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A Darkling Plain

by Reeve, Philip

While dealing with people from their past and treachery from unexpected sources, Tom, Hester, and Wren return to save the world.

How It Happened in Peach Hill

by Jocelyn, Marthe

When fifteen-year-old Annie Grey and her "clairvoyant" mother arrive in Peach Hill, New York, in 1924, each finds a reason for wanting to finally settle down, ...

Elsewhere

by Zevin, Gabrielle

After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new ...

Criss Cross

by Perkins, Lynne Rae

Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning ...

A Dream of Freedom

The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968

by McWhorter, Diane

In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, the author focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown v. the Board of ...

So B. It

by Weeks, Sarah

After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out w...

Soldier Boys

by Hughes, Dean

Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.

The Boy in the Burning House

by Wynne-Jones, Tim

Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, wh...

Marco's Millions

by Sleator, William

Twelve-year-old Marco's love for travel and for his younger sister Lilly, who has psychic powers, leads him to journey to other universes, gaining the ability ...

Run If You Dare

by Powell, Randy

Fourteen-year-old Gardner, trying to find some direction in his life, is shocked to discover that his unemployed father considers himself a failure.