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When girls start experiencing strange tics and other mysterious symptoms at Colleen's high school, her small town of Danvers, Massachusetts, falls victim to rumors that lead to full-blown panic, and only Colleen connects their fate to the ill-fated Salem Village, where another group of girls suffered from a similarly bizarre epidemic three centuries ago.
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English
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Journalist Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin -- the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its white powder cousin -- to the veins of people across the United States. Communities where heroin had never been seen before -- from Charlotte, North Carolina and...
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English
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After globetrotting with her rock musician mother, seventeen-year-old Jade spends her first American summer in California, and soon finds herself falling for her annoying (and annoyingly cute) next-door neighbor, Quentin, who is hiding a secret.
On the title page and cover, the "im" in "impossible" is crossed out.
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Series
Dericott tale volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.
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Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
3 volumes : portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Contains articles on writers whose works are popular with young adults, including contemporary authors, such as Francesca Lia Block and Maya Angelou, and classic authors, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Louisa May Alcott.
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Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Years ago, Clara survived a vicious bear attack. She's used to getting sympathetic looks around town, but meeting strangers is a different story. Yet her dreams go far beyond Knik, Alaska, and now she's got a secret that's both thrilling and terrifying--an acceptance letter from Columbia University. But it turns out her scars aren't as fixable as she hoped, and when her boyfriend begins to press for a forever commitment, she has second thoughts about...
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English
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In her most famous spoken-word poem, award -winning author and poet Elizabeth Acevedo celebrates the beauty and meaning of natural Black hair, her words vibrantly illustrated by artist Andrea Pippins. This book embraces all the complexities of Afro-Latinidad-the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance.
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English
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"In this nonfiction teen book, "financial hype woman" Berna Anat explains all the stuff young adults need to know about personal finance, covering everything from how and why to make a budget, to understanding the inequalities of our economy and how to work to change them"--
11) We All Fall Down
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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A new romantic thriller—with a dash of horror—from Natalie D. Richards, the New York Times bestselling author of YA psychological thriller books.
Theo's always been impulsive. But telling Paige how he feels? He's obsessed over that decision. And it's time. Tonight. At the party on the riverbank, under the old walking bridge, site of so many tales of love and death.
Paige has had a crush on Theo since they first
...12) The best in children's books: the University of Chicago guide to children's literature, 1979-1984
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1986.
Physical Desc
x, 511 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
xiv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Includes recommendations from teen reviewers and authors in fantasy, horror, chick lit, graphic novels, sci-fi, crime, true classics, and cult fiction. Includes a special genre feature written by E. Lockhart on Love and Relationships, and Patrick Jones on Short and Gripping Books--plus Top Ten Lists by genre, top award-winners, and up-to-the-minute bestsellers.
14) Recreating the past: a guide to American and world historical fiction for children and young adults
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Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1994.
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xxii, 494 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Indy, sent to live with relatives in Nassau, struggles to conceal that she is pregnant by rape. Turned out by her aunt, completely broke with only a hand-me-down pregnancy book as a resource, Indy desperately looks for a safe space to call home. A yoga retreat might be the place. But Indy is about to discover that home is more just four walls and a roof-- it's the people she chooses to share it with. -- adapted from amazon.com.
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Bibliographies and indexes in world literature volume no. 46
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
l, 313 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Freitas takes readers on a journey into the Big Questions about sex and consent. What is the meaning and purpose of sex? How does it intersect with who I am? Why are people so afraid of it? What does a healthy and joyful approach to sex look like for me? Teenagers are wrestling towards the answers that work for them-- and will continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of their lives. No matter your sexuality, gender, religion, or race-- what could...
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