William Goldman
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Classics Young Adult

The Temple of Gold – William Goldman (1957)

A boy grows through love, loss, and friendship in a world that never stops breaking and rebuilding him - a quiet journey that lingers long after the last page.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Classics

Wakefield – Nathaniel Hawthorne (1835)

A man steps away from his life for a day and vanishes for twenty years, exploring the haunting cost of absence, anonymity, and the quiet unraveling of identity.