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Under the wolf, under the dog
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Adam Rapp |
Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide. |
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Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz |
As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of "gringo" racism, unpopular dress codes, th… |
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The life of glass
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Jillian Cantor |
Before he died, Melissa's father told her about stars. He told her that the brightest stars weren't always the most beautiful—that if people took the time to look at the smaller stars, if they looked… |
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You are so undead to me
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Stacey Jay |
Q: HOW MANY ZOMBIES DOES IT TAKE TO RUIN A SOCIAL LIFE?A: NOT MANY.Megan Berry is a Zombie Settler by birth, which means she's part-time shrink to a whole bunch of semi-dead people with killer issues… |
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The Battle of Jericho
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Sharon M. Draper |
When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the h… |
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That summer
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Tony Johnston |
A family, including a child who is dying, sews together a quilt of its memories and love. |
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The Everafter
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Amy Huntley |
Madison Stanton doesn't know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this-she is dead. And alone, in a vast, dark space. The only company she has is in the place are luminescent objects … |
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Rain is not my Indian name
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Cynthia Leitich Smith |
Tired of staying in seclusion since the death of her best friend, a fourteen-year-old Native American girl takes on a photographic assignment with her local newspaper to cover events at the Native Am… |
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A time to keep silent
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Gloria Whelan |
Thirteen-year-old Clair Lothrop's world is falling apart. Her mother has died, and her father spends his evenings shut in his study. In a desperate attempt to get her father's attention, Clair stops … |
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Losing Faith
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Denise Jaden |
In this lyrical, emotionally intense debut, a teenager encounters more questions than closure while mourning the death of her sister. |
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If I Stay
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Gayle Forman |
*Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.
I open my eyes wide now.
I sit up as much as I can.
And I listen.
Stay, he says.*
Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with … |
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Walk Two Moons
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Sharon Creech,Alberto Jiménez Rioja |
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mothe… |
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Toby
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Margaret Wild |
When Toby the dog gets old and sick and finally dies, the children who love him express their love in different ways. |
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Beyond reach
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Melody Carlson |
If You Thought You Needed Vision, Would You Ask God For It?Exhausted by her role in the dramatic rescue of Kayla Henderson, Samantha McGregor is ready for a vacation from her God-given visions. But w… |
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The Last Leaf
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O. Henry |
A sick artist with no will to live feels she will die when the last leaf falls from the tree by her window--yet for some reason the leaf hangs on. |
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Many stones
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Carolyn Coman |
After her sister Laura is murdered in South Africa, Berry and her estranged father travel there to participate in the dedication of a memorial in her name. |
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The mark
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Jen Nadol |
While in Kansas living with an aunt she never knew existed and taking a course in philosophy, sixteen-year-old Cass struggles to learn what, if anything, she should do with her ability to see people … |
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A crack in the line
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Michael Lawrence |
Sixteen-year-old Alaric discovers how to travel to an alternate reality, where his mother is alive and his place in the family is held by a girl named Naia. |
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First comes love
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Katie Kacvinsky |
Ten months after his twin sister dies, with his family falling apart, Gray Thomas meets an unusual girl at the community college who makes him think life is interesting again. |
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The Aurora County All-Stars
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Deborah Wiles |
For most boys in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern one hot summer is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be canceled due to their county's anniversary pageant, but after the … |
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