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A Date You Can't Refuse by Harley Jane Kozak  A Date You Can't Refuse by Harley Jane Kozak
3 copies 

#4 in the Wollie Shelley Mystery Series
Amazon.com
Mystery Lover's Review
indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
6 copies

Discussion Questions
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
The Daybreakers by Louis L'Amour
13 copies

#6 in the Sackett Series
L'Amour's Biography
The Daybreakers (The Sackett Series) by Louis L'Amour
The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Town by Stew Magnuson The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Town by Stew Magnuson
4 copies

Amazon.com
Book Review from Indian Country Today
Nebraska Book Award Winner in 2009 for non fiction and Cover/Design/Illustration Honor
Indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
Death's Domain by Alex Matthews Death's Domain by Alex Matthews
10 copies


#6 in the Cassidy McCabe Mystery Series
Characters in the series

The book club kit was generously donated by the author.
Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee
(Tosca is a former Mrs. Nebraska-America) 
5 copies

American Christian Fiction Writers Second Place, Speculative Fiction 2008
Christy Award Finalist 2008
Interview with Tosca Lee
Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
13 copies

Chicago World's Fair of 1893
National Book Award Finalist for NF 2003
One Book One Lincoln selection 2006
Reading Group Guide
Devils in the Sugar Shop by Timothy Schaffert
3 copies

Excerpt from the book
MySpace Page for this book
What the Critics Say About Timothy Schaffert
Indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
Devils in the Sugar Shop by Timothy Schaffert
The Diary of an American Au Pair by Marjorie Leet Ford The Diary of an American Au Pair by Marjorie Leet Ford
12 copies

Information about Marjorie Leet Ford
Reading Group Guide
A Dirty Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha by David L. Bristow
2 copies

Amazon.com
 Information and Reviews from Google Books
What Critics Say about David L. Bristow
Indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
A Dirty Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha by David L. Bristow
Disobedience by Jane Hamilton Disobedience by Jane Hamilton
13 copies

Book Review
Reading Group Guide
WINNER - School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults
The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
3 copies

Discussion Questions
The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
21 copies / 1 book on cassette

Reading Group Guide
Synopsis and Reviews
Ya-Ya.com
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16 copies

Amazon.com
BKMT Reading Guide
Book Reviews
Discussion Questions
The Earthborn by Paul Collins The Earthborn by Paul Collins
5 copies

Information from Goodreads
Macmillan Review
Paul Collin's Wikipedia entry
Reading level: Young Adult
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
14 copies

Oprah's Book Club Information
Reading Group Guide
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
11 copies

Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
19 copies

Interview with the Author
Reading Guide Questions
Reading Guide with Discussion Questions
Time Magazine Article about the Author
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
11 copies / 1 book on cassette

Book Review
Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction, 2002
Reading Group Guide
 
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Enemy Women by Paulette Giles Enemy Women by Paulette Giles
10 copies

Discussion Questions
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte
12 copies

Amazon.com
Book Review from All Readers.com
Comments from Other Writers

Evan's Voice by Sallie Lowenstein
12 copies

Reading Level: Age 11-adult
Evan's Voice by Sallie Lowenstein
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
12 copies

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Eventide by Kent Haruf Eventide by Kent Haruf (a sequel to Plainsong)
2 copies

Discussion Questions

indicates a Nebraska author or setting
Everything I Know About Women I Learned From My Tractor by Roger Welsch
3 copies

Roger's webpage
Indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
Everything I Know About Women I Learned From My Tractor by Roger Welsch
Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline
11 copies

Author's website
#1in the Rosato and Associates Series
Lisa's Questions for Book Clubs (scroll down)
Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas after Reconstruction by Nell Irvin Painter
8 copies
Exodusters by Nell Irvin Painter
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
25 copies

Big Read Book Club Guide
Book Notes Summary
Omaha Reads 2004
Reading Group Guide

A gift from the Omaha Public Library
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Faith Under Fire by Steve Rabey Faith Under Fire: Stories of Hope and Courage From WWII by Steve Rabey
2 copies

Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
15 copies

Discussion Questions
Oprah Book Club Information
WINNER 1996 - Canadian Authors Association Literary Award
WINNER 1998 - Canadian Booksellers Association
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
A Family Trait by Terri L. Martin
12 copies
 
Reading level: Ages 9-12 
A Family Trait by Terri L. Martin 
 Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul by Tony Hendra Father Joe: the Man Who Saved My Soul
by Tony Hendra
13 copies

Amazon.com
NPR Author Interview
Reading Group Questions in each book
Fault Line by Janet Tashjian
12 copies


ALA Best book for Young Adults
Discussion Questions
New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Faultline by Janet Tashjian
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
10 copies

Movie Information from IMDB (2000)
Amazon.com
 
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris
10 copies

Amazon.com
Author Interview
Reading Guide Questions
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
10 copies

Amazon.com
Discussion Questions
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
8 copies

Book Reviews
Reading Group Guide
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Fools Crow by James Welch
10 copies

Discussion Questions
Fools Crow by James Welch
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
14 copies

Jonathan Franzen's Biography
Oprah's 2010 Book Club Selection
Reading Group Guide
Reading Questions
Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill
3 copies

#2 in the Chicago Land Vampire Series
Amazon.com
Lincoln Journal Star Article
Indicates a Nebraska author or setting
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
13 copies

#1 in The Friday Night Knitting Series
Discussion Questions at the end of the book
Reading Group Guide
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
10 copies

Book Review
Fried Green Tomato Recipe
Reading Group Guide
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Frindle by Andrew Clements Frindle by Andrew Clements
12 copies

Amazon.com
Book Summary
Discussion Guide and Summary

Reading level: Ages 9-12
From Tinkering to Torquing: A Beginner's Guide to Tractors and Tools by Roger Welsch
2 copies

Roger's webpage
Indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
From Tinkering to Torquing: A Beginner's Guide to Tractors and Tools by Roger Welsch
Giants in the Earth by O. E. Rolvaag Giants in the Earth by O. E. Rolvaag
8 copies

Discussion Questions
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
1 copy

#3 in the Millennium Trilogy
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
6 copies

#2 in the Millennium Trilogy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
11 copies

#1 in the Millennium Trilogy
Amazon.com
Discussion Questions
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
15 copies

Book Review
Catalogue of Johannes Vermeer's Paintings
Reading Group Guide
The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver by Lois Lowry
8 copies


Discussion Questions
Reading The Giver as an Adult

Reading level: Ages 12 and up
Giving Birth to My Parents
by Lorrie Caplan-Shern
9 copies

Giving Birth to My Parents by Lorrie Caplan-Shern
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
12 copies / 1 audio CD

Book Summary and Reviews
Conversation with Jeanette Walls
Jeannette Walls Answers Your Questions
Reading Group Guide
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
1 copy

Discussion Questions

Goodnight Nebraska by Tom McNeal
2 copies

Amazon.com
Reading Group Guide
Indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
Goodnight Nebraska
Gravestone Marker by Mary Vesta Nickerson  Gravestone Marker by Mary Vesta Nickerson
4 copies

Amazon.com
Review from Author House
indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting 
 Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
20 copies

Amazon.com
First (#1) in the Medical Thriller Series
Tess Gerritsen's website
T
Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
Great Expectations and  A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
10 copies

2010 Selection Oprah's Book Club
Reading Questions for A Tale of Two Cities
Reading Questions for Great Expectations
Great Expectations and a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Great Secret by L. Ron Hubbard The Great Secret by L. Ron Hubbard
10 copies / 1 audio cd

Editorial and Reader Reviews
Stories from the Golden Age
Wikipedia Entry for L. Ron Hubbard
indicates a Nebraska author and/or setting
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
32 copies

Discussion questions, puzzles, and background information
One Book for Nebraska Kids 2009
Reading level: Ages 9-12
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
14 copies

#16 in the The Amelia Peabody Series
Amazon.com
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
15 copies

Questions and Topics for Discussions in the back of each book
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

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