June Reads

By Lisa -
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 6/12/2015
Good - Young Adult - 192 pages Audio 5 hr 9 min
Ponyboy Curtis is a "Greaser" who ends up caught in a deadly struggle with their rival gang, "The Socs".
I may teach this book for a class next year and I wanted to re-read it. I read it years ago as a teen.

Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready 6/21/2015
Good - Romance - 415 pages Print
Art curator Campbell Stratford accidentally travels back in time to meet 17th century artist Peter Lely. Rated MA for explicit sex.
Fluffy read. 

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