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The Girl Next Door

by Castrovilla, Selene

While most seniors at her high school are worrying about prom and final exams, seventeen-year-old Sam is desperately trying to save her best friend Jesse's lif...

The Firefly Letters

A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba

by Engle, Margarita

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Abraham Lincoln (Leaders of the Civil War Era)

by Koestler-Grack, Rachel A.

Born to two uneducated farmers, Abraham Lincoln came from meager origins and had only 18 months of formal education. Yet, he worked himself up from farmer to r...

Shut Up!

by Reynolds, Marilyn

SYNOPSIS, Shut Up!, by Marilyn ReynoldsWhen their mother gets sent to Iraq with her National Guard Unit, seventeen-year-old Mario Barajas and his ten-year-old ...

Trigger

by Vaught, Susan

Jersey Hatch can’t remember if he rammed the car into his parents’ house. He can’t remember why his best friend won’t speak to him. He can’t remember...

Private ((Private))

by Brian, Kate & Peploe, Julian

Tradition, Honor, Excellence...and secrets so dark they're almost invisibleFifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy -- the golden tic...

The Burn Journals

by Runyon, Brent

Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his show...

Shooter

by Myers, Walter Dean

Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

A Northern Light

by Donnelly, Jennifer

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where s...

Lionheart

A Journey of the Human Spirit

by Martin, Jesse & Gannon, Ed

On October 31, 1999, schoolboy sailor Jesse Martin completed one of the last great adventures of the 20th century. At 18 years of age, and after 11 months at s...