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Unified and Never Alone: Celebrating Youth with Disabilities
Franklin Pierce High School students invite youth and teens with disabilities and their families to the library for activities, art, discussion and fun! Join us to feel connected, build community and learn how young people can lead the way on disability justice. We rise by lifting others!
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| Give Me Some Truth by Eric GansworthWelcome to: the Tuscarora Reservation, 1980, home to 17-year-old aspiring rock star Carson and 15-year-old artist Maggi.
What happens: Carson, Maggi, and their friend Lewis (from Eric Gansworth's earlier book, If I Ever Get Out of Here) join forces to enter Battle of the Bands and protest a racist restaurant near the Rez.
Look for: the author's playlist and paintings, which round out this up-close look at the intersecting lives of two Native teens. |
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| Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. JacksonWhat it's about: When Claudia's best friend Monday doesn't show up for the first day of school -- or any of the days that follow -- Claudia knows that something is seriously wrong. Why does Monday's family give conflicting reasons for her absence? And why does no one else care that a girl has disappeared?
Why you might like it: Intense, suspenseful, and poignant, Monday's Not Coming will keep you guessing and stay with you long after the final page. |
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| From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya MenonWhat it is: a series of letters from 16-year-old Twinkle Mehra to her favorite female filmmakers, in which she spills about her crush on dream guy Neil, her documentary film project with Neil's awkward brother Sahil, her mysterious secret admirer, and her best friend's sudden popularity.
Reviewers say: "A sweet, smart gem" (School Library Journal).
You might also like: Nisha Sharma's My So-Called Bollywood Life, another romantic comedy about an Indian American girl with cinematic aspirations. |
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| Anger Is a Gift by Mark OshiroStarring: Moss Jeffries, who's black, gay, prone to panic attacks, and completely fed up with how West Oakland High's so-called security policies result in violence toward innocent students.
For fans of: unflinching realistic fiction about diverse characters who organize and take action in the face of injustice.
About the author: You might recognize Mark Oshiro from his "Mark Does Stuff" blogs, where he reviews popular books and TV series. |
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| Neverworld Wake by Marisha PesslWhat it's about: A car accident leaves Bee and her four estranged best friends trapped between life and death in Neverworld Wake, where they're doomed to repeat the same day until they can agree on which one of them gets to live.
Why you might like it: Bee's suspicions that her friends might have been involved in her boyfriend's death a year earlier add a layer of mystery to this unsettling and unpredictable tale. |
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Focus on: Familias sin Fronteras / Families Without Borders |
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The radius of us
by Marie F. Marquardt
Told in alternating voices, follows the growing relationship of two victims of violence who are struggling to overcome trauma and help each other cope.
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The sun is also a star
by Nicola Yoon
A scientifically-minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. By the best-selling author of Everything, Everything.
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American street
by Ibi Zoboi
Separated from her detained mother after moving from Haiti to America, Fabiola struggles to navigate the home of her loud cousins and a new school on Detroit's west side, where a surprising romance and a dangerous proposition challenge her ideas about freedom.
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Enrique's journey : the true story of a boy determined to reunite with his mother
by Sonia Nazario
A young adult adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's highly praised adult book by the same title documents the journey of a Honduran teen who braved hardship and peril to reunite with his mother after she was forced to leave him behind and seek migratory work in the United States, in an edition complemented by an epilogue providing new updates on Enrique's story.
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Americanized : Rebel Without a Green Card
by Sara Saedi
Learning as a teenager that her Iranian family is undocumented, 13-year-old, straight-A student Sara Saedi juggles the challenges of trying to obtain a green card with the stressful realities of being an everyday American teen.
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The distance between us : Young Reader Edition
by Reyna Grande
Adapted for young adult audiences, the National Book Critics Circle Award-nominated memoir captures the struggles of a young Mexican girl who lives with a stern grandparent while waiting for her parents to establish lives in the United States before she embarks on the dangerous crossing herself.
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Download e-books and audiobooks for free from the Overdrive or Libby app.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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