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The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory - the afternoon her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Maternal loss and betrayal, guilt and forgiveness entwine in a story that leads Lily to the single thing her heart longs for most. |
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Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons |
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Clay's Quilt by Silas House |
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Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer |
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Lucy the Giant by Sherri L. Smith |
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Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him. |
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Cut by Patricia McCormick |
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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher |
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Ghost Boy by lain Lawrence |
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Inside Out by Terry Trueman |
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Breathing Underwater
by Alex Flinn Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father. |
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Breaking Point by Alex Flinn |
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Shades of Simon Gray by Joyce McDonald |
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Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman |
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The Cobra Event by
Richard Preston A crazed scientist takes it upon himself to develop and release a new biological weapon that will "thin out" the human race. |
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Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston |
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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston |
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Prey by Michael Crichton |
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What Have You Lost? by Naomi
Shihab Nye "What have you lost? A friend? A brother? A wallet? A memory? A meaning? A year?" asks this collection of 140 poems that explore all kinds of loss. |
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The Space Between Our Footsteps compiled by Naomi Shihab Nye |
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You are Here, This is Now edited by David Levithan |
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You Hear Me? Poems and Writings by Teenage Boys edited by Betsy Franco |
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Things I have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls edited by Betsy Franco |
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Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser |
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt air on our tongues and a breathless sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control. We know, on the strength of this stark and compelling journey into the dark heart of nature, what it feels like to drown. |
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer |
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer |
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In the Heart of the Sea:
The Tragedy of the Whale Ship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick |
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House of the Scorpion by Nancy
Farmer In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrâon, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. |
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The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer |
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Feed by M. T. Anderson |
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The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick |
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
Lee Lawyer Atticus Finch defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic, Puliter Prize-winning novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white woman. Through the eyes of Atticus's children, Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unanswering honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930's. |
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A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines |
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Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell |
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinebeck |
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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card Once again, the Earth is under attack. Alien "buggers" are poised for a final assault. The survival of the human species depends on a military genius who can defeat the buggers. But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battleschool. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. In simulated war games he excels. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions? After all, Battleschool is just a game. Right? |
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Dune by Frank Herbert |
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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Hienlen |
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Parable of the Sower By Octavia Butler |
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by
Michael Dorris Starting in the present day and moving backward, the novel is told in the voices of the three women: fifteen-year-old part-black Rayona; her American Indian mother, Christine, consumed by tenderness and resentment toward those she loves; and the fierce and mysterious Ida, mother and grandmother whose haunting secrets, betrayals, and dreams echo through the years, braiding together the strands of the shared past. |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith |
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My Antonia by Willa Cather |
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A American Childhood by Annie Dillard |
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The Lord of the Rings
Trillogy by J.R.R. Tolkien Through the urgings of the enigmatic wizard Gandalf, young hobbit Frodo Baggins embarks on an urgent, incredibly treacherous journey to destroy the One Ring. This ring -- created and then lost by the Dark Lord, Sauron, centuries earlier -- is a weapon of evil, one that Sauron desperately wants returned to him. With the power of the ring once again his own, the Dark Lord will unleash his wrath upon all of Middle-earth. The only way to prevent this horrible fate from becoming reality is to return the Ring to Mordor, the only place it can be destroyed. Unfortunately for our heroes, Mordor is also Sauron's lair. |
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley |
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Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart |
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Fallen Angels
by Walter Dean Myers Richie Perry, Lobel, Johnson, Brunner, and Peewee are all in Vietnam. They came there for different reasons, but now they share a single dream -- getting out alive. |
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Edited by Bernard Edelman |
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Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the
Vietnam War by James E. Parker |
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Going After Caciato by Tim O'Brien |
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Rumor of War by Philip Caputo |
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The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh |
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Fields of Fire by James Webb |
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Watership Down by Richard Adams
First published in 1972, Richard Adam's extraordinary bestseller Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests, and riverbanks, far beyond our cities and towns. It is a powerful saga of courage, leadership, and survival; and epic tale of a hardy band of Berkshire rabbits forced to flee the destruction of their fragile community and their trials and triumphs in the face of extraordinary adversity as they pursue a glorious dream called "home" |
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Tales from Watership Down by Richard Adams |
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Animal Farm by George Orwell |
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchet |
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Redwall by Brian Jacques |
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Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid. |
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After by Francine Prose |
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Invisible by Peter Hautman |
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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher |
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Feeling Sorry for Celia
by Jaclyn Moriarty The Association of Teenagers" is coming down pretty hard on Elizabeth Clarry. What is she to do when her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the refrigerator? And now, because her English teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope" in the "Age of the Internet," a complete and utter stranger knows more about Elizabeth than anyone else. But Elizabeth is on the verge of some big changes. She is about to outgrow a friend, discover a great new friend, kiss the sexiest guy alive, and run in a marathon. Who needs "The Association of Teenagers" anyway?! |
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Chaser: A Novel in Emails by Michael Rosen |
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Heart on my Sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger |
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Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger |
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The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty |
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What My Mother Doesn't
Know by Sonya Sones
Portrays ninth-grader Sophie's trajectory of lusty crushes and disillusionment whether she is gazing at Dylan's "smoldery dark eyes" or dancing with a mystery man to music that "is slow/ and/ saxophony." Best friends Rachel and Grace provide anchoring friendships for Sophie as she navigates her home life as an only child with a distant father and a soap opera-devotee mother |
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Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones |
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Keesha’s House by Helen Frost |
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Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen |
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Sloppy Firsts
by Megan McCafferty "My parents suck ass. Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don’t they realize that Hope’s the only one who keeps me sane? . . . I don’t see how things could get any worse." |
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The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot |
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Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, and 3) |
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The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks |
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First Part Last
by Angela Johnson Bobby is a typical urban New York City teenager -- impulsive, eager, restless. For his sixteenth birthday he cuts school with his two best buddies, grabs a couple of slices at his favorite pizza joint, catches a flick at a nearby multiplex, and gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever: He's going to be a father. Suddenly things like school and house parties and fun times with friends are replaced by visits to Nia's pediatrician and countless social workers who all say that the only way for Nia and Bobby to lead a normal life is to put their baby up for adoption. Then tragedy strikes Nia, and Bobby finds himself in the role of single, teenage father. Because his child -- their child -- is all that remains of his lost love. |
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Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard |
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Heaven by Angela Johson |
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Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff |
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