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Bookshop Santa Cruz Owner Gives Them Away for World Book Night
Casey Protti normally sells books, but on Monday she was part of a nationwide program to encourage reading by giving away 30 great books.
They gave them away Monday on the beach, in the water, in jail, on the bus and in senior centers.
Books. Boxes of books.
Here were this year's freebies:
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie
Wintergirls Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Author: Maya Angelou
Friday Night Lights Author: H.G. Bissinger
Kindred Author: Octavia Butler
Ender's Game Author: Orson Scott Card
Little Bee Author: Chris Cleave
The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins
Blood Work Author: Michael Connelly
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Author: Junot Diaz
Because of Winn Dixie Author: Kate DiCamillo
Zeitoun Author: Dave Eggers
Peace Like a River Author: Leif Enger
A Reliable Wife Author: Robert Goolrick
Q is for Quarry Author: Sue Grafton
The Kite Runner Author: Khaled Hosseini
A Prayer for Owen Meany Author: John Irving
The Stand Author: Stephen King
The Poisonwood Bible Author: Barbara Kingsolver
The History of Love Author: Nicole Krauss
The Namesake Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
The Things They Carried Author: Tim O'Brien
Bel Canto Author: Ann Patchett
My Sister's Keeper Author: Jodi Picoult
Housekeeping Author: Marilynne Robinson
Lovely Bones Author: Alice Sebold
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Author: Rebecca Skloot
Just Kids Author: Patti Smith
The Glass Castle Author: Jeannette Walls
The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak
