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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
by Betty Smith  
Powells.com Staff Pick I read this when I was around 11 years old, and it made a huge impression on me. Set in a time when Brooklyn might not have been the chic neighborhood it is now, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is about an inner-city girl seeing hope in her hard world...
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American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
Powells.com Staff Pick For the winter holidays try American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Chang. This quirky book is a fabulous introduction to the new generation of graphic novels, and blends folklore with an exploration of racial stereotyping and the "right stuff" of America...
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Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence
by Candice M. Kelsey
Powells.com Staff Pick You don't have to fill your head with alarmist stories; this book will guide you through a balanced look at your teen's online reality. When you're done reading, go back to having dinner with your teen and telling them every day that you love them...
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The Witchcraft of Salem Village (Landmark Books)
by Shirley Jackson
Powells.com Staff Pick Have you ever read about the Salem Witch Trials? Shirley Jackson's Witchcraft of Salem Village superbly chronicles how suspicion can transform a small and rigidly structured community. Landmark's history series has an incredible author and title list...
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Kids on Strike!
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Powells.com Staff Pick Bartoletti's triumph! A must read! Now hear this! Newspaper kids on strike? When its youngest citizens spoke up, New York City experienced one of its finest hours. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
Powells.com Staff Pick If you haven't heard of Shannon Hale... well, now you have! Try Book of a Thousand Days, which is her newest feminist fairy tale. The very first page will inexorably pull you in with Jungian, gothic images of mad women suffering patriarchal cruelties...
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Swallows and Amazons (85 Edition)
by Arthur Ransome
Powells.com Staff Pick Have you ever dreamed of a perfect summer? Give yourself a sailboat, a wise mother, and a safe sea, and you will have the ingredients for this hilarious but also deadly serious adventure — you'll be hatching schemes, defending yourself against...
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Usagi Yojimbo
by Stan Sakai
Powells.com Staff Pick This excellent, old-timey, crazy-well-done comic is part of the Western world's love for all things manga. If you like Bone, you will love Usagi Yojimbo. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
Powells.com Staff Pick An exquisite fantasy adventure set in a desert country. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
by Suzanne Fis Staples
Powells.com Staff Pick A young girl rebels against her traditional, nomadic, bedouin culture by challenging her father. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
by Joanne Greenberg
Powells.com Staff Pick This is one of the few books I have read more than twice. If you walk through this world with any mental illness, including clinical depression, you will probably see yourself in this 15-year-old's struggle. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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The Shadow Thieves
by Anne Ursu
Powells.com Staff Pick For a good vacation read, try Shadow Thieves. Anne Ursu's somewhat dark, mythological thriller is the first in the Cronus Chronicles, so if you enjoy it, there's more to look forward to. Ursu's work dances between humor, gothic suspense, and family...
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Immigrant Kids
by Russell Freedman
Powells.com Staff Pick Russell Freedman has been meticulously documenting children's history for over 20 years. The inspiration for Immigrant Kids came from an exhibition of photographs called "Street Kids: 1864–1977," held at the New York Historical Society in 1978...
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You Know Where to Find Me
by Rachel Cohn
Powells.com Staff Pick Having not read any Cohn to date, I was interested... and really moved. When I was a teenager, back in the last century, I really could have used this story. I thought I was alone. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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Cronus Chronicles #2: The Siren Song
by Anne Ursu
Powells.com Staff Pick The second book in Anne Ursu's Cronus Chronicles is as fun (and as dark) as the first, The Shadow Thieves. If you enjoy books twisted with Greek mythology, then once you discover Ursu's creations, you'll dig in. Put five pillows on your bed, snuggle into...
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