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Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She's on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she's made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother's scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her. Now Parker wants a new life.
6) Article 5
Author
Series
Article 5 trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offenses carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she has ever loved, arrests her rebellious mother, Ember must take action.
Author
Series
A Keysha novel volume 4
Publisher
Kimani Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
10) Out of the Easy
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
11) Zel
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.
12) As I wake
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ava awakens with amnesia and a feeling that something is wrong with her life, her mother, and her friends but when the mysterious Morgan appears, her flashbacks of life as a spy for a shady government agency begin to make sense.
14) Born blue
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mothers neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer.
15) Stealing Heaven
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Dani grows weary of her life as a thief when she and her mother move to a town where Dani feels like she can put down roots.
16) Full ride
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio but three years later she learns that his misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.
Author
Series
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her mother's suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her mother's family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.
18) Virtuosity
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.
19) Glimpse
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Living with their mother who earns money as a prostitute, two sisters take care of each other and when the older one attempts suicide, the younger one tries to uncover the reason.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Scarlet, an introverted high school junior surrounded by outcasts who find her a good listener, learns to break old patterns and reach for hope when her pregnant sister moves home with her new husband, with whom Scarlet feels an instant connection.
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