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Eight seconds Eight seconds Jean Ferris,Jean Ferris Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay. OL11703898W
Wind on the River Wind on the River Laurie Lawlor In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, wher… OL145244W
Color Me Dark Color Me Dark Patricia McKissack An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. Her family, Love, characterizes her comfortable, secure world in Bradford Corners, TN. Until Uncle Pace is murdered by the KKK. The Author gradually e… OL14860530W
Forest Forest Janet Taylor Lisle Twelve-year-old Amber's invasion of an organized forest community of squirrels starts a war between humans and beasts, despite the protests of an unconventional and imaginative squirrel named Woodbin… OL15041W
No Arm in Left Field No Arm in Left Field Matt Christopher A poor throwing arm and prejudice from one white boy keep a black junior high student from completely enjoying his position on the baseball team. OL15108730W
Brains for lunch Brains for lunch K. A. Holt At a middle school where zombies, blood-sucking chupacabras, and humans never mingle, "lifer" Siobhan and Loeb, a zombie who likes to write haiku, share an attraction. Story written entirely in haiku. OL15488082W
A perfect snow A perfect snow Nora Martin Seventeen-year-old Ben must deal with a violent white-supremacy hate group in his small Montana town because his father and his friends are involved with it. OL15856363W
Identity theft Identity theft Carolyn Keene Amateur detective Nancy Drew is once again involved in a case of internet stalking and bullying that makes her confuse her real life with that of the online avatar she has created in an internet real… OL15881180W
Lucas Lucas Kevin Brooks On an isolated English island, fifteen-year-old Caitlin McCann makes the painful journey from adolescence to adulthood through her experiences with a mysterious boy, whose presence has an unsettling … OL16029256W
Dinosaur trouble Dinosaur trouble Dick King-Smith Nosy and Banty are friends, so it's a pity that their families are so rude about each other. But when the terrible Tyrannosaurus rex arrives, the dinosaur families join forces to help one another out… OL16278175W
Monster High Monster High Lisi Harrison Cleopatra de Nile - New pet snake - Has Deuce--the hottest guy in school--all warapped up - Herve Leger bandage dress, strappy gold platforms Cleo was the queen bee of the RADs, the normies, … OL16296133W
Freakling Freakling Lana Krumwiede After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psy, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the "dud farm," where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy using their hands but… OL16698749W
Gypsy girl Gypsy girl Rumer Godden After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town's intolerance and find herself a new home and family. OL1825334W
Witness Witness Karen Hesse A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltra… OL1847167W
The canning season The canning season Margaret Carlson When her friendship with Peggy begins to unravel because of racial prejudice, Peggie's sadness eases as she basks in the warmth of family love one day during the canning season. OL1857864W
When the circus came to town When the circus came to town Polly Horvath Although Ivy and her family welcome the Halibuts, and their son Alfred becomes her best friend, not all the townspeople are pleased to have circus people as neighbors, especially as other circus fami… OL1940327W
Mayfield Crossing Mayfield Crossing Vaunda Micheaux Nelson When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for … OL1945739W
People kill people People kill people Ellen Hopkins One tense week brings six people into close contact in a town wrought with political and personal tensions. Someone will fire. And someone will die. But who? OL19751513W
Girl of Kosovo Girl of Kosovo Alice Mead Although Zana, an eleven-year-old Albanian girl, experiences the turmoil and violence of the 1999 conflict in her native Kosovo, she remembers her father's admonition to not let her heart become fill… OL1997856W
A new friend A new friend Poppy Green Eight-year-old Sophie Mouse is excited to return to school after the long winter break, but there is a new student--a snake--and Sophie and the other animals are afraid to sit near him, much less ask… OL19995944W
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