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The way we fall
by Megan Crewe
Quarantined along with her neighbors when a deadly virus sweeps through their island community, 16-year-old Kaelyn finds herself struggling for survival in the face of dwindling supplies and infected loved ones, a situation that introduces her to a romantic prospect and forces her to team up with a former rival. 75,000 first printing.
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Little brother
by Cory Doctorow
Having mastered the cutting-edge technologies of the networked world, seventeen-year-old Marcus and his friends cut school in search of high adventure and find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco and wrongfully incarcerated in a secret prison by a totalitarian Department of Homeland Security. 50,000 first printing.
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My side of the mountain
by Jean Craighead George
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship
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13 little blue envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life.
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Freaks : alive, on the inside
by Annette Curtis Klause
Running away from Faeryland to find a more normal way of life where he believes he may be able to fit in, Abel Dandy ends up on a dangerous quest where a mysterious woman haunts his dreams and is suddenly put in the position of saving other children imprisoned by the evil owner of a traveling freak show.
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Flight #116 is down!
by Caroline B. Cooney
An award-winning dramatic thriller finds a young girl confronting her fears and making heroic efforts at the terrifying scene of a crashed 747. Reissue.
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I am the cheese : a novel
by Robert Cormier
A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive
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The book thief
by Markus Zusak
Living with a foster family in Germany during World War II, a young girl struggles to survive her day-to-day trials through stealing anything she can get her hands on, but when she discovers the beauty of literature, she realizes that she has been blessed with a gift that must be shared with others, including the Jewish man hiding in the basement.
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So yesterday : a novel
by Scott Westerfeld
Trend-spotter and fashion expert Hunter Braque must use all of his cool-hunting talents to find a big-money client who has mysteriously disappeared.
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that may lead them to a pirate's fortune
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Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
After being kidnapped by his villainous and miserly uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes with the help of Jacobite fugitive Alan Breck and becomes involved in the struggle of Scottish Highlanders against English rule. Reissue. (A Masterpiece Theatre presentation, airing Fall 2005) (Literature)
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The Wednesday wars
by Gary D. Schmidt
Set during the 1967-1968 school year, Holling Hoodhood finds his seventh-grade year one filled with many challenges as he spends afternoons with Mrs. Baker discussing the plays of Shakespeare, defends his tasty cream puffs from a determined bully, and prepares for his big debut in the school play--all while the issue of Vietnam looms on a daily basis. 50,000 first printing.
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Holes
by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats is sent away to a boys' detention center where the warden instructs the boys to "build character" by digging holes everyday, but it doesn't take long for Stanley to figure out that the warden is up to something, and he decides to figure out what it is. Newbery Medal Winner. Teacher's Guide available. Reprint.
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Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness.
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Dodger
by Terry Pratchett
Surviving by his wits in an alternative-universe London ruled by a young Queen Victoria, the intrepid young Dodger inadvertently foils a murderous Sweeney Todd's operation and encounters numerous fictional and historical characters, including Darwin, Disraeli and Dickens. By the award-winning author of A Hat Full of Sky.
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The outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society
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Trash
by Andy Mulligan
Making a living in a near-future world by scavenging through mountains of garbage outside their large city, a member of a group of homeless 14-year-old orphaned boys makes a mysterious discovery that causes them to be targeted by corrupt pursuers.
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Acceleration
by Graham McNamee
While working at the Toronto Transit Authority, seventeen-year-old Duncan comes upon a worn diary that tells the deepest secrets of a vicious serial killer who prowls the subway for his prey, which leads Duncan dangerously obsessed in finding him to put an end to the murderer's future plans. 10,000 first printing.
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Operation Red Jericho
by Joshua Mowll
Through a journal rich in detail and enhanced with photos, diagrams, and maps, a young boy discovers the amazing journey his great-aunt Rebecca and great-uncle Doug experienced after their parents' mysterious disappearance from the deserts of China.
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Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
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Robinson Crusoe
by Deanna McFadden
Presents an abridged version of the tale of Englishman Robinson Crusoe, who, after becoming the sole survivor of a 1659 shipwreck, lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
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The girl who was supposed to die
by April Henry
Waking up in a ransacked cabin with no recollection of her identity and overhearing two men who are preparing to kill her, Cady is accidentally saved by haphazard companion Ty and endures a harrowing cat-and-mouse chase for survival. By the author of The Night She Disappeared.
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Lord of the flies : a novel
by William Golding
The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island
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Overboard
by Elizabeth Fama
After their boat sinks off Sumatra, Emily and Isman find themselves adrift in dangerous waters and so band together where Isman's belief in his Islamic faith keeps them encouraged throughout their frightening ordeal.
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The house of the scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
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