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by
Ann E. Burg
(2,431)
Summary: In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BURG
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cathy Ostlere
(1,603)
Summary: In 1984, following her mother's suicide, 15-year-old Maya and her Sikh father travel to New Delhi from Canada to place her mother's ashes in their final resting place. On the night of their arrival,...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F OSTLERE
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sonya Sones
(1,294)
Summary: A novel in verse follows the experiences of fourteen-year-old Lilly, as an innocent flirtation turns into sexual abuse by a friend of her parents and she is tormented by her abuser's threat to ruin her family and her own desperate need for help.
BOOK
Call #: YA F SONES
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ibi Aanu Zoboi
(19,305)
Summary: This is a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F ZOBOI
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kwame Alexander
(2,777)
Summary: Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL ALE
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Joseph Bruchac
(2,575)
Summary: Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation. She's there for a visit when, suddenly, all travel shuts down. There's a new virus making people sick, and...
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BOOK
Call #: J F BRUCHAC
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Patricia Hruby Powell
(4,256)
Summary: Written in blank verse, the story of Mildred Loving, an African American girl, and Richard Loving, a Caucasian boy, who challenge the Virginia law forbidding interracial marriages in the 1950s.
BOOK
Call #: YA F POWELL
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Margarita Engle
(1,390)
Summary: In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F ENGLE
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Barbara Krasner
(51)
Summary: The child of Jewish immigrants, Ethel Greenglass grows up on New York City's Lower East Side; she dreams of being an actress and a singer but finds romance and excitement in the arms of the charming...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F KRASNER
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
David Elliott
(2,006)
Summary: "David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life and death in a fiery, evocative novel-in-verse." -- Provided by publisher
BOOK
Call #: YA F ELLIOTT
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jane Kuo
Summary: Anna can't wait to move to the beautiful country -- the Chinese name for America. Although she's only ever known life in Taiwan, she can't help but brag about the move to her family and friends. But...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: J CD BOOK F KUO
Location: Junior CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Allan Wolf
(733)
Summary: In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F WOLF
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Leslea Newman
(4,321)
Summary: A poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard's murder on the world, told through a cycle of 68 poems. The poems relate, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998,...
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BOOK
Call #: 811.54 NEW YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sharon Creech
(9,807)
Summary: Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they relate to his life.
BOOK
Call #: J F CREECH
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
K. A. Holt , illustrator
Series:
Kids Under The Stairs
(513)
Summary: Told in multiple voices, four summer school classmates band together to save their teacher and their academic futures after Ms J.'s unorthodox teaching methods are questioned.
BOOK
Call #: YA F HOLT
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Thanhha Lai
Summary: Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB PLAYAWAY YA F LAI
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Thanhha Lai
(57,565)
Summary: Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB CD BOOK YA F LAI
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Thanhha Lai
(57,613)
Summary: Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB YA F LAI
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 20 of 20
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by
Dusti Bowling
(5,749)
Summary: A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.
BOOK
Call #: J F BOWLING
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Kwame Alexander
Series:
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) - #0.5
(12,403)
Summary: In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
BOOK
Call #: YA F ALEXANDER
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Marilyn Hilton
(5,628)
Summary: In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.
BOOK
Call #: YA F HILTON
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lola StVil
(1,279)
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Shay is trying to cope with being overweight and getting bullied in school, but when she falls in love with mysterious Blake, insecure Shay needs the help of her two best friends to make love prevail.
BOOK
Call #: YA F STVIL
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jason Reynolds
Summary: During Mile's in-school suspension, he finds himself in a fierce battle with a classmate turned insidious termite who is determined to destroy books and the Black and Brown history they contain, and only Miles can stop him.
BOOK
Call #: YA F MARVEL
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Catherine Alene
(595)
Summary: In an effort to get over her mother's death and the jealousy she feels for the new girl at school, Raesha concentrates on losing weight to make her performance at the upcoming high school rodeo competition the best it can be.
BOOK
Call #: YA F ALENE
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jasmine Warga
(26,992)
Summary: Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.
BOOK
Call #: J F WARGA
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Margarita Engle
(1,643)
Summary: When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the...
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BOOK
Call #: J F ENGLE
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Deborah Wiles
(3,948)
Summary: Told from different points of view -- protesters, students, National Guardsmen, and "townies" -- this novel recounts the story of what happened at Kent State in May 1970, when four college students...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F WILES
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Andrea Davis Pinkney
(6,606)
Summary: After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a...
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BOOK
Call #: J F PINKNEY
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Crossan
(6,323)
Summary: After discovering that her married lover has been killed in an accident, estate lawyer Ana Kelly, alone and undone, seeks friendship with the person who she once thought of as her adversary and...
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BOOK
Call #: F CROSSAN
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jason Reynolds
(105,273)
Summary: There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK F REYNOLDS YA
Location: YA CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jason Reynolds
(105,500)
Summary: There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F REYNOLDS
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Dean Atta
(28,230)
Summary: Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican -- but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older,...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F ATTA
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ellen Hagan
(187)
Summary: In the summer before seventh grade, Beatrice Miller has a lot of questions. She adores her mom and her mamaw, who give her every bit of wisdom and love they have, and she has two best friends who...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F HAGAN
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Laura Amy Schlitz
Summary: Rhaskos works in the stables. Worth less than a donkey, much less than a horse. But Rhaskos is clever and talented, and beloved of his mother -- who has been forced away from her son but is willing...
more »
AUDIOBOOK
Call #: PLAYAWAY F SCHLITZ YA
Location: YA Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Thanhha Lai
(57,486)
Summary: For all the ten years of her life, H̉ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her...
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LARGE PRINT
Call #: BK CLUB YA F LAI LP
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Irene Latham
(788)
Summary: 1859. The transatlantic slave trade has been banned for more than fifty years, and the South is facing the threat of a civil war. Timothy Maeher resents the government interference in his right to...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F LATHAM
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Amber McBride
(4,992)
Summary: Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted. Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F MCBRIDE
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ellen Hopkins
(5,380)
Summary: A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse. It is bought by a teenager for needed protection. Several people have the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married...
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by
Mariko Nagai
(581)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they've known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F NAGAI
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Nikki Grimes
(4,425)
Summary: "Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food....
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BOOK
Call #: J F GRIMES
Location: Junior Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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