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Mount Sinai Suggested Summer Reading Entering 12th Grade
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Beartown : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
In a forgotten town fractured by scandal, an amateur hockey team might just be able to change everything. By the New York Times best-selling author of A Man Called Ove.
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I am the messenger
by Markus Zusak
The dull and drab life of Ed, an underage cab driver with a coffee-addicted dog, takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally stops a bank robbery and finds himself being placed in charge of watching out for the entire town per a visit from the mysterious Ace. Reprint.
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If you find me
by Emily Murdoch
Enduring a difficult existence in the woods with her younger sister and the mentally ill mother who abducted them, 14-year-old Carey is found by her father and thrust into a perplexing world filled with new clothes, busy stores and plentiful food that is overshadowed by a painful secret about her sister's silence.
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Jasper Jones : a novel
by Craig Silvey
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible
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The kite runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghanistani youth and a servant's son, in a tale that spans the final days of the nation's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day. 40,000 first printing.
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My book of life by Angel
by Martine Leavitt
Sixteen-year-old Angel struggles to free herself from the trap of prostitution and drug abuse in which she is caught
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Nearly found
by Elle Cosimano
A sequel to Nearly Gone finds Nearly and her friends investigating two murders that she believes may be related to her father's disappearance five years earlier. Simultaneous eBook. 30,000 first printing.
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The rules of survival
by Nancy Werlin
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.
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September girls
by Bennett Madison
Vacationing in a sleepy beach town for the summer, Sam is pursued by hordes of blonde girls before falling in love with the unusual DeeDee, who compels him to uncover secrets about the community's ocean-dwelling inhabitants.
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The shack : where tragedy confronts eternity
by William P Young
Four years after his daughter is abducted and evidence of her murder is found in an abandoned shack, Mackenzie Allen Philips returns to the shack in response to a note claiming to be from God, and has a life-changing experience
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Shine
by Lauren Myracle
When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, 16-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town, in a coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of intolerance, drugs and poverty.
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Skinny
by Donna D. Cooner
After undergoing gastric-bypass surgery, a self-loathing, obese teenaged girl loses weight and makes the brave decision to start participating in high school life, including pursuing her dream of becoming a singer and finding love.
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Sold
by Patricia McCormick
When she is tricked by her stepfather and sold into prostitution, thirteen-year-old Lakshmi becomes submerged in a nightmare where her only comfort is the friendship she forms with the other girls, which helps her survive--and eventually escape. Reader's Guide available.
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Tales of the Madman Underground : an historical romance, 1973
by John Barnes
Forced to be a member of a group that must attend therapy during school hours, Karl is determined to make his senior year his best and so decides to act "normal" in order to break free from the routine, but between his many jobs and his crazy life at home, Karl begins to think that he may never be able to even grasp the concept--let alone be it.
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Those who wish me dead
by Michael Koryta
When fourteen-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find the two killers. The result is the start of a nightmare.
The killers, known as the Blackwell Brothers, are slaughtering anyone who gets in their way in a methodical quest to reach him. Now all that remains between them and the boy are Ethan and Allison Serbin, who run the wilderness survival program; Hannah Faber, who occupies a lonely fire lookout tower; and endless miles of desolate Montana mountains.
The clock is ticking, the mountains are burning, and those who wish Jace Wilson dead are no longer far behind.
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The boys who challenged Hitler : Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
by Phillip M. Hoose
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud himself, here is Phil Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes
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The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
by Erik Larson
A compelling account of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 brings together the divergent stories of two very different men who played a key role in shaping the history of the event--visionary architect Daniel H. Burnham, who coordinated its construction, and Dr. Henry H. Holmes, an insatiable and charming serial killer who lured women to their deaths. 200,000 first printing.
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping.
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Outliers : the story of success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Identifies the qualities of successful people and poses theories about the cultural, family and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance and why The Beatles earned their fame.
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