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Un lugar entre las sombras

Written by Walter Dean Myers
This poignant and powerful novel explores how a young boy's life is forever changed when he meets his father, a convicted criminal.
7th - 12th
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The Girl from the Sea

Written by Molly Knox Ostertag

Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she...

5th - 10th
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An Island Like You, Stories of the Barrio

Written by Judith Ortiz Cofer
A collection of stories captures the lives of different teenagers growing up in the barrio.
5th - 12th
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Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story)

Written by Daniel Nayeri

In an Oklahoman middle school, Khosrou (whom everyone calls Daniel) stands in front of a skeptical...

7th - 12th
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Don't Cosplay With My Heart

Written by Cecil Castellucci

When Edan Kupferman dresses up like her favorite character, Gargantua, she feels tall and powerful...

7th - 12th
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A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

Written by Atia Abawi
After their home in Syria is bombed, Tareq, his father, and his younger sister seek refuge. First...
8th - 11th
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You Bring the Distant Near

Written by Mitai Perkins
From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City...
7th - 12th
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Pride and Prejudice

Written by Jane Austen and Illustrated by Charles Edmunnd
First published in 1813, “Pride and Prejudice” is a story set in the English countryside outside of...
9th - 12th
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My Brother Sam Is Dead

Written by James Lincoln Collier
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a...
7th - 12th
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Young Widows Club

Written by Alexandra Coutts
Seventeen-year-old Tamsen Baird didn't set out to become a teenage widow. All she did was fall in...
7th - 12th
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Dicey's Song

Written by Cynthia Voigt
Part of a series of seven books, this one is about what happens to Dicey and her three siblings...
7th - 10th
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Signs Point to Yes: An Adorkable Romance

Written by Sandy Hall
If only Jane’s Magic 8 Ball could tell her how to get through the summer. Unfortunately, Jane is not...
6th - 12th
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Marked by Fire

Written by Joyce Carol Thomas
She has grown up--Abyssinia Jackson has--under a vast Oklahoma sky shaded with pecan trees and...
9th - 12th

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