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1) Tom Jones
Author
Lexile measure
1360L
Language
English
Description
Follows the fortunes of Tom, a foundling brought up by the kindly squire Allworthy. Despite a good and generous heart, Tom's naive inability to resist a pretty face leads to his downfall and he is banished from the Squire's house. But when the girl he really loves, Sophia, runs away to escape from her arranged marriage to his rival, the despicable Blifil, Tom pursues her to London, embarking on a series of riotous and frequently amorous adventures...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"SEARCH HISTORY OSCILLATES BETWEEN A WILD CYBERDOG CHASE AND LUNCH-DATE MONOLOGUES AS EUGENE LIM DECONSTRUCTS GRIEVING AND STORYTELLING WITH UNCANNY JUXTAPOSITIONS AND SUBVERSIVE SATIRE. Frank Exit is dead-or is he? While eavesdropping on two women discussing a dog-sitting gig over lunch, a bereft friend comes to a shocking realization: Frank has been reincarnated as a dog! This epiphany launches a series of adventures-interlaced with digressions...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A wildly irreverent take on the coming-of-age story that turns a search for belonging into a riotous satire of identity politics. Her new private Australian girls' school's social hierarchy causes 15-year-old Ziggy Klein to join her grade's most radical feminists, and she soon sets off on a journey of self-discovery-from the Sydney drag scene to the underbelly of the Internet"--
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