Breaking Point/ Alex Flinn
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Paul is the new kid at school where all the rich students make life miserable for anyone not like them, and Paul is definitely not like them. One day, Charlie Good, a star student and athlete, invites Paul to hang out. However, it is not without conditions. Now Paul has to decide how far he'll go to be one of the gang.
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Breathing Under Water/Alex Flinn
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Sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas appears perfect, at least on the outside. What no one knows is that Nick’s father is abusive. When Nick meets a girl named Caitlin, he thinks his problems are over. Until one day, Nick acts towards Caitlin the way his father acts towards him. |
Fade to Black/Alex Flinn
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Alex Crusan, an HIV-positive high school student is attacked. The bigot accused of the crime, and the only witness, a classmate with Down Syndrome, reveal how the assault has changed their lives as they tell of its aftermath. |
Cut/Patricia McCormick
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Overwhelmed with the pressure of thinking she is responsible for her brother's illness, 15-year-old Callie begins a course of self-destruction, as she cuts herself to relieve her inner frustrations and guilt. This act leads her into a psychiatric hospital. |
My Brother’s Keeper/Patricia McCormick
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Toby Malone is having an awful year. To make it even worse, his older brother Jake is getting into trouble with drugs. Can Toby keep covering for his brother’s mistakes or is the load a little too heavy for his shoulders to carry alone? |
Sold/Patricia McCormick |
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Lakshmi’s life is hard to begin with. But, after her stepfather sells her to a woman who promises to take her to the city in Nepal to find work as a maid, her appalling future becomes apparent. Not ending up in Nepal at all, Lakshmi is off to Calcutta, India, where she is sold into sex slavery. |
Bad Boy: A Memoir/Walter Dean Myers |
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Myers details his childhood in Harlem in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Getting into trouble on the streets but balancing the values he was taught at home, he turns to his books for comfort. |
Monster/Walter Dean Myers |
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Steve Harmon is sixteen years old, black, and in jail. He is accused of felony murder. Will Steve be proven innocent or spend the rest of his life behind bars? |
The Night My Sister Went Missing/Carol Plum Ucci |
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A shot is fired at a party. A girl disappears into the water. Was she shot? Is she playing a practical joke? Where is her body? |
Miracle’s Boys/ Jacqueline Woodson |
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Three brothers, Ty'ree, 23, Charlie, 15 and LaFayette (Laf) 13, try to survive life after their father dies of hypothermia and their mother dies of complications from diabetes. Will they make it or will what is left of their family be torn apart? |
