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Title/Author
The Soloist, by
Steve Lopez
Publisher/Publicatio
n Date
Published by Putnam
Adult/ April 17th 2008
The Stop, by
Nick Saul and
Andrea Curtis
Published by Random
House Canada/ March
19th 2013
Memory of
Water, by
Emmi Itaranta
Published by Harper
Voyager/ June 10th
2014.
ISBN
Cost/Number
Brief Summary
of Pages
0399155066 $11.27/ 273
When Steve Lopez, a writer for L.A. Times
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first see Nathanial Ayers playing the violin
on Skid Row, he is immediately drawn. Later
he learns that Ayers was once a promising
student at Julliard, and lost his ability to
function due to a mental illness. Lopez sets
out to save Ayers from his rough life, but
along the way he realizes that his own life
has been changed as well.
0307360784 $13.02/ 320
This book is about the transformation of a
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food bank to a successful community food
center with a mission to revolutionize our
food system. It aims to help fight hunger and
poverty and argues that everyone deserves a
dignified and healthy place at the table.
0062326155 $12.69/ 266
pages