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4) You go first
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque is vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American"...
9) Black ice
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Britt goes hiking in the Teton Range of Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend Calvin, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, finds evidence of murders, and learns whom to trust and whom to love.
10) The memory book
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a rare genetic disorder steals away her memories and then her health, teenaged Sammie records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
11) Anger Is a Gift
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moss Jeffries is many things―considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd. But sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else―someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn’t become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night. And most of all, he wishes he didn’t feel so stuck. Moss can’t even escape at...
12) The best at it
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.
13) United we spy
Author
Series
Gallagher Girls volume 6
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cammie Morgan and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle's elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan that will change Cammie--and her country--forever"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Perfect strangers Graham Larkin and Ellie O'Neill meet online when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an e-mail about his pet pig, Wilbur. The two 17-year-olds strike up an e-mail relationship from opposite sides of the country and don't even know each other's first names. What's more, Ellie doesn't know Graham is a famous actor, and Graham doesn't know about the big secret in Ellie's family tree. When the relationship goes from online to in-person,...
16) Harbor me
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
17) The only road
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa, towering on an island to the north. Generations of men and boys have died on the same quest--how can a timid young girl in a tiny boat survive the epic tests of the archipelago?"--
Author
Series
Littlest Bigfoot volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The story of twelve-year-old Alice, a misfit who is ignored by her own family and shipped off to boarding school. She'd love a friend, and one day she rescues mysterious Millie Maximus from drowning in a lake. Millie, it turns out, is a Bigfoot, part of a clan that lives deep in the woods. Alice swears to protect Millie and her tribe, and the two girls try to find a place where they both fit in"--
Author
Series
Nevermoor volume 1
Language
English
Description
"A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious organization called the Wundrous Society"--