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Go Ask Alice
A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggles to escape the pull of the drug world.
159 p. 1971
Appears on the following book lists:
 Challenged and Banned Books
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Anderson, Laurie Halse
Speak
A traumatic event in the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year of high school.
197 p. 1999
Appears on the following book lists:
Printz Honor Books
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Braithwaite, E. R.
To Sir with Love
The modern classic about a dedicated teacher in a tough London school who slowly and painfully breaks down the barriers of racial prejudice. It is the story of a man's own integrity winning through against the odds.
189 p. 1987
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Butcher, Kristin
Chat Room
Using an online nickname, shy Linda visits her high school's numerous chat rooms and becomes celebrated for her quick wit and clever comebacks, thus when a secret admirer starts sending her gifts, Linda becomes hopeful that they are coming from her classmate Cyrano.
102 p. 2006
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Deuker, Carl
Runner
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.
216 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Elish, Dan
Born Too Short : the Confessions of an Eight-grade Basket Case
Thirteen-year-old Matt is so envious of his best friend Keith that he wishes things would go badly for him, and when Keith's fortune changes while at the same time Matt finds his first true girlfriend, Matt is overcome with guilt.
152 p. 2002
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Flake, Sharon
Money Hungry
All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
187 p. 2001
Appears on the following book lists:
Coretta Scott King Award author honor
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Coretta Scott King Award for Older Readers
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Frizzell, Colin
Chill
Chill has always been different, but the way he deals with his disability and his art have given him the power to survive the horrors of high school. When a new teacher arrives, determined to crush his students' spirits, Chill decides to fight back and risk everything. A story of doing the right thing and standing up for yourself -- and your friends.
98 p. 2006
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Giles, Gail
Shattering Glass
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to unexpected violence.
152 p. 2002
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Going, K. L.
Fat Kid Rules the World
Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.
187 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
My So-Called Life
Good Reads for High School
Printz Honor Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Hautman, Pete
Godless
When sixteen-year-old Jason Bock and his friends create their own religion to worship the town's water tower, what started out as a joke begins to take on a power of its own.
198 p. 2004
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for High School
Good Reads for Guys
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Hautman, Pete
Invisible
Doug and Andy are unlikely best friends--one a loner obsessed by his model trains, the other a popular student involved in football and theater--who grew up together and share a bond that nothing can sever- almost nothing. They talk about everything-except what happened a few years ago, a something they thought was buried.
149 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Minnesota Book Awards
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Hemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is on of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss--Back cover.
127 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
Classics
American Authors - Classic American Fiction
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Hill, David
Running Hot
The forest is on fire. Garth and five others are trapped. As they flee for their lives with the flames raging after them, he wonders if they will all survive.
116 p. 2006
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Hinton, S. E.
That Was Then this is Now
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
159 p. 1971
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Hoffman, Alice
Incantation
During the Spanish Inquisition, sixteen-year-old Estrella, brought up a Catholic, discovers her family's true Jewish identity, and when their secret is betrayed by Estrella's best friend, the consequences are tragic.
166 p. 2006
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Ihimaera, Witi Tame
Whale Rider
As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose legendary rider was their ancestor.
152 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
Books to Film
World Authors
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Johnson, Angela
The First Part Last
Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.
131 p. 2003
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for High School
Urban Lit
Coretta Scott King Award - Authors
Printz Medal Winners
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Extraordinary Reads for High Schoolers
Coretta Scott King Award for Older Readers
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Koss, Amy Goldman
The Girls
Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.
121 p. 2000
Appears on the following book lists:
Real Life Challenges
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Martin, Ann M.
A Corner of the Universe
The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.
189 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
If you liked . . . The Curious Incident of the Dog in The
Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Real Life Challenges
Newbery Honor
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