Showing 1–50 of 62 books
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Akata Witch
American-born Sunny, who lives in Nigeria, is an athlete but, being albino, can only play at night. She is a misfit until she discovers soul mates, juju, and latent magical powers.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780670011964
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Beauty Queens
When an airplane full of teenage beauty queens crashes on a remote island, the surviving girls are forced to push themselves to the limits in order to survive.
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The Beginning of After
When her family is killed in an accident, Laurel must find a way to deal with the aftermath and begin her life anew.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780061985799
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The Berlin Boxing Club
In 1934, Karl's Jewishness has never been an issue, but suddenly it is. Offered the opportunity to train under a champion, Karl grabs it and boxing becomes his refuge.
- Realistic Fiction
- Conflicted: Life During Wartime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780061579684
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Bitter End
Alex has fallen head over heels for Cole, the charming and sweet new boy at school. Cole's love, however, comes with dangerous consequences.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316086950
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Bitter Melon
Destined for an outstanding university and medical career, Frances rebels against her Chinese “tiger mom” by taking speech instead of calculus and discovers a talent for speaking up.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781606844120
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Blink & Caution
Two Teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become inclobed in a compicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780763639839
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The Blood Lie
On his sixteenth birthday, Jack Pool realizes a lie he didn't tell could be deadly.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781933693842
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Bronxwood
Too much pressure, too many choices, not enough options. -
Brooklyn, Burning
This story follows Kid for two summers of pain, loss, music and love, as Kid makes the streets of Brooklyn, NY, into a home.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780761375265
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Close to Famous
Foster has a big secret: she can't read. But with the help of a retired movie star, she overcomes her struggles and wins over hearts with her exceptional baked goods.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780142420171
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Dead End in Norvelt
Being grounded for the entire summer might be the best thing that could have happened to Jack and his blood-spurting nose.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781250010230
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Dreamland Social Club
Jane adjusts to her new home on Coney Island and rediscovers memories of her mother, who grew up there, by spending time with fun, quirky friends.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780525423256
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Everybody Sees the Ants
Lucky faces a bully, meets a girl, and tries to bring his POW/MIA grandfather home from meetings that take place in his dreams as he struggles to find himself.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316129282
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Exposed
Liz and Kate have been best friends for years, but when Kate accuses Liz's brother of raping her, Liz finds that losing a friend--and remaining loyal to your family-- can be difficult. -
The FitzOsbornes in Exile
As Hitler begins his conquest of Europe, the FitzOsborne royals try to save their home while caught up in London's social scene.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780375858659
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Fixing Delilah
After her estranged grandmother's death, Delilah, her mother and aunt sort through the estate, while also working on their relationships.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316052092
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Guantanamo Boy
While visiting family in Pakistan, 15-year-old Khalid Ahmed is captured, imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay prison after being falsely accused of being a terrorist.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780807530788
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How to Save a Life
Jill, who is grieving the death of her father, is appalled that her mother is adopting a baby and giving the pregnant mother, Mandy, a home… but Mandy's got a story of her own.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316036061
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Hush
After many years, Gittel finally knows why her friend, Devory, took her own life. Yet when Devory tries to tell, her ultra-conservative Jewish community won't listen.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780802720887
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I Am J
J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
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I Will Save You
Kidd's life is getting back on track at the beach, after time spent in a group home, but then Devon is back to cause his usual trouble. -
I'll Be There
Sam and Riddle Boarder move constantly with an unstable, criminal father, and all they have is each other until they meet Emily, a girl who recognizes their pain.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316122795
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Island's End
Unexpectedly chosen as the spiritual leader of her island tribe, Uido takes on the challenge of protecting her people from the strangers who keep landing on their island.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780399250996
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Jasper Jones
Spurred by the mysterious death of a schoolmate, Charlie confronts racism and his fears as he learns about family, friendship and love in the oppressive heat of small-town 1960s Australia. Silvey weaves themes of freedom and loyalty with moments of humor in this wrenching novel.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780375866661
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Karma
While taking her mother's ashes back to India, Maya gets separated from her father during an uprising and must find her way back to him.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781595143846
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Lark
Lark is attacked and left to die tied to a tree. Her image appears to friends, pleading for someone to listen to her story, in order to save her spirit.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780061122873
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The Last Little Blue Envelope
Months after Ginny was led around Europe by little blue envelopes from her deceased aunt, a mysterious guy contacts her: he has the last envelope.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780061976797
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Leverage
An unlikely friendship between a stuttering, emotionally shattered, talented football player and a short, competitive gymnast, creates a bond that may help them stand up to three football bullies.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780525423065
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Miles from Ordinary
When her troubled mother disappears, an isolated Lacey frantically searches for her, while facing the terrors of her mother's delusions.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780312555122
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My Name is Mina
Through the process of writing in her journal, Mina, a misfit, discovers herself.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780385740739
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My Name is Not Easy
Relic Master Galen and his apprentice Raffi must travel to the ruined city of Tasceron to restore Galen's powers and find a powerful object to bring back the Old Order, which is under siege.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780803736733
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Now is the Time for Running
As Zimbabwe disintegrates under its new leadership, Deo's village is brutally attacked and he can only save Innocent, his brother who is mentally delayed.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316077903
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Okay for Now
After discovering Audubon's original paintings in a folio at the library, Doug sets off on a quest to restore the missing pages to the book.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780547152608
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Orchards
Kanako goes to Japan to figure out who she is supposed to be.
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Out of Shadows
Zimbabwe on the brink of war.
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Payback Time
Student sports reporter Mitch investigates his football coach on suspicion of corruption in order to determine why the best athlete at his high school does nothing but stand on the sidelines.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780547279817
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Pearl
After Pearl's grandfather dies, a multitude of family secrets are revealed that threaten to change everything – even her relationship with her best, and only, friend Henry.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780805092073
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The Piper's Son
Two years after Tom's grief-stricken behaviors alienated his friends and family he acknowledges he needs support, but his friendships may be irreparably damaged.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780763647582
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Queen of Water
As a small child, Ecuadorian Virginia is sent off to work as an unpaid nanny and maid in the home of a wealthy couple. Based on a true story of one woman's struggles and triumphs.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780385738972
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Recovery Road
Maddie struggles in rehab until she meets Stewart and falls in love. It's only when they get out of rehab and into the real world that the true challenges begin. -
The Running Dream
After a school bus accident, high school runner Jessica has her leg amputated below the knee. She must gather all of her reserves to put her life back together.
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Sean Griswold's Head
In order to avoid thinking about her dad's multiple sclerosis, Payton picks an object to focus on instead: the head of the boy in front of her in class. The problem is, she starts to fall for him.
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Something Like Hope
After living for nearly a decade in foster homes and detention centers, Shavonne must face her past as she prepares to move out of the System on her 18th birthday.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780385739399
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Stay
To escape her obsessive ex-boyfriend, Clara and her father spend the summer in a small beach town, where new relationships change their lives.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781442403734
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Stick
Stick and his brother Bosten must lean on each other to survive their abusive family, until Bosten is kicked out and must survive on his own.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780312613419
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Stupid Fast
As football recruitment brings new friends, Felton tries to keep his mother's depression, and his own insecurities, hidden.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781402256301
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The Survival Kit
Raisa left Poland to join her sister in America, but when she arrives Henda is nowhere to be found. To support herself, Raisa gets a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780670012459
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Ten Miles Past Normal
Tenth grade is a challenge for Janie who wants to be normal, and not known as “Stink Girl” for the goat manure on her shoes, or for her mom who blogs about their alternate lifestyle.
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This Thing Called the Future
Khosi navigates her future in a post-apartheid South African shantytown where folk medicine competes with traditional medicine, older men lure teenage girls, and witches might still exist.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781933693958