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In Their Shoes: First Person Narratives
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Ziggy, Stardust & me
by James Brandon
The co-founder of the I AM Love Campaign and star of Corpus Christi follows the wrenching experiences of two teen boys who fall in love against a backdrop of 1970s discrimination. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook
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Becoming Beatriz
by Tami Charles
When her dancing ambitions are shattered by her brother’s gang-related death on her quinceañera, a Latin-American teen in 1984 New Jersey struggles to cope with family depression, until a brainy classmate helps her reclaim her dream.
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The revolution of Birdie Randolph
by Brandy Colbert
Sixteen-year-old Dove "Birdie" Randolph's close bond with her parents is threatened by a family secret, and by hiding her relationship with Booker, who has been in juvenile detention.
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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
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Hostile territory
by Paul Greci
Stranded by a catastrophic earthquake in the Alaskan wilderness, four teen campers observe ominous military activity in the distance and realize that America is under siege. By the author of Surviving Bear Island.
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The downstairs girl
by Stacey Lee
When the advice column she secretly writes becomes wildly popular, a young lady’s maid uses her influence to question her society’s fixed ideas about race and gender. By the award-winning author of Outrun the Moon.
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Nameless queen
by Rebecca McLaughlin
In the city of Seriden, the thief called Coin is Nameless -- she has no family, no legal rights, and no standing in society -- but she inherits the throne and the power and danger that come with it
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How to build a heart
by Maria Padian
Forced to endure frequent moves after the death of her soldier father, 16-year-old Izzy begins feeling at home for the first time in her life when she bonds with others at a new school in Virginia, where her family is chosen to receive a Habitat for Humanity house.
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Bloody Seoul
by Sonia Patel
Loyal friend and gang member Rocky escalates his bullying of a girl at school and struggles to forget his late mother until the discovery of his father’s dishonesty completely unravels his life. By the author of Rani Patel in Full Effect.
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Scars like wings
by Erin Stewart
Facially scarred by the home fire that ended the lives of her parents and best friend, Ava is pressured to return to school by her aunt and uncle before a friendship with a sarcastically blunt fellow survivor helps her take the first steps into her new life. A first novel.
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The epic crush of Genie Lo
by F. C. Yee
Sixteen-year-old Genie's focus on getting into a top-tier college is destroyed when an enigmatic transfer student, Quentin, helps her transform into a demon-fighter.
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As many nows as I can get
by Shana Youngdahl
A cerebral romance told in vibrantly detailed, nonlinear chapters follows the experiences of a grounded overachiever who falls in love with an electric-charged boy, triggering unanticipated consequences.
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