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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
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Alexie, Sherman.
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BRW01271
DB065403
LP023368
RC065403
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Spokane Indian Reservation. Fourteen-year-old Junior--beset with physical problems caused by brain damage--transfers to an all-white town school. Called a traitor by his best friend and Tonto by his new classmates, Junior uses humor and wit to bridge the cultural divide. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2007.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Angelou, Maya
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BR015665
DB057200
RC024959
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Collection of warm, joyful, raging, and proud poems that reflect the sense of life, love, and loneliness.
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Twisted
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Anderson, Laurie Halse
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BR017488
DB065247
LP023169
RC065247
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Bullied Tyler Miller becomes infamous after vandalizing the school and being sentenced to community service. Returning for senior year, Tyler is accused of posting a classmate's nude pictures on the Internet. Life spirals downward until Tyler takes charge--at home and at school. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007
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Baby Be-Bop
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Block, Francesca Lia
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DB043313
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In this companion to Weetzie Bat (RC 37026), sixteen-year-old Dirk McDonald comes to terms with being gay. He is consumed with self-loathing because of his unrequited love for his best friend. While recuperating from a savage beating, Dirk is comforted by surreal visitations from his deceased parents. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Chbosky, Stephen
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BR012551
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In 1991 Charlie is a high school freshman, reeling from his only friend's recent suicide. In a series of letters, the overly sensitive and intelligent Charlie describes making friends with two seniors, who are step-siblings, and growing up with their help. For senior high and older readers. 1999.
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Deadline
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Crutcher, Chris
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BR017545
DB065481
RC065481
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Eighteen-year-old Ben Wolf hides his terminal illness from family and friends during his senior year of high school. Since he is now able to live without fearing consequences, Ben allows himself to fall in love, argue with a teacher, and play football. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007.
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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Frank, Anne
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BR010113
DB057022
LP001002
RC040424
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A girl of 15 kept this journal while living in hiding with other Jews in Amsterdam during the most oppressive years of World War II. Tender, tragic and sometimes funny, it is a record of adolescence by an unusually articulate writer.
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The Dead Man in Indian Creek
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Hahn, Mary Downing
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RC036604
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PARKER AND MATT, Both twelve, decide to camp out one last time before it becomes too cold and stumble upon a dead man. Parker swears he saw George Evans- --his widowed mother’s boyfriend and his least favorite person—at the scene of the crime. Thus begins aperil- laden adventure that includes a cocaine ring in which parker’s mother and George are involved. For grades 5-7 and older readers. 1990
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Geography Club
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Hartinger, Brent
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DBW08034
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Russel and other closeted gay students from the "Geography Club" at their intolerant small-town high school as a way for getting together in secret to talk. They welcome several straight kids, too, who feel pushed out and pushed around in the sometimes mean social scene. Through his rise to popularity as a "straight" jock and his fall to exile as "the gay kid," Russel learns about love, betrayal, cruelty and forgiveness. He figures out what kind of person he wants to be. Some strong language. High School. 2003.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Lee, Harper
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BR009237
RC036414
LP020269
DB036414
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Lawyer, Atticus Finch, defends a black man charged with the rape of a white woman. Through the eyes of Finch's children, this novel explores the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s.
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Vampire Academy series
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Mead, Richelle
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DB068486
RC068486
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After two years in hiding, seniors Rose and Lissa are dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy. Vampire princess Lissa must learn to control her magic, while Rose's impetuous behavior hinders her status as Lissa's guardian. Violence, descriptions of sex, and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2007.
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Twilight series
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Meyer, Stephenie H.
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BR018146
LP025009
RC062066
DB062066
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Bella goes to live with her Dad, a sheriff in Forks, WA. She's immediately drawn to Edward, a pale, gorgeous classmate, who associates only with his equally odd siblings. When he saves her from being hit by a truck, it's clear that his abilities are more than human. Despite warnings, Bella is drawn into a world of constant danger. Some violence. High school readers. 2005.
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And Tango Makes Three
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Richardson, Justin, and Peter Parnell
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CBA07849
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At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by sharing the care of an abandoned egg and its hatchling. Kindergarten-grade 3. 2005.
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The Bookseller of Kabul
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Seierstad, Åsne
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DB057814
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Intimate portrait of Afghani bookseller Sultan Khan and his family by an award-winning Norwegian journalist who lived with them in the spring of 2002 after the Taliban fell. Depicts the experiences of Khan's children and two wives in a strict Muslim household as their nation recovers from war. 2002.
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Unwind
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Shusterman, Neal
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DB066918
RC066918
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In a future world, parents may "unwind," or disassemble, their offspring between the ages of thirteen and eighteen to harvest their body parts for others' use. Teens Connor, Risa, and Lev fight to uphold their beliefs and perhaps save their own lives. For junior and senior high readers. 2007.
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One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
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Sones, Sonya
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BR015850
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After her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Ruby leaves Boston and reluctantly moves to California where her father is a famous actor. Ruby has trouble adapting but gradually accepts the change while learning family secrets. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2004.
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The Egypt Game
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Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
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BR009393
DB037531
RC037531
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A group of children entranced by the study of Egypt play their own Egypt game with secret meetings, rites, and ceremonies in an abandoned yard behind the antique shop. The game helps an unhappy eleven-year-old solve her personal problems and leads to the identification of the lurking stranger. For grades 4-7.
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Jubilee
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Walker, Margaret
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RC041543
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The daughter of a plantation owner and his black mistress is reared to young womanhood as a servant in this story which chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many forms of bondage
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