Best Books for Young Adults

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Young Giacomo, servant to Leonardo da Vinci, seeks to understand his past while caring for and contending with the brilliant, cantankerous artist in fifteenth-century Milan.

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These original short stories feature a celebrated cast of young adult authors and invite readers to question whether the dead really do rest in peace.

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Tyler begins his senior year transformed on the outside, going from geeky video gamer to buff hottie, but he still struggles internally with problems at...

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Everything Jack thinks he knows about his world is wrong in this science fiction adventure set in the present day.

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Without a single word, Tan’s extraordinary images express the loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and wonder of the immigration experience.

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China’s Cultural Revolution drastically alters the lives of Ling and her family as political oppression and violence sweeps away their comfortable, middle-class existence.

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Battling an inscrutable villain in the frozen South Pole, Symone learns survival skills from her imaginary companion, the long-dead explorer Titus Oates. The 2008 Printz...

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In a time when women had little control over their lives, Addams became a powerful force for good by helping the poor and disadvantaged and...

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Themes of friendship and loyalty elevate this fairy-tale romance, in which sensible, loyal maid Dashti serves a harsh sentence alongside Lady Saren, who has refused...

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Harry fights to the death with Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters in the conclusion to this hugely popular series.

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When Clay receives a package of cassette tapes that explain his classmate’s suicide, he is forced to consider how his own actions, and those of...

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In the second volume of the Dreamhunter Duet, Laura searches for master dreams to reverse the effects of a government conspiracy, only to discover an...

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In search of the perfect gift for his mother, J. J., an Irish 15-year-old, must save the inhabitants of another world and solve an ancient...

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Bliss, a smart, athletic Texas teen, forges an identity apart from her beauty-pagent–obsessed mother by secretly joining a roller derby team.

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When it turns out her friend isn’t the Chosen One after all, 12-year-old Deeba steps in to save Un Lun Dun—a bizarre and fantastical alternate...

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The events and controversies of Malcolm X’s life, culminating in his assassination, are presented with unblinking realism in a bold, graphic-novel format.

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Most people know little about Plath’s biography apart from its tragic ending. Appropriately, this powerful portrait uses verse to shed light on the life of...

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Overseen by his seventh-grade English teacher, Holling Hoodhood spends Wednesday afternoons reading Shakespeare, hunting rats, and learning the consequences of the Vietnam War.

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Timely, explosive issues come to the fore when Mena Reece, shunned by her church’s fundamentalist Christians, finds a kindred spirit in her quirky, brilliant lab...

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Trapped in the unwelcoming world of foster care, Ted relies upon his strong connection with animals as he struggles to determine his life’s direction.

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Seemingly straightlaced Mike has never been in trouble—until police find four joints in his locker, forcing him to choose whether or not to betray a...

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Cornelia, illegitimate daughter of the great artist Rembrandt, strives to escape her life of poverty and low social status.

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New teacher Annie Sullivan struggles to unlock the mind of Helen Keller, a deaf and blind 6-year-old whose family is desperate to control her violent...

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Hinds’ graphic novel captures the passion and violence of the original Anglo-Saxon saga through masterful illustrations and a respectfully adapted text.

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When the dead of Chust begin to rise from their graves, Peter and his father, Tomas, must face a soulless enemy and a terrifying destiny.

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Seventeen-year-old Odella, an Icelandic Canadian, struggles to unlock the secrets behind her mother’s abandonment in this lyrical coming-of-age novel.

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In this collection of ten unsettling stories, a bogeyman, an angelic budgie, and souls in limbo are just some of the elements that will leave...

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Kate has only known a world where her church is the ultimate authority, but after her father's death she begins to question her allegiance.

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Coolbar, Ireland, is a village full of secrets, and Shell is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.

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Thom is keeping two very big secrets from his father—that he is a superhero in training, and that he is gay.

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On a quest to transform himself from a scrawny weakling into a kung-fu master, Polly drops out of Princeton and journeys to the legendary Shaolin...

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Stunned by his girlfriend’s pregnancy, Sam seeks direction from his (possibly) imagined conversations with skater idol Tony Hawk.

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Combining words and black-and-white pictures inspired by silent films, Selznick reveals the connections between a Parisian orphan and an elderly toymaker. The The 2008 Caldecott...

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The heroic Sigurd slays a dragon, descends into the underworld, and rules over a tenuous peace in a post-Apocalyptic Britain peopled with genetic mutants.

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When Stephanie inherits her uncle’s’ estate, she also inherits his best friend: a walking, talking, crime-fighting skeleton.

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Having lost all faith in the justice system, Meredith tries to save herself and others from her father, a child molester recently released from prison.

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Tessa, who has terminal cancer, creates a list of ten things she wants to do in the months she has left to live. This fierce...

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In this standalone sequel to Dairy Queen, female linebacker DJ struggles to balance school, romance, and family responsibilities as she starts her junior year.

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An investigative journalist contrasts the physical brutality of the Iraq War with homefront loved ones’ stress when an American platoon is trapped in a firefight.

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Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of home and family in wartorn Kabul, testing the limits of their strength and courage.

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Manga meets the bard! The classic, doomed love story gets a fresh look in this contemporary retelling set in Japan.

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Jaded, aloof James is tired of almost everything in his life. His perspective shifts when he attempts to connect with a co-worker and makes a...

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The move from a small village to a growing Malaysian town offers Mat a chance to experience a wider world filled with exaggerated yet totally...

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With humor and pathos, Shakespeare Shapiro chronicles the absurd events his senior year and his obsession with sex.

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In this offbeat, bawdy romance, Denis declares his love for a high school cheerleader in his valedictory speech—and lives with the consequences.

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From beauty shops and meat pies to war, drugs, and love between dying dogs, these fifteen interconnected stories explore life in Harlem with humor and...

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This well-rounded portrait skillfully examines the culture in which poet e. e. cummings lived as he developed his craft.

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Even after escaping from hell, adolescence is a wild ride for this demon! A 2008 Printz Honor book.

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Thirteen-year-old Louise is thrust into an ugly confrontation due to her mother’s activism against the 1960s integration of New Orleans schools.

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Princess Rosalind’s atrocity—a dragon’s claw where her finger should be—makes her beautiful to Lord Faul, the fierce dragon who enslaves her in exchange for her...

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When friends Demi and Sarah both attend theater camp, their bond is tested when Demi meets his dream man and Sarah discovers that she may...

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When Deanna’s dad catches her having sex with an older guy, the consequences are greater than she ever could have imagined.

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Logan, whose family has moved to a new neighborhood where he is bullied, won’t talk about a disturbing incident from his past until encouraged by...

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Carried by a mysterious horse, 14-year-old Robey Childs journeys to find his father in the grisly aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Through spare text and bold, powerful illustrations, Sis tells of his life in communist Czechoslovakia, especially his yearning for freedom, his attraction to Western pop...

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Annie gathers information for her mother’s séances by playing the village idiot. Then she meets Sammy, and now all she wants is to be a...

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This is a future world where teens are “unwound”—their body parts are harvested for use by others. Conor, Risa, and Lev will go to extreme...

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Panels that explode with martial arts power energize this graphic novel about Dixie, who almost lets her killer crush on a boy in her hapkido...

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Fanboy, a comic-book nerd and perennial target of the Jock Jerks, finally takes charge of his destiny (with a little help from Goth Girl).

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After falling down some steps, Naomi can’t remember the past four years of her life. Now she must discover who she really is.

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Thirteen-year-old Karina, a member of a large immigrant family from Haiti, deals with growing up in an abusive and dysfunctional home dominated by her horrifying...

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This sweeping thriller moves between World War II and the present day as 15-year-old Tamar uncovers her grandfather’s hidden past as a spy in the...

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Recounting his long struggle to emotionally connect with others, Tammet vividly describes his childhood and adolescence as an austistic savant.

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David’s interracial friendship with Malcolm is forbidden by David’s father, a small-town doctor who threatens to shoot any black person who comes into their house.

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His name is Peak and his destination is Everest. But is this avid climber ready to fulfill his father’s dream?

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Recently released murderer JJ, a British teen whose childhood crime stirred a media frenzy, fears that her past will be discovered despite her new identity.

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Josh’s middle school teacher taught him more than history. Five years later, her release from jail forces him to confront the past in this frank...

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A former child soldier in Sierra Leone recalls the heart-wrenching experiences that transformed him from an innocent 12-year-old into a cold-blooded killer. A 2008 Alex...

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Sarcastic Jes and her blended family are back, and their lives are shaken up again when her mother announces that she is pregnant. This follow-up...

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Fear has ruled the life of 16-year-old Sophie until dehydrated, speechless Pablo, a 6-year-old survivor of an illegal border crossing, is brought to her home.

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Junior leaves the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school, where the only other Native American is the school mascot. Is he choosing...

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In the midst of guerrilla warfare, 14-year-old Matilda attends school to hear Mr. Watts, the only white inhabitant on her Pacific island, read from Dickens’...

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Alex’s drunken joyride in his mother’s car lands him with 100 hours of community service mentoring a cantakerous elderly man.

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Prim, proper Katy relaxes into a new identity when she is forced to live in L.A. with her father, a punk rocker and recovering addict.

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As her obsessive-compulsive disorder spirals out of control, Claudine finds herself buried under home and school duties after her alcoholic mother appears to have abandoned...

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Poems about boys growing up poor and black vividly show the constant threats of ghetto life, as well as the positive relationships that help sustain...

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Three young men struggle to survive the aftermath of war. The senseless violence of their underground crime ring comes through powerfully in this graphic novel’s...

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Fourteen-year-old Clara spends the summer in a tiny Mexican village with grandparents she has never met, discovering a sense of belonging previously unknown to her.

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Just as a cop’s bullet stops his wild shooting spree, Zits, an orphan who is half Native American, finds himself transported through space and time...

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Moon, having lived in isolation in Alabama’s deep woods until his father’s death, sets out for Alaska and discovers how little he knows about the...

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Cultures collide when teen drag queen Billy moves from the northeast to a staid Florida community, where he is determined to disrupt the status quo.

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Lily, the sensible one in her quirky Australian family, longs to fit in with her classmates even while belittling their shallow interests. Then grandpa goes...

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Jena combats dark forces to protect all she holds dear, including her beloved Other Kingdom, in this magical steeped in fairy-tale lore.

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Amazing photographs and essays by scientists introduce the strange, beautiful, and sometimes terrifying deep-sea creatures that live in the largest, most mysterious ecosystem on the...

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As 20-year-old Gabriel lies dying, he remembers his miserable childhood and the influence of his mysterious companion, Finnigan.

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Most Polish guys go out for wrestling, but basketball is in Ray’s blood. He knows his game, but can he make the squad?

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After stealing a powerful device, street thieves Rail and Moa flee their city’s ruthless leaders with the help of a strange creature.

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Cole and his psychic brother Ruben journey to the ghostly moors of Dartmoor to discover the truth behind their sister's brutal murder.

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College-bound basketball star Damien, whose story is told in spoken word rhythms, defies the expectations of his family and friends when he falls hard for...

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This concise graphic novel re-creation of the government’s official report conveys the horror of 9/11 and looks at how it happened.

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Against the backdrop of anti-apartheid riots, a family of wanderers brings tragedy to a South African teen in this shattering story about lost innocence.

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After murdering a popular athlete and possessing his body, a shape-shifting killer becomes embroiled in his victim's troubled life.

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In this startling, frank novel in free verse, a 13-year-old Nepalese girl is sold into prostitution by her stepfather after a monsoon leaves her family...

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From a tale about a horny ant to one about a time travel internship, these ten mind-stretching stories are as bizarre as they are touching.

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To save home and family, 17-year-old Ree sets out on a perilous search for her missing father in their isolated and dangerous Ozark mountain community.

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When their father is detained by U.S. Immigration, Nadira and Aisha must maintain an illusion of normality while they fight for his release.

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Mina lies about grades to fulfill the expectations of her Korean mother. She lies about boys and sex. Eventually, she lies so much she has...

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Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, was also the first person to win it twice. This biography explores Curie’s achievements in...

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Meth-damaged Iggy Corso faces many obstacles, including his expulsion from school, but he still yearns to make a difference.

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Deogratias, a Hutu boy, desperately clings to his humanity and his love for Benina, a Tutsi girl, in this unsettling graphic novel depicting the Rwandan...

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In early twentieth century Iran, a headstrong girl convinces her father that she will marry the suitor who can guess the riddle woven into her...

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Ruby and Rose, conjoined twins, each reveal the secrets, struggles, and dreams of their remarkable lives.

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Though Lewis and Zwerg were of different races, their lives became entwined as their activism helped end segregation.

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When Nick asks a total stranger in a New York punk club to be his girlfriend for five minutes, a chaotic night of music and...

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In her journal, 16-year-old Miranda records the catastrophes that occur after a meteor strikes the moon and alters its course, causing tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and...

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Seamlessly incorporating the scientific process, this pictorial exploration of the human-animal bond blends myth and history while raising provocative questions.

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After the nineteenth girl named Katherine breaks his heart, Colin and his friend Hassan hit the road. Can a mathematical formula help a former child...

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In seventeenth century London, women don’t write—except for Meg, who disobeys her father to pen the story of a young merchant kidnapped by pirates and...

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In the Alaskan wilderness, Grandfather Albert attempts to escape one of his own steel-jawed traps; back in their village, Johnny worries about his grandfather's safety...

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In 1918, 16-year-old Hattie Brooks runs a 400-acre Montana farm, faces threats from wolves, and fights prejudice and loneliness.

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On a 40-day odyssey through the Sahara on a camel caravan to the salt mines, an American journalist experiences the amazing resolve and fascinating traditions...

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An orphan, sent to become a lamplighter in distant High Vesting, encounters fantastical creatures as he aids a beautiful monster slayer.

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Raised in the slums, trained to the lawkeeping force, and armed with the ability to hear the voices of the dead, Beka Cooper is determined...

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Dashing Robert E. Lee was Lincoln's choice to lead the Union, but Lee's devotion to Virginia changed the course of U.S. history. This fascinating biography...

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Secrets are dangerous during the Spanish Inquisition—especially if you are secretly Jewish.

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High school football star Hampton Green believes that his buddy Blaine started him toward a better future, but how far should he go out of...

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Eugenides must convince his new queen, his court, and his subjects of his ability to rule, despite his disreputable past as a liar and a...

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Mat’s Malaysian village comes alive in this graphic novel, showing a picture of life in a 1950s Muslim kampung. Western influences, however, threaten his familiar...

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This beautifully illustrated collection of linked poems explores the life of Juan, a brutally treated slave who nonetheless sees the world in unique and lyrical...

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Being nice, never complaining, and avoiding conflict no longer work for Annabel Green. Can she listen to her own voice and speak up?

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While creating outrageous album covers and trying to name his band, 14-year-old Tom grapples with his father’s death.

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Suspenseful and packed with little-known facts, this exploration of the Apollo 11 mission captures the dedication of the people behind the scenes.

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Based on the experiences of the author's adopted daughter, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, this story provides a heart-wrenching perspective on the horrors of...

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Pairs of authors respond to nine original drawings with strikingly divergent short stories.

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When Matthew and his younger sisters witness a man confronting an abusive parent, they think they may have found a hero who will save them...

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While researching a newspaper article about a mysterious 1929 event, 14-year-old David uncovers secrets surrounding the deaths of three bootleggers on the rum-running vessel The...

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A spellbinding biography of the amazing Harry Houdini written by a fellow magician.

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In this hilarious graphic novel, a teen spaceship mechanic learns to adjust to his crotchety new boss—who happens to be a gorilla.

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Waily, waily, waily! In this Discworld novel, witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally attracts the attention of the Wintersmith, imperiling her family and requiring the expertise of...

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Mexican teen Miguel crosses la línea to join his parents in the United States, but the journey is full of danger and hardship.

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After blowing a hole in his head with a gun and suffering severe brain damage, Jersey Hatch sets out to discover why he did it.

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Combining three different stories, one drawn from Chinese mythology, this graphic novel explores racism and self-hatred as a young boy struggles to come to terms...

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In this fantasy caper, professional thief Locke Lamora has long preyed on the nobles of Camorr; now, someone unexpected is preying on him.

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In this true story, a couple goes to extraordinary lengths to escape slavery, eventually helping others by sharing their experiences.

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Teens from different worlds and times populate these 16 short stories, which are as wildly inventive as they are relevant.

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Murray enjoys listening to the voices of the dead—until a missing cheerleader begs him to help solve the mystery of her death.

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Jean has lived her life as the poster child for cerebral palsy until she meets Sara at a summer camp for teens with disabilities, where...

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Suicidal Craig, overwhelmed by academic pressures, ends up in the adult psych ward, where he encounters a hilarious cast of characters while moving toward recovery.

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Death colors (and narrates) Liesel Meminger's attempt to survive Hitler in a small German town. Orphaned and devastated, Liesel finds salvation through stolen books.

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Beneath the streets of New York, menacing gangsters, killer princesses, and Girl Scouts gone bad embark upon a wild adventure.

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Through photos and eyewitness acoounts, Freedman draws readers close to the dramatic 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the ordinary people who participated.

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Mitra sells her brother's ability to dream the future, leading them to Melchior, one of the three magi, as he seeks the birth of the...

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Encouraged by her supportive adoptive family, Simone reaches out to her birth mother and finds unexpected blessings—including a new appreciation for her Jewish heritage.

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Jane, the smartest girl at St. Teresa’s Preparatory School for Girls, has a fight on her hands when a cupcake-eating demon buys the soul of...

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There are no easy answers for his family, or their African American community, after Clay witnesses the shooting of his cousin by a police officer.

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In a novel steeped in religious symbolism, strange new kid Stephen convinces Davie to create a giant golem who will obey his command to kill...

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In this darkly humorous novel, Jason’s stammering terrorizes him, making silence preferable to humiliation.

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Through family stories, life experiences, and the words of some celebrity friends, actor Hill Harper provides guidance to young men facing difficult decisions.

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In tightly structured, braided poems, two sisters tell of their difficult separation when one leaves Scotland for a better life in Canada in the mid-1800s.

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After David rescues his baby brother from a near-tragic occurrence, the 15-year-old struggles to reinvent himself and change his destiny.

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He was raised as an experiment and considered a piece of property. Now that revolution has come to America, will Octavian find freedom?

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In a world where dreams can be harvested, 16-year-old Laura uses her dream-catching ability to expose intrigue and government corruption.

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After his sister starves herself to death, 14-year-old Donnie reflects upon her illness and its devastating effects on the family.

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When murderer Angel Allegria kills young Paolo's parents, the killer and the orphan embark together on a journey of rebirth and redemption.

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Running her family’s dairy farm and fulfilling others’ expectations makes D.J. feel like a cow, until she finds herself training the rival school’s quarterback.

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Oral histories and archival photographs enrich the story of King Cotton, deepening readers’ understanding of the place of an iconic crop in American history.

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Loving your mother is a blessing; loving her so much you feel the need to perform taxidermy on her is a curse.

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During World War I, Sasha poses as a nurse and travels to France to save her brother from the fate she has foreseen for him.

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In 1890 Tokyo, 16-year-old Toyo uses traditional bushido training to improve his baseball game and comes to understand the place of Samurai values in Japanese...

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Fourteen-year-old Izzy's life changes when she is diagnosed with lymphoma.

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Liz’s grieving mother joins a spiritualist church despite objections from her atheist father. With the help of her friend Nathan, Liz, who feels trapped in...

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Homeless teen Tyrell resists the pressures of the streets to keep his family together and maintain a relationship with "good girl" Novisha.

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While off-roading, three self-described tough guys get stuck midstream in this hilarious graphic novel.

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This heart-rending but ultimately hopeful look at a Texas program for violent teen offenders offers an unblinking view of the juvenile justice system.

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In this taut, psychologically rich thriller, Cass McBride and her tormentor, who has buried her alive, form a unique and surprising bond.

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Against the backdrop of a sultry Sri Lankan summer, 14-year-old Amrith makes discoveries about both his family's past and his own sexuality when his Canadian...

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A lively examination of the beneficial and necessary microbes in our systems, tracing a lunch of a cheese sandwich and a chocolate bar from beginning...

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17-year-old Doug's teachers and parents think he is highly disturbed, and the kids at school find him creepy. Only his best friend Andy understands him...

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After the sudden death of her mother, Athelflaed of Mercia, sixteen-year-old Aelfwyn disguises herself as a bard to escape marriage to an older man who...

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A non-fiction account of French immigrant and Israeli citizen Valerie Zenatti who enters into adulthood via compulsory army duty. Her life changes forever.

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Steven has noticed that his new health teacher, Mr. Bowman, is extremely handsome, but he still tries to convince himself that he's not gay in...

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Six teenagers discover that their parents are super-villains, and after deciding to turn them in, fight for both their own survival and an end to...

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Mann, still mourning the senseless shooting of his younger brother, is left in the wilderness by his father in order to become a 'man.'

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Sticky, 17, foster care victim and talented white basketball player overcomes his tough upbringing with the support of his girlfriend and the older hoopsters at...

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This scrapbook-format biography of Eleanor Roosevelt covers her childhood, marriage, motherhood, and years as First Lady highlighting her accomplishments as an astute politician, writer, social...

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The fates of Nell the healer's daughter and merrybegot and the minister's daughters, Grace and Patience, are intertwined when Grace accuses Nell and her grandmother...

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Libby is a typical 14 year old. She says "down" when her stepfather says "up." If he suggests something, she is going to fight against...

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While working on a demolition crew after the war, Toni V finds the diary of Pelly D buried in an empty water can. The...

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After being sold in the largest slave auction in American history, Emma and Joe agonize whether to try to escape or remain chattel in this...

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College freshman Cal comes to NY, spends a night with a beautiful girl-- and becomes a carrier. Now everyone he kisses develops a craving for...

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Dead bodies, a sarcastic performance artist, an English country manor, bored Russians, Richard III, scheming writers and artificial buttocks are just a few things found...

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Criss Cross is a radio show that Debbie and Hector and others listen to in the car. It also serves as a central metaphor for...

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Using a question and answer formation, the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are examined.

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FLUSH, the story of what happens after Paine Underwood pulls the plug on the Coral Queen, gets arrested for this act, and how this spurs...

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Ruba, a teenager in Pass Christian, Mississippi, struggles to deal with civil rights and Hurricane Camille using the voodoo skills her Haitian grandmother taught her.

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Jack is all set to leave Freedom Station for a new job on Liberty when an Earthie Rat, Kit, and her bot who has named...

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Brothers Elijah and Danny travel through Italy together even though they feel that they have nothing in common. Then they meet Julia.

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When Poison's sister is kidnapped by Phaeries, Poison is determined to get her back but she doesn't realize that she is part of a much...

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Anna, 16, develops post-traumatic stress disorder after being in a car accident where she feels responsible for killing her brother's girlfriend and seriously injuring her...

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Could 18-year-old Hanna have prevented the deaths of two teens? Her realization that life can change in an instant causes her to revaluate her life...

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Biography of two brothers, Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth, both famous actors, and the tragedy of John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Conscripted in place of his farmer's son, farm hand Adam joins Napoleon’s march on Russia in 1811 and first serves, then becomes friends with a...

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For best friends and co-players on their High School basketball team, Marcus (AKA Black) and Eddie (AKA White), life looks good. Then an armed robbery...

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After catching her boyfriend cheating on her with her mother, Valerie runs away from home and slides into a seductively magical world full of betrayal...

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In a series of humorous diary entries, 9th grader Scott offers a list of "do's" and "don'ts" to his unborn sibling on surviving freshman year...

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Aimless, amiable 19-year-old cab driver, Ed Kennedy, foils a bank robber and then begins to receive mysterious messages assigning him to intervene in the lives...

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Everyone's parents are annoying-- even when they're dead. Oh, and gods.

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In book 6 Harry is more contrary and less trusting yet a leader. Harry wants revenge against he who shall not be named and goes...

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An intense collection of ten American slave narratives. This collection is sobering and brutal, but it also speaks to the triumph of the spirit and...

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Why did Gabe suddenly disappear? Can Jocelyn put the pieces together and make it safe for his return or are they all forever stained?

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The origin of Superman is updated in this graphic novel.

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Gemma's act of breaking the runes has given to magic to all. Does she have the strength and power to bind the magic and restore...

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Miles O’Malley discovers peculiar sea life in a cove of Puget Sound.

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A few years ago opportunities for women in sports not to mention most professions conducted by men were extremely limited. In 1972, congress passed a...

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High school student Anastasia (Anna) Cayne disappears, leaving behind her neatly placed dress lying near a hole in the ice.

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Lying about his age, 16 year-old Eddy Okubo joins the U.S. Army in Honolulu in 1941, just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He wants...

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Inspiring true story of Prudence Crandall, a white woman who opened a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut in 1833 despite vicious opposition from...

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The 13 blue envelopes Ginny receives from her Aunt Peg will take her through Europe and change her life.

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When 16-year-old farm boy Paul Sutton takes a job at the full-service Shell station in town, he sees the town and its inhabitants through new...

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After dyslexic teen Percy Jackson vaporizes his Algebra teacher and is attacked by the Minotaur, he discovers that he is not who he thought he...

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California teen Hyder describes three summers (2002-4) he spent with his father who had returned to the Afghanistan to help rebuild his country by serving...

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After years of mistreatment at white run boarding schools, Ned Begay and other Navajo are enlisted by the Army to use their special talents to...

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When Earl, a vampire, and his werewolf buddy Duke pull up to Rockwood's only diner in their out-of-gas pickup, they find themselves uniquely suited to...

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Maritcha Lyons, born of a free African American family in New York in 1843, led an amazing life, one that was directly influenced by pivotal...

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Jane and Lily have always been close despite their differences. After Jane dies, both must come to terms with their troubled relationship.

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John Kipling, son of the famous writer, Rudyard Kipling, joins the British Army in World War I with help from his father.

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Pushed around "like putty" by legions of doctors surgically attacking almost every body part at one time or another, Bee Lavender survived a childhood and...

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Thomas Wanninger feigns interest in gardening as his motivation for wanting to work on the kibbutz. This modern German teen really wants to discover whether...

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Tally can't wait for her 16th birthday - and the surgery that will transform her into a "pretty". Because if everyone is beautiful, everything is...

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“I begin with the young…What material! With them I can make a new world.” Adolf Hitler exploited the idealism of millions of Germany’s young...

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Victoria Denton (Egg) hides behind her identity until she falls in love with an interesting new boy unlike all the others. Life becomes interesting when...

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It’s always been Rose and Ivy, until that one fateful night when a blue truck slides into their car, and forever separates each sister into...

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A clear, concise and intriguing explanation of the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79 is presented in this thin volume.

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In a novel of free verse, Sam, a modern-day African-American teen copes with the break-up of his parents marriage and his changed relationship with his...

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Najmah, an Afghan girl, who witnesses her mother's and brother's deaths in an air raid and her father's and older brother's conscription by the Taliban...

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A stunning mix of powerful poetry and history honoring Fortune, a slave, whose body was dissected and rendered after his death and his skeleton studied...

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Daisy Kutter is a reformed bandit in a strange wild west town where robots and cell phones are as common as corrupt poker games and...

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Helen has been a ghost gently and anonymously haunting various hosts for 130 years until the day when a boy in a classroom lets her...

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Natasha and Antonio, young lovers, communicate via letters for nine years during his incarceration for murdering his father.

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Crippled in a drunk driving accident, Ted loses his basketball scholarship. Then a shocking offer to spy on a Manhattan princess brings another chance to...

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Jesse examines his life and the lives of those around him in words and art.

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Guy Delisle is a French Canadian animator who is sent to North Korea to oversee an outsourced animation project. He shares his experiences as a...

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A witch who knows little about the practicalities of daily life finds a hideously ugly baby boy in the woods and raises him as her...

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Maya Laor comes to Virginia to escape the tragic bombing that killed her boyfriend and for which she feels responsible-- but even that may not...

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In a heartbreaking elegiac collection, a "heroic crown of sonnets", the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till is placed in historic and poetic context.

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METAL HEAD NOT GOTH and Sam likes his life LOUD until a very different straightedge girl starts whispering to him. Melissa tempts Sammy away from...

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Two lonely teens, each with secrets that set them apart, meet and their lives are changed completely.

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Miles is looking for the Great Perhaps--and an Alabama boarding school offers the possibility of finding it, especially after he meets the captivating, unpredictable, and...

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Brady, JT and Digger don't call out to the people in the red kayak as it heads out on a stormy morning, and Brady will...

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Matt Cruise is following his dream as a first-year student at the Airship Academy when during a two-week navigation training stint, he is part of...

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Extraordinary and often disturbing stories about ten people who cared so much about scientific exploration that they experimented upon themselves to test their theories.

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Sloe, 13, treks through a cold dystopian wilderness full of thieves and outlaws in an attempt to find a safe haven for the DNA of...

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A Prince must play at being a jester as he strives to rescue his imprisoned father.

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The absolute devastation of Ground Zero in Japan is portrayed with the camera's unflinching eye through a series of photographs taken shortly after the bombing...

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Ten stories from Down Under explore the darkness and the light of the human spirit.

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When a dead man is found in his family's house, Declan finds himself drawn into a vortex of memories and lies.

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High school senior and football star Keir Sarafina says, “I hate it when people I love condemn me,” but has Keir done something inexcusable to...

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Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has an aptitude for the supernatural. Thomas becomes an apprentice to the Spook who...

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A bed in a room. Doesn't seem like much. But when you are 17 and your alcoholic mother cannot even remember to pay rent and...

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A historical treatise on the publication of a false pamphlet and "Vampire-like fraud" called "the Protocols of the Elders of Zion" which fueled a huge...

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Satchel O'Rye finishes work on possibly the very last job in his dying town. Social, religious, and economic forces are pushing for a whole new...

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Behind Shakepeare's Tempest is the mysterious figure of Ariel. This is her story, of dreams and lies and madness.

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A telling photo-biographical account of John Lennon, the man behind the myth who sought truth through music. Partridge traces Lennon's life from birth to his...

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When fifteen-year-old Reason’s mother suffers a mental breakdown, Reason is sent to live with the grandmother they have evaded for years and she discovers that...

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Bella's move to rainy Forks, Washington is the most boring move she will ever make, until she meets Edward, the vampire love of her life.

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Ten short stories that explore the issue of what it means to be a man.

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Holding the World Cup as he talks, El Gato, the great goalie, describes his early life in a remote South American village, the secret soccer...

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The Blue Mirror serves as Maggy's escape from her alcoholic mother, and her entrance into the destructive, abusive life of Cole, an enigmatic and homeless...

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Sky is a 15-year old jazz musician who is forced to come to terms with his over-bearing father and struggles to find himself in 1958...

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Beautiful Kate agrees to marry the King of the Goblins in exchange for the safe return of her kidnapped sister.

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Best friends Lydia, Emily and Cassie's penpal project with boys from a rival school results in hilarious high school hijinks, including out of control pranks...

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Possession, wych-kin, airships and Stitch-face all pose tremendous challenges to Thaniel and Cathaline as they fight to rid London of the evil Fraternity.

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Fifteen year-old Luther T. Farrell has come to terms with the fact that his mother is a number one scam artist, preying on the weak...

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This biography of Andy Warhol illuminates his life and times, highlighting his impact on art and culture.

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Turner's family moves to Phippsburg, Maine at a time when the town's white leaders are seeking to eliminate a nearby island community, originally founded by...

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It is 1962 and the whole world is holding its breath as the Cuban Missile Crisis intensifies. In Keely Bay, Bobby Burns is walking...

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Rescued from summer camp bullies by her Old World-styled Granduncles, Margaret Rose Kane spends a transformative month lodging at their unusual home.

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In 1662 Britain, as violent intolerance of Quakers mounts, a 15-year old Quaker girl and the well-educated son of a prosperous and respected Anglican businessman...

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When the Northmen invade Great Britain in 793, 11-year-old Jack, who has been apprenticing with The Bard, and Lucy, his five year old sister, are...

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The hopes, dreams, and disappointments of the iconic African American community are explored in verse and vintage photographs.

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Family, friends, and Ellie--the love of his life--deal with the tragic death of 15-year-old Jeremiah.

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The story of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker's demise is the centerpiece for a book about extinction and the pressures of mankind upon the Earth.

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14-year old Rosalind Butterfield's life is suddenly destroyed when her two lesbian parents die in a freak accident. Her genetic father, a casual, past...

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A comic writer named Steve is unable to accept the job of a lifetime, to write a Superman story, because the problems in his family's...

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Dangers abound in this magical epic martial arts fantasy that follows Prince Zong, the Starlord, and his mother Silver Lotus, the First Consort, after their...

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With rough pencil sketches, fifteen-year-old Yossel chronicles the horrifying events of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto, culminating in the ill-fated uprising.

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A young rookie provides a behind-the-firehouse doors look at what is like to fight fire in a big city.

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The Archon sacrifices himself to the scorpion to bring rain to his drought-stricken land but not before warning shy Mirany, the new Bearer that treachery...

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In this retelling of Chinese Cinderella tales, Xing Xing, 14, is resigned to a life of servitude to her ungrateful stepmother and sickly stepsister, until...

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Duncan MacDonald and his cousin Ewan are eager to answer the call to restore Prince Charlie to the Scottish throne, a quest that will lead...

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This ambitious and romantic novel in verse presents twenty distinctive-yet-interwoven stories by twenty high school students who each share defining pieces of their lives in...

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Sixteen-year-old Jason Bock, tired of the tedious "Teen Power Outreach" sessions he is forced to attend at his Catholic church, decides to create his own...

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The foundling, Reed, is raised with the Safe-Keeper's own baby, Fiona. As the two grow older they must come to terms with who they are...

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The long, arduous, and sometimes violent struggle for a woman's right to vote is told in an engaging narrative. The roots of the movement...

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Sixteen-year-old Alaric stumbles into a parallel universe in which his dead mother still lives and discovers that his room is occupied by Naia, a girl...

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Montmorency, a petty thief in Victorian England, is badly injured and then caught by the police, but his time recuperating in jail is the beginning...

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Ten short stores focus on sometimes difficult male-female relationships as experienced by African American teen girls.

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Sixteen year old bass players Peter learns bittersweet lessons of life, love and rock and roll during his sophomore and junior years of high school...

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Teenaged Francesca is facing her classes, her friends, and the complications that arise from being one of thirty girls in a school with 750 guys...

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Teenage British spy Alex Rider is back in an all new addicting adventure that includes a reunion with an old enemy, a celebrity madman, and...

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When Antsy Bonano realizes that his friend Calvin Schwa is functionally invisible, they decide to use this "Schwa Effect" to make some big bucks. ...

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This book highlights influential and important Black American 20th-century artists, from those of the early part of the century, to important participants in the Harlem...

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Kak, 16, illegally enlists in the Canadian Air Force in 1943 and experiences the horror of war as he battles his fear of flying in...

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A visually stunning overview of the pivotal invasion of Europe that changed the course of World War II.

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What happened the night that Michael Daye joined the carny life? Now that his mother is on trial for murder, perhaps the real truth will...

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When mean ole Myrt Arbuckle hauls off and dies, fifteen year old Russell Culver thinks he is finally done with school forever until his older...

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Tommy Peaceful and his older brother Charlie enlist in the British army and are sent to fight in the trenches in France after their noble...

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On July 6, 1944, 167 people were killed and over 500 were injured when the circus they were attending in Hartford, Connecticut caught fire. ...

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Science geek David Hahn's obsession with nuclear energy results in the unsupervised creation of a radioative device with the potential to spark an environmental disaster...

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Rude, crude, and obsessed with the needs of Mr. Knobby Knobster, high school students Jonathon and his mates Dino and Ben provide an unflinching inside...

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HECK, SUPERHERO reveals ninety-six critical hours in the life of a thirteen-year-old all-too-human kid who has channeled a lifetime of chronic neglect by his severely...

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Haunted by too many unanswered questions, Eli Samuels finds they all seem to lead to world-famous transgeneticist Quincy Wyatt, a man whose eerie familiarity masks...

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Luna, like her namesake the moon, can only come out at night. What happens when she decides to become a presence in the daylight too...

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Matt Cruse is more at home in the air than anywhere on land. He pursues his dream of someday serving as captain on an airship...

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Mabel Riley dreams of grand adventures when she and her sister move away from their home and board with a farm family in turn-of-the-century Ontario.

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After her mother dies of cancer, Ruby is forced to move to "Cali-phony-a" to live with her father, the famous movie star, Whip Logan.

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Twelve year old Moose Flanagan is dismayed and more than just a little wary when his family moves to Alcatraz Island because of his father's...

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A band of vampires chain Sunshine to the wall of an abandoned ballroom and leave her to be devoured by the ballroom's other inhabitant, a...

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When Hunter Braque, a Cool Hunter, meets Jen Jones, an Innovator, the pair unwittingly fall into a secret scheme to rock the foundations of a...

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When Tiffany Aching leaves the Chalk and her Wee Free Men to become a witch-in-training, she does not know that she will soon need their...

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Gifted and talented high school student Steve Nugent reveals how he ended up in a teen facility after his mother dies of cancer and his...

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Thirteen-year-old Bird runs away from her home in Ohio in hopes of retrieving her departed stepfather, Cecil.

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A homeless teen, Maybe, and her tribe of fellow street urchins try to survive the natural and human elements of a winter on the street...

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When Daniel tells his parents that they cannot forbid him from joining the Hitler Jugend (HJ), they tell him the truth - that he is...

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In 1162, Jenny finds herself in the role of elder daughter when her older sister runs away with an dangerous suitor -- but what happens...

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In the distant future, Fray is a thief making a living in the slum that was once Manhattan. One day her destiny catches up with...

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In a futuristic world where wheeled cities devour other cities, lovers Hester and Tom are pursued by a terrorist group as they shelter on a...

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Sammy Santos dreams of getting away from the barrio to college but when Juliana Rios, the girl he loves, is tragically killed his grief nearly...

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Emmet and Niki may or may not be a brother and sister pair of shape shifters implicated in the disappearance of a local celebrity who...

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Sixteen-year-old Chanda loves school and dreams of a scholarship and a life beyond her family's poverty. But her Mama is tired all the time...

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A family faces the aftermath of a brutal attack by a violent stranger.

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This handsome volume summarizes and explains the key years of the Civil rights Movement, bringing in major players as well as lesser known heroes and...

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Bridget is a sixteen year-old Traveler, part of a family of roaming con artists, who is not sure she wants to stay in the life...

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A biography of the great singer Marian Anderson and her role in bringing the injustice of segregation in the arts to national awareness.

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Jackie Robinson's daughter weaves interesting narrative about her father's baseball career, family life and political activism with beautiful photographs and handwritten correspondence to create an...

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Twelve-year-old Heidi--whose mother's severe mental disability limits her to only being able to articulate 23 words, sounds, or short phrases--embarks on a journey to discover...

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A year after their father dies from a heart attack in his prized 1967 Firebird, the three Gold sisters try to cope with their grief...

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Nathaniel, a talented and ambitious 14-year-old governmental magician, again summons Bartimaeus, the sarcastic and irreverent djinni from The Amulet of Samarkand, to help him destroy...

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Being temporarily blue-skinned hasn't helped brash, street-smart Imogene's status as her high school's social outcast, nor does it help her and her friends-- real, dead...

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Having her blown "grand Deception," Jacky Faber, ships' boy and aspiring fine lady, has been unceremoniously dropped off in Boston by the H.M.S. Dolphin crew...

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When Victoria returns from as family visit to Nigeria, she is uncharacteristically distant from her best friend, Akilah. Soon Akilah learns that her friend...

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Cornelia Thornhill, who refuses to speak because of her speech impediment, is left with her Great- Aunt Agatha when her mother and her boyfriend head...

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Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth (Daisy) finds her whole world turned upside down when she travels to England to stay with relatives, falls in love, and is caught...

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In an alternate Eden after the creation of the first human beings, Adam is tutored by God as Eve is left in the care of...

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Margaux,"with an X", a beautiful ice queen, can have any boy she wants, and what she wants to do is tease. That is, until she...

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Escaping his abusive father, fifteen-year-old Hank Cobb joins Chief Sunrise, "immortal in the making," in a journey to meet John McGraw and try out for...

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Dragonologists, both amateur and academic, will hail Dr. Drake’s lavishly illustrated rediscovered guide that includes a classification of dragons by habitat, anatomical drawings, helpful riddles...

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A young Scottish boy, Robbie Anderson, tries to uncover the true nature of a head surgeon and learn about early nineteenth century medicine after he...

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Fourteen members of the Corps of Discovery tell the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Jacob Green tries to establish his identity in his seriously dysfunctional suburban Jewish family during the late seventies/early eighties.

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Ten gifted authors create short gothic tales that thrill and chill.

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Marjane Satrapi continues where she left off in Persepolis, living in Vienna and enduring the hardships of being a Third World citizen in a Western...

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Who knew our most famous Founding Father was a colonial James Bond? This book features Washington in a little known but incredibly important role as...

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When everything in her life spirals out of control, 16-year-old Faith/Annabelle runs away to the circus.

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Robin discovers more than the sights during her cross-country trek.

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Caitlin becomes isolated as the other young adults of Hale Island develop and immediate and intense hatred for the attractive and mysterious newcomer she befriends.

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Bee’s job as a technician in a one-hour photo lab leads her into a bizarre murder mystery involving an art photographer’s grislysubjects.

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A verse novel in which 11-year-old Lonnie recovers from the trauma that results when his parents are killed in a fire.

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When Martha’s classmate, Olive, is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Martha sets out to accomplish the things that Olive never had the chance to.

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Ryan Azarcon is drawn into an interstellar war when his famous family is targeted by assassins.

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Cousins Cecelia and Kate, who have grown up raucously in the country, correspond in lively letters during the course of Kate’s first season in London.

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Very funny, yet thoughtful, collection of poems presenting an alternative view of God.

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Adult Mattie recounts his strange childhood with his sister Sophie, his hostage.

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Isabel, who is a Guam teenager, and her family, try to survive and heal after her mother’s suicide.

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Marjane, the daughter of radical Marxists, grows up in Iran during the time of its revolution and subsequent war with Iraq.

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In the summer before her senior year, seventeen–year–old Dimple is confused about her relationships with her family, her heritage, and her beautiful best friend.

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The shattering effects of war on children are described in twelve short stories by authors well known and new to the young adult field.

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A detailed account of the rapid onset of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1850 and its devastating, long-lasting effect on the Irish people.

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Candy Quackenbush leaves her home in Chickentown, Minnesota and enters the magical world of Abarat, where she is pursued by the wicked Lord Carrion.

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Fifteen-year-old cousins Melinda, Kate and Rebecca face the decisions that will determine their futures in a remote Newfoundland outport community in the 1960s.

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Eighteen stories and poems that celebrate the pagan myth of the Green Man and other friendly or frightening fairy folk.

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Seventeen–year–old teen father Sam juggles the care of his eleven–month–old son, Max, and his desire for both of their futures.

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What are the consequences when high school junior Matt Donaghy jokingly threatens to blow up the school during lunch one day?

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Oliver Queen, a.k.a. The Green Arrow, comes back to life, reunites with his old superhero pals, and unravels the mystery of his resurrection.

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These eight tales range from the supernatural to the unknown to the horrific.

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Claire McKenzie is haunted by her brief relationship with Lani Garver, a newcomer to her close island community who changed her life.

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A detailed account of the 1820 voyage of the whaleship Essex which was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.

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Fifteen-year old Bobby Phillips wakes one morning to find that he is invisible.

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WWJD? At age six? Thirteen? Eighteen? Restoring lizards to life and hanging out with Biff and Maggie are only a couple of His activities.

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Ellen’s question about her brother’s relationship with his best friend James changes everything in this tight three–way friendship.

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When fourteen–year–old Yolanda Sahagun’s favorite brother returns from Vietnam in the spring of 1969, everything changes and everything is changing.

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One day, while exploring her family’s new home, Coraline wanders down the wrong corridor.

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The tragic life story of the rambling folk singer Woody Guthrie, author of “This Land is Your Land.”

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An artistic foster child who has bounced from place to place seeks a real home and recalls the tragedy of the previous summer.

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