trying to kill the one and only person left who has not been sucked into the evil.

I this book, the main character Gene, matures and becomes more sophisticated as he goes through one of the toughest years of his life. The once smart, athletic and good character of Phineas breaks his leg in a stupid boyish stunt. Finny is never the same afterwards and Gene struggles for it.

This is a story about a Hasidic Jew who is in love with art. He goes through some uncomfortable situationns since pictures of people are unacceptable in Judaism because it goes against the 10 Commandments. His parents then move to Vienna, and he is stuck in a world to fend for himself, with the help of Jakob Kahn.

This story is about an Oreiental teenager who goes through high school with a lot of discrimination. She is called some pretty cruel names, and has a tough time with students, until she goes out with a football player.

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