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Along for the Ride
Dessen has given teens a safe haven highlighting the many complexities teens face today. Her voice is authentic and assumes the reader is as intelligent and multi-faceted as her characters. Notably, each of the honored selections is engaging and accessib
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Annie on My Mind
The book recognized, is the bittersweet story of two young women who fall in love.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2003
- ISBN: 9780374303662
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The Battle of Jericho
A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689842320
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Bird
Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2018
- ISBN: 9780142405444
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Boy Meets Boy
When Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375824005
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The Brave
Lipsyte's "The Contender" and its sequels, "The Brave" and "The Chief" transformed the sports novel to authentic literature with their gritty depiction of the boxing world.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2001
- ISBN: 9780064470797
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Building Blocks
In a trip back in time, Brann meets his father as a ten-year-old and learns for the first time to love and understand him. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9780590477321
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Canyons
Finding a skull on a camping trip in the canyons outside El Paso, Texas, Brennan becomes involved with the fate of a young Apache Indian who lived in the late 1800s. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9780385301534
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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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The Chief
Lipsyte's "The Contender" and its sequels, "The Brave" and "The Chief" transformed the sports novel to authentic literature with their gritty depiction of the boxing world.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2001
- ISBN: 9780060210649
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The Chocolate War
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies. Cormier's brilliantly crafted and troubling novels have achieved the status of classics in young adult literature.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1991
- ISBN: 9780375829871
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The Contender
Lipsyte's "The Contender" and its sequels, "The Brave" and "The Chief" transformed the sports novel to authentic literature with their gritty depiction of the boxing world.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2001
- ISBN: 9780064471527
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The Crossing
Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9780531057094
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Dancing Carl
As winter progresses, the strange man in the worn flight jacket dances frequently on the ice of the rink, expressing more with his movements than most people do with words. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9780027702101
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Darkness Before Dawn
Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689830808
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Dicey's Song
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9781442428799
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Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!
M.E. Kerr (Maryjane Meaker) is a pioneer in realistic fiction for teenagers. Her characters and plots often deal with ordinary teenagers who, faced with extraordinary situations and events, must make tough choices.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1993
- ISBN: 9780060231507
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Dreamland
Dessen has given teens a safe haven highlighting the many complexities teens face today. Her voice is authentic and assumes the reader is as intelligent and multi-faceted as her characters. Notably, each of the honored selections is engaging and accessib- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2017
- ISBN: 9780670891221
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Fallen Angels
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
- ISBN: 9780738307367
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Father Figure
After being a father figure for years, Jim and his younger brother are reunited with their divorced father and Jim is forced to find a new role for himself. Through sharp wit and strong storytelling, Richard Peck's novels encourage readers to carefully examine the world around them as well as to seek possibilities beyond immediate view.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1990
- ISBN: 9780140379693
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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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Fighting Ruben Wolfe
Partly because of their family's poor finances and partly to prove themselves, brothers Ruben and Cameron take jobs as fighters and find themselves reacting very differently in the boxing ring. With lyrical prose, memorable characters, and authentic dialogue, Zusak's richly nuanced stories capture and hold teens' attention from the first word to the last.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780439241885
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The First Part Last
Bobby is your classic urban teenaged boy -- impulsive, eager, restless. On his sixteenth birthday he gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever. She's pregnant. Bobby's going to be a father. With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson looks at the male side of teen pregnancy as she delves into one young man's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it. No matter what the cost.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781442403437
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Forever
In presenting this award to Judy Blume for Forever, the Young Adult Library Services Association recognizes that she broke new ground in her frank portrayal of Michael and Katherine, high school seniors who are in love for the first time.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1996
- ISBN: 9780878880799
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Forged by Fire
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689806995
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From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
Fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780590458818
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Gentlehands
M.E. Kerr (Maryjane Meaker) is a pioneer in realistic fiction for teenagers. Her characters and plots often deal with ordinary teenagers who, faced with extraordinary situations and events, must make tough choices.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1993
- ISBN: 9781497641990
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Getting the Girl
Tired of being the underdog, Cameron Wolfe hungers to become something worthwhile and finally finds a girl with whom he can share his words and feelings--his popular brother Rube's ex-girlfriend. With lyrical prose, memorable characters, and authentic dialogue, Zusak's richly nuanced stories capture and hold teens' attention from the first word to the last.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780439389495
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Ghosts I Have Been
Blossom Culp's gift of second sight, which she discovers gradually, leads her into some unusual adventures. Through sharp wit and strong storytelling, Richard Peck's novels encourage readers to carefully examine the world around them as well as to seek possibilities beyond immediate view.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1990
- ISBN: 9780141310961
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Hatchet
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9781424217847
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Heaven
At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But doesn't know the truth. And when the truth comes down with the rain one stormy summer afternoon, it changes everything.All of a sudden, Marley doesn't know who she is anymore and can only turn to the family she no longer trusts to find out. Truth often brings change. Sometimes that change is for the good. Sometimes it isn't.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781442403420
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Homecoming
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9780689310089
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Hoops
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
- ISBN: 9780440938842
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I Am the Messenger
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness. With lyrical prose, memorable characters, and authentic dialogue, Zusak's richly nuanced stories capture and hold teens' attention from the first word to the last.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780375830990
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I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Twelve-year-old Marie, the only black girl in the eighth grade willing to befriend her white classmate Lena, discovers that Lena's father is doing horrible things to her in private. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780385320313
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If You Come Softly
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black, and Ellie, who is white, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780399231124
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Izzy, Willy-Nilly
A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to start building a new life as an amputee. Voigt's intense character studies introduce young adults to genuine people often isolated from society.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1995
- ISBN: 9781416903390
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Just Listen
Dessen has given teens a safe haven highlighting the many complexities teens face today. Her voice is authentic and assumes the reader is as intelligent and multi-faceted as her characters. Notably, each of the honored selections is engaging and accessib- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2017, Teens' Top Ten 2007
- ISBN: 9780670061051
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Keeping the Moon
Dessen has given teens a safe haven highlighting the many complexities teens face today. Her voice is authentic and assumes the reader is as intelligent and multi-faceted as her characters. Notably, each of the honored selections is engaging and accessib- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2017
- ISBN: 9780670885497
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Lena
Thirteen-year-old Lena and her younger sister Dion mourn the death of their mother as they hitchhike from Ohio to Kentucky while running away from their abusive father. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780385323086
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Looking for Red
Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul. But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more. Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the next...gone. No warning. No time to prepare. And Mike must come to terms with that loss or risk never finding comfort in what remains of the life she and her brother once shared.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2018
- ISBN: 9780689863882
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Love is the Higher Law
Three New York City teens express their reactions to the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and its impact on their lives and the world.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375834691
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Meet the Austins
The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father. L'Engle tells stories that uniquely blend scientific principles and the quest for higher meaning.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1998
- ISBN: 9780312379315
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Miracle's Boys
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother. Woodson's sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2006
- ISBN: 9780399231131
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Motown & Didi
Motown and Didi, two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
- ISBN: 9780440957621
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My Darling, My Hamburger
Four high school seniors struggle with the responsibilities of growing up, particularly the problems of an intimate relationship.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2002
- ISBN: 9780370012148
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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart. Norah is questioning all of her assumptions about the world. They have nothing in common except for their taste in music, until a chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375846144
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Night Kites
M.E. Kerr (Maryjane Meaker) is a pioneer in realistic fiction for teenagers. Her characters and plots often deal with ordinary teenagers who, faced with extraordinary situations and events, must make tough choices.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1993
- ISBN: 9780060232542
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November Blues
A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9781416906988
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One Fat Summer
An overweight fourteen-year-old boy experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2001
- ISBN: 9780064470735