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Solo by Kwame AlexanderSeventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
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This impossible light by Lily MyersThe YouTube slam poetry star of Shrinking Women presents a novel in verse centering around the challenges of body image, tracing the experiences of a teen who develops bulimia in her effort to find purpose, control and confidence in response to her family's dysfunction and a best friend's estrangement.
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Saving Red by Sonya SonesA novel in verse by the author of Stop Pretending follows the experiences of 14-year-old Molly, who is forced to confront painful realities in her own life while struggling to help a spirited but mentally ill homeless girl during the holiday season.
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Catch your breath : writing poignant poetry
by Laura Purdie Salas
"Introduces and defines essential elements of writing poetry accompanied by compelling writing prompts for practicing new skills. Real-life author bios and excerpts enhance skills and understanding"
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Paper hearts
by Meg Wiviott
This gorgeous novel in verse tells the true story of Fania and Zlatka, a tale of a friendship forged in deepest adversity. Paper Hearts follows them from their detention and entrance into Auschwitz to their eventual liberation at the hands of the Russians. It is respectful, elegant and heartbreaking—a graceful and powerful addition to Holocaust literature.
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Apple and Rain
by Sarah Crossan
When her imagined perfect life with her estranged mother begins to unravel, fourteen-year-old Apple finds comfort in reading and writing poetry
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5 to 1 : a novel by Holly BodgerWhen females are rendered a valuable commodity after decades of gender selection that has caused boys to outnumber girls in India's Koyanagar, a girl who wants to avoid marriage and a boy who is forced to compete for a wife thwart each other before realizing they want the same thing.
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Dating down by Stefanie LyonsUnable to resist her attraction to a local troublemaker despite warnings from her family and friends, Samantha risks her future, believing she can put an end to his cheating, lying and drug abuse.
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William Shakespeare's the Phantom of menace : Star Wars Part the First
by Ian Doescher
The best-selling Elizabethan science-fiction mashup series continues with a Shakespearean adaptation of the first Star Wars prequel that finds a disguised queen, a young hero and two brave knights clashing with a hidden, vengeful enemy in witty iambic pentameter.
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Rumble
by Ellen Hopkins
Matthew Turner doesn't have faith in anything—not in his family, which is in shambles after his younger brother was bullied into suicide; or his so-called friends or some all-powerful creator; but when a horrific event plunges Matt into a dark, silent place, he begins to question everything he's ever disbelieved.
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A time to dance
by Padma Venkatraman
Losing her leg after a devastating injury, talented Indian dancer Veda begins retraining on her prosthetic leg before falling in love with a young man who approaches dance from a spiritual perspective and who helps Veda to better understand herself and the world.
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Poisoned apples : poems for you, my pretty
by Christine Heppermann
An evocative treasury of 50 free-verse poems that juxtapose fairy-tale elements against the life of a modern teen explores the universal cruelty of judgment, pressure and self-doubt while reflecting how girls are taught to think about themselves, their friends and their bodies.
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