Beach Reads
Dive into our curated Beach Reads list, featuring captivating fiction and unforgettable stories perfect for summer. From Nicole Krauss's *History of Love* and Kevin Henkes's *Olive's Ocean* to adventurous picks like *The Lightning Thief*, discover your next great page-turner for sun-soaked days.
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History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
Sixty years after a book's publication, its author remembers his lost love and missing son, while a teenage girl named for one of the book's characters seeks her namesake, as well as a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness.
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Salt
by Mark Kurlansky
“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.” - New York Times Book Review An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Salt is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece.
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Seven Notebooks: Poems – An Utterly Unique American Lyric Chronicle in Diverse Forms on Language, Time, and Consciousness
by Campbell McGrath
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Olive's Ocean
by Kevin Henkes
Sometimes life can change in an instant Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren't. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie connections between the two girls, former classmates who both kept the same secret without knowing it. Now, even while on vacation at the ocean, Martha can't stop thinking about Olive. Things only get more complicated when Martha begins to like Jimmy Manning, a neighbor boy she used to despise. What is going on? Can life for Martha be the same ever again?
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Water Tales
by Alice Hoffman
When best friends Hailey and Claire come to the aid of a love-struck mermaid, the twelve year olds learn how to deal with their own losses.
