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The Guardian

by Sweeney, Joyce

Hunter has never had anyone to look out for him. His mother gave him away when he was young, he’s never known his father, and his foster mother leaves a lot ...

The Brooklyn Nine

A Novel in Nine Innings

by Gratz, Alan

Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.

Flygirl

by Smith, Sherri L.

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Wondrous Strange

by Livingston, Lesley

When seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow meets Sonny Flannery, she discovers he is a changeling and guardian of the gate between the faerie Otherworld an...

3 Willows

The Sisterhood Grows

by Brashares, Ann

Ama, Jo, and Polly, three close friends from Bethesda, Maryland, spend the summer before ninth grade learning about themselves, their families, and the changin...

The Great Wide Sea

by Herlong, M. H.

Still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the Florida Keys and have a harrowing adventure a...

Chains

by Anderson, Laurie Halse

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promise...

How to Ditch Your Fairy

by Larbalestier, Justine

Welcome to New Avalon, where everyone has a personal fairy. Though invisible to the naked eye, a personal fairy, like a specialized good luck charm, is vital t...

Antsy Does Time

by Shusterman, Neal

Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the...

Guardian

by Lester, Julius

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