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Send One Angel Down
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Virginia Frances Schwartz |
A young slave tries to hide the horrors of slavery from his younger cousin, a light-skinned slave who is the daughter of the plantation owner. |
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Melonhead
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Katy Kelly |
DANNY'S TALL AND skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy's not ev… |
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The killing breed
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Frank Leslie |
"Yakima Henry has been dealt more than his share of trouble -- even for a half-white, half-Indian in the West. Now he's running a small Arizona horse ranch with his longtime love, Faith, and thinks h… |
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Border crossing
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Jessica Lee Anderson |
Manz, a troubled fifteen-year-old, ruminates over his Mexican father's death, his mother's drinking, and his stillborn stepbrother until the voices he hears in his head take over and he cannot tell r… |
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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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Take me with you
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Carolyn Marsden |
Raised in an Italian orphanage in the years following World War II, a biracial girl named Susanna and her best friend Pina want to be adopted but fear being separated. |
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The Bridge
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David Remnick |
No story has been more central to America's history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book thatfully investigates the circumstances a… |
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Bad kitty
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Michele Jaffe |
Meet Jasmine,1 forensic supersleuth,2 aspiring Model Daughter,3 and friend to animals.4 One second she's trying to enjoy her Vegas Vacation,5 the next she's tangled up in an outrageous adventure and … |
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Miracle's Boys
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Jacqueline Woodson |
Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before his brother Charlie changed so much. But things have changed and all he can do n… |
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Racism and ethnic bias
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Linda Jacobs Altman |
Explores the issues of racism and stereotyping in modern American society, including religious or political beliefs, or sexual orientation. |
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Gator on the loose!
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Sue Stauffacher |
Chaos ensues when Keisha's father brings an escaped alligator home to Carter's Urban Rescue, but it gets out of the bathroom while Grandma is guarding it. |
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Tiger Woods
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Stewart, Mark |
A heavily illustrated biography of the young professional golfer whose winning ways have won the respect of the PGA and the hearts of millions. His extraordinary 1999 and 2000 seasons are chronicled,… |
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David's story
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Zoë Wicomb |
"Unfolding in 1991 South Africa, at the moment of Nelson Mandela's release, the novel explores the underground world of activists, spies, and saboteurs in the liberation movement - a world seldom rev… |
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Half and half
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Lensey Namioka |
At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy. |
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Black, white, other
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Joan Steinau Lester |
Twenty miles from Oakland, California, where fires have led to racial tension, multi-racial fifteen-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbe… |
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Brendan Buckley's sixth-grade experiment
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Sundee Tucker Frazier |
As biracial Brendan Buckley enters middle school, he deals with issues with his African American father, a new girl at school, and his changing friendship with his best friend. |
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Edge of Eternity
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Ken Follett,John Lee |
Conclusion of Follett's *Century Trilogy*, set during the Cold War. |
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The last rainmaker
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Sherry Garland |
Abandoned by her father, thirteen-year-old Caroline runs away to join Shawnee Sam's Wild West Extravaganza in the hope of learning more about her mother, a performer who died in childbirth and whose … |
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What we lost in the dark
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Jacquelyn Mitchard |
Despite her fatal allergy to sunlight, XP, and the risk to all she holds dear, Allie Kim is determined to see Garrett Tabor brought to justice and may get her chance when she and Rob uncover a horrib… |
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American ace
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Marilyn Nelson |
Sixteen-year-old Connor tries to help his severely depressed father, who learned upon his mother's death that Nonno was not his biological father, by doing research that reveals Dad's father was prob… |
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