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Catalyst
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year. These gripping and exceptionally well-written novels, through various settings, time periods, and circumstances, poignantly reflect the growing and changing realities facing teens.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2009
- ISBN: 9780670035663
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Fever 1793
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. These gripping and exceptionally well-written novels, through various settings, time periods, and circumstances, poignantly reflect the growing and changing realities facing teens.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2009
- ISBN: 9780689838583
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Forge
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9781416961444
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
Hayley and her veteran father have just returned to his hometown, but life at a new school and the ever increasing severity of her father's PTSD make Hayley's life unpredictable and uncontrollable. Daniels' brief, tortured flashbacks are haunting and memorable, while Whelan completely disappears into Hayley's sarcasm and vulnerability.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781480553606
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
Hayley and her veteran father have just returned to his hometown, but life at a new school and the ever increasing severity of her father's PTSD make Hayley's life unpredictable and uncontrollable.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780670012091
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Prom
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.- Realistic Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780142405703
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Prom
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.- Realistic Fiction
- Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2006
- ISBN: 9781419356100
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Speak
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. These gripping and exceptionally well-written novels, through various settings, time periods, and circumstances, poignantly reflect the growing and changing realities facing teens.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2009
- ISBN: 9780374371524
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Speak
Melinda, a teenage outcast at school, works through her trauma to find her voice.
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Speak: The Graphic Novel
"Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless--an outcast--because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night: She was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. -
Twisted
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
- Realistic Fiction
- Get Your Geek On
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780142411841
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Twisted
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.- Realistic Fiction
- Teens' Top Ten 2008
- ISBN: 9780670061013
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Wintergirls
Lia and Cassie have been friends and competitors over who can be the skinniest. Cassie wins the contest, but now Lia has to find her way without losing her own life.