Two Book Bundle: The Pact and God's in Alabama

Brand New. The Pact, By Jodi Picoult. For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty—they've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends, so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. So when midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There's a single unspent bullet in the gun—a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris has described. For 10 years Arlene has kept her promises, and God has kept His end of the bargain. Until now. When an old schoolmate from Possett turns up at Arlene's door in Chicago asking questions about Jim Beverly, former quarterback and god of Possett High, Arlene's break with her former hometown is forced to an end. Reluctantly, Arlene bows to the pressure, and she embarks on the long-avoided road trip back home. As Arlene digs through guilt and deception, her patched-together alibi begins to unravel, and she discovers how far she will go for love and a chance at redemption. Tags: books novel summer reading vacation bundle, books with movies, reading, relax, library, learning, educational adult fiction nonfiction mystery who done it murder