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81) Swing
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"--
82) Vanilla
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Told in a series of blank verse poems, two boys Van (called Vanilla) and Hunter tell of their relationship which began before they were teenagers, but foundered in high school, mostly because Hunter thinks they should be having sex and Vanilla is not so sure.
83) The moon within
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Indigenous Mexican is secretive about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion; she must choose loyalty to her life-long best friend who is contemplating an even more profound change of life or the boy she likes.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old misfit Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for "loser," and so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie her reputation plummets, but he finds acceptance as a student in a drawing class at Harvard.
86) Sold
Author
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, enjoys her life until the Himalayan monsoons wash away her family's crops and she is sold to a brothel in India by her stepfather. She remembers her mother's wisdom, "Simply to endure is to triumph, " until the day comes that she can reclaim her life.
87) A slip of a girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older sibling immigrate to America, and she and her father and sister with special needs are about to be evicted from their farm"--
Author
Series
Gone fishing volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Camping is fun. Until it's time to sleep. Then, Lucy wonders, what kinds of creatures lurk in the dark? With only her brother and grandpa as tent mates, will Lucy be able to face her camping fears? Includes a variety of poetic forms--from aubade to haiku--as well as writing tips about rhyme and rhythm"--
89) Punching the air
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
A young artist and poet's prospects at a diverse art school are threatened by a racially biased system and a tragic altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood.
92) Some girls bind
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Genderqueer adolescent Jamie and their gay friend, Levi, come out to Jamie's brother Steve, who encourage both of them to seek acceptance from friends and family.
94) Hidden
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra's father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back.
95) Manning up
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After collapsing on the field, Jack, a high school football player who struggles with body dysmorphia, finds himself in therapy and rehab.
96) Audacity
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York."--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam built to create a man-made lake for America's wealthiest businessmen collapsed, unleashing twenty million tons of water onto the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, below; told in the voices of six children and many othersthis is the story of the ordinary people of the town, their losses and their survival--and of the bitter aftermath when those for whom the dam was built denied all responsibility for the shoddy dam...
Author
Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A new girl at school throws nine-year-old Eleanor's relationship with her best friend Pearl into disarray.
99) Fallout
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
100) Under the broken sky
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Soviet troops invade Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the last days of World War II, twelve-year-old Natsu Kimura must care for her younger sister as they struggle to survive and return to Japan.
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