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The Agony of Alice (Alice Books)
by Phyllis Reyn Naylor
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Since Alice McKinney burst onto the scene in 1985, she has addressed the issues tween girls care about with humor and sensitivity. Now, the first two books in Naylors beloved series are reissued with a fresh new look.... ( read more)
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My Fathers Scar
by Michael Cart
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Eighteen year-old Andy Logan has finally made it to his first year og college, but not without some struggle. As he tries to settle in this new environment, he cannot help but recall the events and experiences that have led him there.It is in these... ( read more)
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Anastasia at This Address
by Lois Lowry
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"SWM, 28, boyish charm, inherited wealth, looking for tall young woman, nonsmoker, to share Caribbean vacations, reruns of Casablanca, and romance." When thirteen-year-old Anastasia Krupnic sees this ad in a personal column, she decides to write back... ( read more)
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Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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"Things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something..."
Everyone has to keep a journal in Mrs. Dunphrey's English class, but the teacher has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do not read this." It's the kind of... ( read more)
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All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
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Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Matt Damon, produced by Mike Nichols, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of... ( read more)
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Animal Dreams
by Barbara Kingsolver
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"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her... ( read more)
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Black Boy: American Hunger a Record of Childhood and Youth (Perennial Classics)
by Richard Wright
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Plot Summary "Black Boy is Richard Wright's memoir of his life from early childhood to the launching of his career as a writer. His father abandoned the family soon after they moved to Memphis, leaving Wright, his mother and brother in dire straits... ( read more)
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America (the Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
by Jon Stewart
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Why do we love America so much? For the much-celebrated naked pictures of Supreme Court justices? The flashbacks to those stultifyingly dull high school textbooks? Or can it be that seeing the polished irreverence of the Daily Show writers in book form... ( read more)
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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
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The Classic Story of Life in Apartheid South Africa Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage... ( read more)
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My Heartbeat
by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Powells.com Staff Pick
My Heartbeat is a great novel about the messiness of growing up, trying to figure out who you are, and relating to other people — all while being told who to be by adults (who haven't figured things out as much as they'd like to believe). Very... ( read more)
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Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
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Plot Summary: The wisteria vines on their own would just barely get by, is how I explained it to Turtle, but put them together with rhizobia and they make miracles. -Taylor Greer in "The Bean Trees Marietta Greer spent her childhood in rural Kentucky... ( read more)
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Killing Mr. Griffin (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Lois Duncan
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High school can be tough. But with teachers like Mr. Griffin it can seem impossible. They only planned to scare him. But sometimes even the best-laid plans go wrong.... ( read more)
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
by John Demilio
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One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a... ( read more)
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Crazy Lady!
by Jane Leslie Conly
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Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts'Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a... ( read more)
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Rainbow Boys (01 Edition)
by Alex Sanchez
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Jason Carrillo is a jock with a steady girlfriend, but he can't stop dreaming about sex...with other guys. Kyle Meeks doesn't look gay, but he is. And he hopes he never has to tell anyone -- especially his parents. Nelson Glassman is "out" to the entire... ( read more)
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Ordinary People
by Judith Guest
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The Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provdier and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. In this memorable, moving novel, Judith Guest takes the reader into... ( read more)
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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
by Ben Mezrich
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The amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T. students who beat the system in Vegas — and lived to tell how.
Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.'s math students and engineers take up blackjack under... ( read more)
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One Fat Summer (Ursula Nordstrom Book)
by Robert Lipsyte
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For Bobby Marks, summer does not equal fun. While most people are happy to take off their heavy jackets and long pants, Bobby can't even button his jeans or reach over his belly to touch his toes. Spending the summer at Rumson Lake is sheer torture. This... ( read more)
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Alice Alone (Alice Books)
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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When Alice realizes that her relationship with Patrick is over, after he refuses to choose between her and the flirtatious Penny, Alice's friends know she's heartbroken, and begin to call or visit on hourly intervals. Alice realizes there is life after... ( read more)
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Daughters of Eve (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Lois Duncan
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Sworn to secrecy. Bound by loyalty. It's the high school's most exclusive club--but now a twisted mind is leading it. Who will be the first victim?... ( read more)
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