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Journey to the river sea
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Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River. |
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Starclimber
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"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?"A smile soared across my face."As high as I possibly can."Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited a… |
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Midget
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Left under his older brother's care when his mother dies in childbirth, Midget, a physically challenged boy, is viciously abused by his brother throughout his first fifteen years, and Midget's only f… |
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Next to Mexico
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Outspoken, impulsive Lylice has skipped fifth grade, but she finds that getting along at Susan B. Anthony Middle School is more difficult than she expected, until she befriends another newcomer to th… |
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Two parties, one tux, and a very short film about the Grapes of wrath
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Steven Goldman,Steven Goldman |
Mitch, a shy and awkward high school junior, negotiates the difficult social situations he encounters, both with girls and with his best friend David, after David reveals to him that he is gay. |
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Alice on the outside
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Eighth-grader Alice has lots of questions about sex, relationships, prejudice, and change. |
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Simply Alice
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In her freshman year, fourteen-year-old Alice experiences changes and challenges with friends, family, and school activities, which leave her feeling better about herself than ever before. |
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Beautiful Americans
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Lucy Silag |
What happens in Paris...Secrets-PJ's deep blue eyes and angelic long blond hair conceal a truth that's anything but. Will her dark past stay where it belongs in the backwoods of Vermont, or haunt her… |
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Secret Saturdays
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Torrey Maldonado |
A poignant look into one fatherless twelve-year-oldÆs struggles with friendship and trust.Sean is JustinÆs best friend, at least Justin thought he was. But lately Sean has been acting differently. Se… |
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Of all the stupid things
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Alexandra Diaz |
Told from their differing viewpoints, high schoolers Tara, an athlete, Whitney Blaire, a beauty, and Pinkie, a mother hen, face problems in various relationships but the most devastating occurs when … |
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Keeping the Moon
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Sarah Dessen |
Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with he… |
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My life as a cowboy cowpie
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Bill Myers |
When Wally and his two best friends spend the summer at a dude ranch, he discovers that writing superhero stories will not help him deal with the cantankerous ranch owner, a deceitful camper, and a d… |
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P.S. I Really Like You (How I Survived Middle School)
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Nancy E. Krulik |
Jenny McAfee has been receiving secret notes. When she is trying to find who it is, her friends get into a fight. Will she find the prankster? And more importantly, will her friends join again? Find … |
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Slalom
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S. L. Rottman |
Seventeen-year-old Sandro, having always lived in poverty with his mother in a wealthy ski resort town, finds his life transformed when the father he has never met suddenly returns and wants to be pa… |
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Sweetblood
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Pete Hautman |
After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteen-year-old Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the "proto-vampires" she has met online and in person, and most of all with her … |
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Vidia meets her match
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Kiki Thorpe |
Vidia finds her status as the fastest fairy in Pixie Hollow jeopardized by the arrival of a fast-flying newcomer named Wisp. |
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Little Witch goes to camp
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Deborah Hautzig |
Little Witch goes to camp and is upset when she does not seem to fit in. |
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Sam I am
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Ilene Cooper |
Twelve-year-old Sam Goodman knows the holidays are going to be difficult when his dog knocks over the Hanukkah bush/Christmas tree. His Jewish father and Christian mother have never quite figured out… |
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Peaches
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Jodi Lynn Anderson |
Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach. |
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No Such Thing as the Real World
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K. L. Going,An Na,M. T. Anderson,Chris Lynch,Beth Kephart,An Na |
Graduation from high school?A senior thesis?A betrayal by someone you love?A loss of innocence?The death of a parent?Losing the family you always wished you had?Facing a harsh reality?What's the line… |
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