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Plain City Plain City Virginia Hamilton Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a "mixed" child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing… OL112099W
Secret Saturdays Secret Saturdays 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… OL13770074W
Minn and Jake's almost terrible summer Minn and Jake's almost terrible summer Janet S. Wong Ten-year-old Jake's summer starts off badly, goes downhill when his family visits Los Angeles, California, and his old friends are too busy for him, then gets even worse after he disagrees with Minn … OL15283797W
The Latte Rebellion The Latte Rebellion Sarah Jamila Stevenson When high school senior Asha Jamison is called a "towel head" at a pool party, she and her best friend Carey start a club to raise awareness of mixed-race students that soon sweeps the country, but t… OL15520769W
Kitty kitty Kitty kitty Michele Jaffe Jasmine had everything a girl could want.1So it wasn't her idea of SuperFun to move halfway around the world to Venice, Italy, leaving her fab pals and hot new boyfriend back in Los Angeles.2 But Ven… OL15837565W
Running on the cracks Running on the cracks Julia Donaldson,Andy Arnold Leo's running from her past. Finlay's running into trouble. Together, they stumble into a crazy new world of secrets, lies and Chinese food. OL15839613W
The encyclopedia of me The encyclopedia of me Karen Rivers Aaron-Martin,Tink. That's me, aged almost thirteen, the star of this encyclopedia. I wrote it in my spare time during the weirdest, most wonderful summer of my life. I had a lot of spare time due to … OL16471202W
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond Brenda Woods A biracial girl finally gets the chance to meet the African American side of her family. (From LOC data; provided by publisher.) OL17081817W
Drama queens in the house Drama queens in the house Julie Williams Graduating at age fifteen from her parents' theater school, academically gifted Jessie Jasper Lewis tries to thwart her unconventional family's demise when her father's boyfriend moves in. OL17871243W
Aleutian sparrow Aleutian sparrow Karen Hesse,Evon Zerbetz An Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese. OL1847151W
Pride Pride Ibi Aanu Zoboi "Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. Whe… OL19662884W
The way you make me feel The way you make me feel Maurene Goo Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not t… OL19740607W
Endangered Endangered L. R. Giles "When Lauren (Panda), a teen photoblogger, gets involved in a deadly game, she has to protect the classmates she despises"-- OL19998001W
Ten Ten Shamini Flint In 1986 Malaysia, as she worries about her parents' constant fighting, ardent soccer fan Maya, age eleven, trains herself and pulls together a team at her girls' school, despite soccer being a "boys'… OL20055889W
Escape to the Everglades Teacher's Activity Guide Escape to the Everglades Teacher's Activity Guide Edwina Raffa,Annelle Rigsby The authors of Escape to the Everglades have written a teacher’s manual filled with activities to help students learn more about Florida and the Seminole people. Activities include crossword puzzles,… OL21406173W
Half-breed Half-breed Pamela Dell During the 1898 gold rush in Canada's Yukon Territory, thirteen-year-old Ike helps the injured son of a miner and is rewarded with insults and accusations because he is part Inuit. OL3458166W
Tiger's trouble with Donut Head Tiger's trouble with Donut Head Pansie Hart Flood When seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte ends up in after-school detention with his arch-enemy Donna Overton, they both learn a lot. OL5705895W
Hiroshima Dreams Hiroshima Dreams Kelly Easton Lin can't explain the knowledge she has of the future, of what people will say or what will happen. It's a gift she shares with Obaasan, her grandmother, who has recently come from Japan to live with… OL5836234W
The house you pass on the way The house you pass on the way Jacqueline Woodson Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she took on a fiercer name. She's always been different--set apart by the tragic deaths of her grandparents in an anti-civil rights bomb… OL85371W
Gray baby Gray baby Scott Loring Sanders Clifton has grown up in rural Virginia with the memory of his African American father being beaten to death by policemen, causing his white mother to slip into alcoholism and depression, but after be… OL9518659W
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