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All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson

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All the Blues in the Sky - Watson, Renée, - When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.

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Malcolm Lives! by Ibram X. Kendi

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Malcolm Lives! — Kendi, Ibram X., — “Compiling the definitive speeches, sermons, and correspondence as well as some never-before-seen original material, this comprehensive narrative biography of American icon, Malcolm X, will be the definitive reference volume for young readers”--

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Stealing Little Moon by Dan SaSuWeh Jones

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Stealing Little Moon — Jones, Dan SaSuWeh, 1951- — Recounts the history of Indigenous children forcibly sent to boarding schools by the United States government in order to erase their culture. Focusing on Little Moon There Are No Stars Tonight’s story, who was only four years old when she was removed from her home and sent to Chilocco, her grandson tells her and his own story of the institution’s lasting effect.

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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson

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Just Mercy — Stevenson, Bryan, — Delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from the author’s personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America’s most rejected and marginalized people.

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Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

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Before the Ever After — Woodson, Jacqueline, — ZJ’s friends help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.

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The Thieves Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

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Thieves’ Gambit — Lewis, Kayvion, — Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves’ Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother’s life.

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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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Brown Girl Dreaming — Woodson, Jacqueline, — The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South.

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Bomb by Steve Sheinkin

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Bomb — Sheinkin, Steve, — Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.

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The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming

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The Enigma Girls — Fleming, Candace, — ”‘You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know.’ This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke--these young people had no idea what kind of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. Bletchley Park was a well-kept secret during World War II, operating under the code name Station X. The critical work of code-cracking Nazi missives that went on behind its closed doors could determine a victory or loss against Hitler’s army. Amidst the brilliant cryptographers, flamboyant debutantes, and absent-minded professors working there, it was teenaged girls who kept Station X running. Some could do advanced math, while others spoke a second language. They ran the unwieldy bombe machines, made sense of wireless sound waves, and sorted the decoded messages. They were expected to excel in their fields and most importantly: know how to keep a secret”--

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Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Paradise on Fire — Rhodes, Jewell Parker, — Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.

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Rivals by Tommy Greenwald

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Rivals — Greenwald, Tommy, 1962- — In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.

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The Girl is Murder by Katharyn Miller Haines

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The Girl Is Murder - Haines, Kathryn Miller - Fifteen-year-old Iris secretly helps out at her father's detective agency in New York City during the fall of 1942.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles — Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930, — Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson face a mystery on the moors in this classic caper from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A country doctor has come to 221B Baker Street, the lodgings of famed detective Sherlock Holmes, with the eerie tale of the Hound of the Baskervilles. The legend warns the descendants of the Baskerville family never to venture out on the moors that surround their ancestral home, for fear that they will meet the devil-beast that lurks there.

Such a story sounds preposterous to any man of reason, but now Sir Charles Baskerville is dead-and the footprints of a giant hound have been found near his body. Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr. John Watson agree to investigate the truth of the matter. They will soon learn that in this case, nothing is quite as it seems....

The most famous of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles is a classic of masterful detection and hair-raising suspense.

Includes an Afterword by Anne Perry

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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Little Women — Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888, — Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

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All Better Now by Neal Shusterman

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All Better Now — Shusterman, Neal, — Three teens seek to unravel the truth behind conflicting agendas surrounding a deadly virus that could change humanity forever.

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Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better by Mylisa Larsen

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Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better — Larsen, Mylisa, — “Wry humor and sharp insight capture the distinctive voice of a young teen forced by his mothers unstable mental health to recalibrate his outlook and build a new life with found family”--Publisher’s website.

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Bite by Bite : American History Through Feasts, Foods, and Side Dishes by Marc Aronson

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Bite by Bite — Aronson, Marc, — “American food and, by extension, American identify is much broader than the phrase ‘as American as apple pie.’ In a series of meals that take readers from pre-1492 through today, the text explores this country’s identify and history through the lens of food, highlighting how cultures and histories mix to create the rich tapestry of America”--

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How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani

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How to Find What You’re Not Looking for — Hiranandani, Veera, — New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.

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Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always--her own voice.

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Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac

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Code Talker — Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- — After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

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The Novice by Taran Matharu

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The Novice — Matharu, Taran, — When a blacksmith apprentice discovers that he has the ability to summon demons from another world, he must decide where his loyalties lie.

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes — Day, Nick (Nicholas), — A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world, and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.

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Peak by Roland Smith

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Peak - Smith, Roland, 1951-, - A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

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Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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Title rated 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,382 ratings (1,382 ratings)

In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't.

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Scythe - Shusterman, Neal, - In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't.

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The Beast Player by Nahoko Ueashi

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The Beast Player - Uehashi, Nahoko, - After her mother is sentenced to death, Elin discovers that she can communicate with the water serpents and flying beasts that guard her queen. This gives her power, but also involves her in plots that could cost her her life.

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We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen

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Title rated 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 223 ratings (223 ratings)

Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house.

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We Are All Made of Molecules - Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin, 1964- - Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially-challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother died, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashley's mother, whose gay ex-husband lives in their guest house.

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The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

Title rated 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,610 ratings (1,610 ratings)

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure tale, The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.

"A unique, wholly realized other world, evoked from deep in the well of Time, massively detailed, absorbingly entertaining, profound in meaning."--The New York Times

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The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 - The Fellowship of the Ring is the first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure tale, The Lord of the Rings. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

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I Am Malala (Young Reader's Edition) by Malala Yousafazi

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How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

Young readers edition, First edition.

Title rated 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,372 ratings (1,372 ratings)

Current format, Book, 2014, Young readers edition, First edition, Available .

Adapted with McCormick from the adult bestseller, this inspiring memoir by activist Yousafzai sketches her brave actions to champion education in Pakistan under the Taliban.

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I Am Malala - Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- - Adapted with McCormick from the adult bestseller, this inspiring memoir by activist Yousafzai sketches her brave actions to champion education in Pakistan under the Taliban.

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The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

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Title rated 4.35 out of 5 stars, based on 5,034 ratings (5,034 ratings)

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

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The Book Thief - Zusak, Markus - Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

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Skyhunter by Marie Lu

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Skyhunter - Lu, Marie, 1984- - An adrenaline-laced novel about the lengths one warrior will go to fight for freedom and those she loves.

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

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First Mariner books edition, 75th anniversary edition.

Title rated 4.35 out of 5 stars, based on 2,944 ratings (2,944 ratings)

Current format, Book, 2012, First Mariner books edition, 75th anniversary edition, Available .

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

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The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again - Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, - Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

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Funny, You Don't Look Autistic by Michael McCreary

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Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

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Far Far Away — McNeal, Tom, — When Jeremy Johnson Johnson’s strange ability to speak to the ghost of Jacob Grimm draws the interest of his classmate Ginger Boultinghouse, the two find themselves at the center of a series of disappearances in their hometown.

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Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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Title rated 4.35 out of 5 stars, based on 2,929 ratings (2,929 ratings)

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

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Cinder - Meyer, Marissa, - As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

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Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

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Luck of the Titanic — Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather), — After smuggling herself onto the RMS Titanic, British-Chinese teenager Valora Luck reunites with her twin brother and tries to convince him that their acrobatic training could be their ticket to a better life.

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Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

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Title rated 4.25 out of 5 stars, based on 745 ratings (745 ratings)

Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.

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Five Feet Apart - Lippincott, Rachael, - Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.

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They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

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They Called Us Enemy — Takei, George, 1937- — New York Times Bestseller!

A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek , he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.

In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard.

They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.

What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do? To answer these questions, George Takei joins co-writers Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker for the journey of a lifetime.

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Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

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Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway...but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop. Riley can't waste her time working...so she convinces Nathan--a nerdy teen employee--to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous...Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought.

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Dungeons and Drama - Boyce, Kristy, - Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway...but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop.

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Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin

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Undefeated — Sheinkin, Steve, — A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team.

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Origin by Jessica Khoury

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Title rated 4.05 out of 5 stars, based on 153 ratings (153 ratings)

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin--a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.

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Origin - Khoury, Jessica, 1990- - Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race.

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Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

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Title rated 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 291 ratings (291 ratings)

The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.

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Six Crimson Cranes - Lim, Elizabeth, - The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.

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The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee

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A Spy in the House - Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974- - Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, 17-year-old orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. There, she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called the Agency.

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The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida

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The Reason I Jump — Higashida, Naoki, 1992- — "One of the most remarkable books I've ever read. It's truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid."--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
NPR * The Wall Street Journal * Bloomberg Business * Bookish

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE FIRST BOOK AWARD * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

You've never read a book like The Reason I Jump . Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.

Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: "Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?" "Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?" "Why don't you make eye contact when you're talking?" and "What's the reason you jump?" (Naoki's answer: "When I'm jumping, it's as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.") With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights--into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory--are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.

In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki's words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. "It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship." This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they'd be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki's book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.

Praise for The Reason I Jump

"This is an intimate book, one that brings readers right into an autistic mind." -- Chicago Tribune (Editor's Choice)

"Amazing times a million." --Whoopi Goldberg, People

" The Reason I Jump is a Rosetta stone. . . . This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human." --Andrew Solomon, The Times (U.K.)

"Extraordinary, moving, and jeweled with epiphanies." --The Boston Globe

"Small but profound . . . [Higashida's] startling, moving insights offer a rare look inside the autistic mind." -- Parade

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Allies by Alan Gratz

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Title rated 4.45 out of 5 stars, based on 213 ratings (213 ratings)

It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.

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Allies - Gratz, Alan, 1972- - It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.

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Matched by Ally Condie

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Title rated 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,210 ratings (2,210 ratings)

All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?

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Matched - Condie, Allyson Braithwaite, - All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry.

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The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming

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The Family Romanov — Fleming, Candace, — The story of the glittering lives of the Romanovs and the impoverished ones of the peasant population is brought to life. The rebellion and the reasons why are brought to life in vivid detail.

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Form II Summer Reading Annotation Log Assignment

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Form II Summer Reading Annotation Log Assignment

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Complete the annotation log for each of your choice books.

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What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

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Title rated 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 174 ratings (174 ratings)

When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, Kit asks David for his help figuring out the how and why of her father's tragic car accident.

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What to Say Next - Buxbaum, Julie, - When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, Kit asks David for his help figuring out the how and why of her father's tragic car accident.

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The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

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The A.B.C. Murders — Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, —
In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot sets out on the trail of a serial killer.

There's a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic.

A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident--but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal, mistake.

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The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

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Title rated 3.95 out of 5 stars, based on 216 ratings (216 ratings)

After spending six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax.

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The Compound - Bodeen, S. A. (Stephanie A.), 1965- - After spending six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax.

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In the Shadow of Liberty by Kenneth Davis

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the Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were owned by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our countrys great tragedy-that a nation conceived in liberty was also born in shackles.

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In the Shadow of Liberty - Davis, Kenneth C., - Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were owned by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America.

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The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott

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Title rated 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 223 ratings (223 ratings)

Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy.

Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she's had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men, one a roughly-hewn but kind sailor and the other an enigmatic Chicago millionaire. But on the fourth night, disaster strikes.

Amidst the chaos and desperate urging of two very different suitors, Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat. Tess's sailor also manages to survive unharmed, witness to Lady Duff Gordon's questionable actions during the tragedy. Others--including the gallant Midwestern tycoon--are not so lucky.

On dry land, rumors about the survivors begin to circulate, and Lady Duff Gordon quickly becomes the subject of media scorn and later, the hearings on the Titanic . Set against a historical tragedy but told from a completely fresh angle, The Dressmaker is an atmospheric delight filled with all the period's glitz and glamour, all the raw feelings of a national tragedy and all the contradictory emotions of young love.

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The Dressmaker - Alcott, Kate - Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy.

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I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

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The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.

It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place.

Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one.

That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.

In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends--and better people--through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it.

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I Will Always Write Back - Alifirenka, Caitlin, - The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place.

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Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang

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When Dr. Lee moves his family to Metropolis, his son Tommy adjusts to the new neighborhood while daughter Roberta feels out of place, so when the evil Klan of the Fiery Cross begins a string of terrorist attacks on the city, Superman fights them, and Roberta and Superman soon learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.

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Superman Smashes the Klan - When Dr. Lee moves his family to Metropolis, his son Tommy adjusts to the new neighborhood while daughter Roberta feels out of place, so when the evil Klan of the Fiery Cross begins a string of terrorist attacks on the city, Superman fights them, and Roberta and Superman soon learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.

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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

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Title rated 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,089 ratings (2,089 ratings)

Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

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Shadow and Bone - Bardugo, Leigh - Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.