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The opposite of falling apart
by Micah Good
It's the last summer before college, and Jonas should be excited. But after losing his leg in a terrible car accident, he is hiding out at home. Jonas hopes to start over by going away to college where nobody knows him, before falling in love with a girl who avoids leaving home because of her debilitating anxiety.
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Night owls and summer skies
by Rebecca Sullivan
When her mother dumps her at Camp Mapplewood for the summer, Emma Lane's hopes of repairing their fractured relationship are ended. Now she's stuck in the wilderness facing her worst fears. And don't even get Emma started on how she feels about camp activities. But Emma has a plan, and she will do anything in her power to get kicked out of camp. When Emma draws the attention of her illusive and attractive camp counselor Vivian Black, she has to come to terms with the fact that how her summer starts isn't necessarily how it might end.
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Summer skin
by Kirsty Eagar
Jess Gordon is out for revenge. Last year the jocks from Knights College tried to shame her best friend. This year she and a hand-picked college girl gang are going to get even ... The lesson: don't mess with Unity girls. The target: Blondie, a typical Knights stud, arrogant, cold ... and smart enough to keep up with Jess ... A neo-riot grrl with a penchant for fanning the flames meets a rugby-playing sexist pig - sworn enemies or two people who happen to find each other when they're at their most vulnerable?
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Scared little rabbits
by A. V. Geiger
Nora is thrilled to be accepted into a prestigious summer program for talented coders. But then a fellow studen goes missing and the tech trail for the crime leads back to Nora. She must race to uncover the truth and clear her name, before she, too, disappears.
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Orphan monster spy
by Matt Killeen
When her mother is shot at a checkpoint in 1939 Germany, Sarah, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jewish teen, agrees to help a mysterious man who asks her to help the resistance against the Third Reich. She must pose as the daughter of a wealthy Nazi to gain access to a scientist's weapon designs.
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Up from the sea
by Leza Lowitz
A novel-in-verse follows the experiences of a teen who visits New York on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack, learns the stories of kids whose lives were changed by the tragedy and searches for his estranged American father before returning to his tsunami-stricken home in coastal Japan.
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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
This National Book Award-winning modern classic traces the story of a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation who leaves his troubled school to pursue an education in an all-white farm town where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
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Noughts & crosses
by Malorie Blackman
Despite the rules of the land, Callum, a second-class white citizen, and Sephy, a black Cross, love one another and want to be together, but when Callum rescues Sephy from an explosion and is caught on tape, Sephy's powerful father seeks to have Callum hanged for their relationship.
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Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
Caught between her poor neighborhood and her fancy prep school, sixteen-year-old Starr Carter becomes the focus of intimidation and more after witnessing the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a police officer.
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Trouble tomorrow
by Terry Whitebeach
When faced with the possibility of being forced to fight for the rebels in the Sudanese civil war, Obulejo flees his hometown and makes a terrifying journey, full of danger from wild animals and pursuing soldiers, across the border to a refugee camp in Kenya.
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A girl like that
by Tanaz Bhathena
Labeled as a troublemaker in spite of her bright mind, 16-year-old Zarin, a teen growing up in Saudi Arabia, engages in a forbidden relationship with a Parsi boy before a tragic accident brings everything others believed about the girl into question.
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A land of permanent goodbyes
by Atia Abawi
After their home in Syria is bombed, Tareq, his father, and his younger sister seek refuge, first with extended family in Raqqa, a stronghold for the militant group, Daesh, and then abroad.
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