Silent to the Bone
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| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| ISBN | 0374311250 |
"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, outcast, because...
| Author | Carol Plum-Ucci |
| ISBN | 0786816414 |
This is a book about a boy who goes missing after writing an ambiguous e-mail that could be either a suicide letter or a runaway note.
There are many topics of note, including bullying, overbearing parenting, personality disorders, class wars (small-scale),...
| Author | Robert Cormier |
| ISBN | 0440229715 |
Rules of the Road
| Author | Joan Bauer |
| ISBN | 0552550361 |
| Author | Frances O'Roark Dowell |
| ISBN | 0689846673 |
Dovey Coe says what's on her...
What Would Joey Do?
| Author | Jack Gantos |
| ISBN | 0060544031 |
| Author | E.R. Frank |
| ISBN | 0689857721 |
There he learns to cope with a past filled with neglect and mistreatment with the help of Dr. B....
| Author | Elizabeth Fama |
| ISBN | 0553494368 |
| Author | Virginia Euwer Wolff |
| ISBN | 0590898000 |
It’s 1949 and two small communities in Oregon have been getting together for fifty years for sixth grade girls from each community to play...
| Author | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| ISBN | 0440413311 |
As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”
And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”
The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum...
| Author | Anne Fine |
| ISBN | 0440419166 |
In a way, Stolly’s always been on cloud nine, living life by his own rules and making those rules up as he goes...
| Author | Bianca Pitzorno |
| ISBN | 8804515015 |
| Author | Charlotte Kerner |
| ISBN | 3407808372 |
| Author | Ellen Wittlinger |
| ISBN | 0689845324 |
| Author | Tracie Vaughn Zimmer |
| ISBN | 0618618678 |
| Author | Allan Stratton |
| ISBN | 0061451126 |
Life’s not easy for Sami Sabiri, especially since his dad stuck him at a private boys’ school where he’s the only Muslim kid. But it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
When Sami catches his father in a lie, he gets suspicious. Unfortunately, he’s not the only one. In a whirlwind,...
| Author | Kate Klise |
| ISBN | 0439523230 |
Yes, there really is a Normal, Illinois. Charles Harrisong should know; he was born there. But life in Normal is difficult for Charles because his family isn't normal at all. They're poor, for one thing....
| Author | Janet Taylor Lisle |
| ISBN | 0689837887 |
Fear permeates the Rhode Island coastal town where Robert, his mother, and sister are living out the war with his paternal grandparents: Fear of Nazi submarines offshore. Fear of Abel Hoffman, a German artist living reclusively outside of town. And for Robert, a more personal...
| Author | Mel Glenn |
| ISBN | 0140385134 |
An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults
Award-winning author and poet Mel Glenn presents a unique mystery told through a series of free verse poems.
When popular Tower High English teacher...
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 0385311338 |
Note to self: be careful which books you read before needing to see people; particularly right before teaching a piano lesson. Trying to keep back any tears from spilling out and landing all over your flushed face is difficult. Quick recovered composures, though desired, are not...
| Author | Gary Paulsen |
| ISBN | 0440229359 |
• Shooting waterfalls in a barrel • The first skateboarding • Jumping three barrels like motorcycle...