Showing 201–228 of 228 books
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Thinner Than Thou
Three teens embark on a rescue mission through an America in which bodily perfection has become a religion. This provocative novel satirizes a world of adults who have lost perspective and teens forced to respond with heroic action.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Alex Awards 2005
- ISBN: 9780765307620
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The Thirteenth Tale
Margaret, a shy, unknown biographer, has to sift truth from fiction as she becomes the first person to hear the secrets of a reclusive best-selling author's mysterious past.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9780743298025
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
On the day Jace conquers the highest jump of the quarry, he discovers a murder victim and begins to run for his life.- Mystery, Thriller
- Alex Awards 2015
- ISBN: 9780316122559
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Three Girls and Their Brother
This witty satire of show-biz politics, told from the perspective of four New York teenage siblings in the eye of a publicity tornado, provides a fascinating insider's look at the world of the rich and famous.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2009
- ISBN: 9780307394149
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The Time Traveler's Wife
In this arresting debut romance, Henry travels through time and space and meets his bride Clare in all her stages of life, from childhood to old age.- Romance
- Alex Awards 2004
- ISBN: 9781931561464
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To Say Nothing of the Dog
Part time travel, part mystery, part comedy of errors, this clever fantasy has lots to offer YAs, not the least of which is a chance to sink deeply into a piece of history they won't know much about. The year is 2057, and rich Lady Schrapnell has promised to finance Oxford University's time-travel project if she's assisted in her endeavors to rebuild Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. The grueling search for church artifacts has given time-traveler Ned Henry an advanced case of time lag. But it isn't rest he gets when he's sent back to the year 1888; it's another time-traveler's mistake, which he must help correct before it alters the entire course of history.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Alex Awards 1998
- ISBN: 9780553099959
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True Notebooks
While teaching writing to 17-year-olds detained in the Los Angeles Central Juvenile Hall, Salzman was surprised by the boys' talent. Their heartwarming and funny voices are included in this irresistible and provocative memoir.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2004
- ISBN: 9780375413087
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Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
As young writers Patchett and Lucy Grealy began a once-in-a-lifetime friendship that lasted until Lucy's tragic death. With intimacy, grace, and humor, Patchett's memoir captures Lucy's rollercoaster life—her exuberance, partying and childlike affection and her struggle with a cruel disfigurement and insurmountable depression.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2005
- ISBN: 9780060572143
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Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Alex Awards 2010
- ISBN: 9780061579028
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Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League
Overstaying his visa in the U.S. before he was in kindergarten, Padilla Peralta joined other young DREAM Act scholars to erase his illegal status. His humor, wisdom, success and very American boyhood smash anti-immigration stereotypes.- Autobiography
- Alex Awards 2016
- ISBN: 9781594206528
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The Universe Versus Alex Woods
It all begins when Alex is hit in the head by a meteorite and it all ends when he is arrested trying to re-enter England with several grams of marijuana, lots of cash, and the ashes of Mr. Peterson.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2014
- ISBN: 9780316246590
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An Unkindness of Magicians
The Wheel is turning and Sydney is determined to have fate spin her way. Meanwhile, magic is faltering and there are people who will do whatever it takes to save it.- Fantasy
- Alex Awards 2018
- ISBN: 9781481451192
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The Unraveling of Mercy Louis
Mercy, a high school basketball star, lives under the thumb of her grandmother, a fierce believer in Y2K as the apocalypse. The year 1999 alters Mercy's life in a small Texas refinery town and gives her a future beyond it.- Mystery, Thriller
- Alex Awards 2016
- ISBN: 9780062319098
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Upstate
Teens Antonio and Natasha try to keep their love alive through letters after he goes to prison. As Natasha excels in school, Antonio frights for survival.- Realistic Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010, Alex Awards 2006
- ISBN: 9780312332693
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Reviled in her German village home where her only friends are a fellow outcast and an elderly storyteller, eleven-year-old Pia investigates the disappearances of three local girls whom she believes are tied to unsolved missing persons cases from decades earlier- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2011
- ISBN: 9780385344173
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The Wasp that Brainwashed the Caterpillar
Simon explores the benefits of evolution, in these odd yet compelling stories that range from creatures adapting to find food to having sex.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2017
- ISBN: 9780143128687
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Water for Elephants
Suddenly orphaned and penniless during the Depression, a veterinary student jumps a third-rate circus train and finds romance, danger, and a bond with a special elephant named Rosie.- Romance
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9781565124998
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What Girls Learn
This poignant, honest novel calls up themes that teenagers will easily recognize from reading young-adult books—family relationships, sibling rivalry, the death of a parent. In fact, this reads as if it were written just for teens. With a fine ear for dialogue and a firm grasp on the concerns of adolescent girls, Cook tells the story of two sisters—Tilden, quiet and good; Elizabeth, the family rebel—and their relationship with their beloved mother, Frances. When Frances marries Nick, the girls must adjust; when Frances is diagnosed with breast cancer, the girls' lives change in ways they never expected.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 1998
- ISBN: 9780679448280
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When the Emperor Was Divine
A short and understated, but also powerful novel in which members of a Japanese-American family, forced to move from a happy California home to cramped, humiliating detention camps set up by the American government, return home after World War II to find suspicious neighbors, a vandalized house, and a broken family.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2003
- ISBN: 9780375414299
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Through a series of emails, letters, and FBI files, Bee follows the trail of her missing mother to the ends of the earth in this quirky, laugh-out-loud tale.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2013
- ISBN: 9780316204279
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The Whistling Season
Rose, who can't cook but doesn't bite arrives in Montana, bringing joy and order to three motherless boys and their father.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9780156031646
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The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
Kruger eagerly embraced her husband's assignment to a remote ranger station in South Africa, where her life revolved around temperamental hippos, rambunctious badgers, and three beautiful, willful daughters. What she didn't count on was the starving lion cub that her husband brought home.- Nonfiction
- Alex Awards 2002
- ISBN: 9780345444264
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Wolf in White Van
After his face is destroyed, Sean manages to carve out a life for himself as a designer of virtual role-playing games. When two teens take the game too far, Sean is forced to relive all his moves- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Alex Awards 2015
- ISBN: 9780374292089
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Wonder When You'll Miss Me
After she is sexually assaulted under the school bleachers, 16-year old Faith runs away from home, accompanied by The Fat Girl, a taunting imaginary former self. At the circus, Faith finds a safe haven and healing environment.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2004
- ISBN: 9780688167813
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Work of Wolves
In this moving, romantic novel, a gifted Lakota boy, a German exchange student, and a horse trainer rescue three abused horses, dramatically changing their lives.- Romance
- Alex Awards 2005
- ISBN: 9780151010578
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The World Made Straight
When 17-year-old Travis Shelton discovers a marijuana farm in the Appalachian woods, he begins a confrontation with the subtle evils within his rural world.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9780312426606
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The Year of Ice
Malloy's first novel is a memorable story of the emotional complexities of American families and the complications of coming of age. High-school senior Kevin Doyle is literally skating on thin ice: a self-described “alpha male,” he is secretly gay and increasingly estranged from his father, who has a secret of his own.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2003
- ISBN: 9780312289485
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Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
A year after the plague strikes her village, Anna reflects on how the townsfolk handled their minister's request to remain in town to prevent the illness from spreading. Faith, then healing herbs and potions keep everyone going--until doubt creeps in, and witch-hunting, greed, and madness take over the villagers' lives.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2002
- ISBN: 9780142427668
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