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  2. Glendon Swarthout - Wikipedia

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    Where the Boys Are (1960) was set on the Michigan State campus and was the first comic novel about the annual "spring break" invasion of the beaches of southern Florida by America's college students. MGM 's quick movie version, Where the Boys Are (1960), became the highest-grossing low-budget movie in the studio's history.

  3. Shilpi Somaya Gowda - Wikipedia

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    Gowda's second novel was published in 2015-16 around the world, and it too became a #1 international bestseller. The story features two childhood friends who grow up in the same village in India, but whose paths diverge when Anil goes to America to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor, while Leena moves to a neighboring village to have an ...

  4. All American Boys - Wikipedia

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    All American Boys, published in 2016 by Atheneum, is a young adult novel written by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. [1] The book tells the story of two teenage boys, Rashad Butler and Quinn Collins, as they handle racism and police brutality in their community. [ 2 ]

  5. Cut Like Wound - Wikipedia

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    The Hindustan Times, in their review, found the plotting of the novel "tight", and praised the portrayal of Inspector Gowda. [1] The Sunday Guardian wrote in their review: [ 5 ] The novel is a commentary on the lives of the sexually marginalised, on the blurring of gender expectations, and the emotional baggage carried by both men and women in ...

  6. Kanooru Heggadithi - Wikipedia

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    The novel by Kuvempu consisted of 700 pages and dealt with over 150 characters. It took Karnad eight months to reduce it to a feature film screenplay which concentrated on four main characters: Chandre Gowda, Seetha, Hoovayya, and Subbamma - Gowda's third wife. After the shooting began, the women of Megaravalli are returning to their native dress.

  7. There Are No Children Here - Wikipedia

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    The triplets, Timothy, Tammie, and Tiffanie, who are only four at the beginning of the book. LaShawn and Weasel (the oldest son) are not close with the other children (despite living with them), and are mentioned very little in the book. The triplets occupy most of Lafeyette's time, as he watches out for them when his mother does not.

  8. Red Cap (novel) - Wikipedia

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    'Red Cap' is a historical fiction book, first published by G. Clifton Wisler in 1991 by Lodestar Books. It was published again in 1994 by Puffin Books. The book takes placed during the American Civil War in 1862. Ransom J. Powell, a boy who lives in Frostburg, Maryland, decides to join the Union Army against his parents' will. He manages to ...

  9. America (novel) - Wikipedia

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    America is a young adult novel written by E. R. Frank.It tells the story of America, a biracial boy.. The author of the book, E.R. Frank, is herself a social worker.In an author's note at the end of the book, she says she has worked with many Americas over the years.