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Call Me Henri
Lorraine Lpez
Curbstone Press
Curbstone Press
Enrique, a young boy in Peralta Middle School, faces abuse at home and danger on the barrio streets. Yet he is driven to succeed by the desire to join that "other America" he sees on TV and in the movies, and is aided in his quest by compassionate...
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Drowning Anna
Sue Mayfield
When brainy and shy Anna Goldmith moves from her posh London school to a small Yorkshire town, everyone starts to gossip. Her accent makes her stick out a mile, while her near-perfect grades set her apart as a teacher's pet. But when the most...
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Beyond the Chocolate War
Robert Cormier
Topeka Bindery
Topeka Bindery
Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School, climaxing in a public demonstration of one student's homemade guillotine. Sequel to "The Chocolate War."
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Light Years
Tammar Stein
Laurel Leaf
Laurel Leaf
He went to school to learn how to kill me. The Israeli girl who ruined his life. Seven people were killed instead. A single mother of two. A computer programmer. Two college students. A grandmother and her four-year-old grandson sharing an ice...
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Bankruptcy Law (Point/Counterpoint)
Chelsea House Publications
Chelsea House Publications
More than 1 million U.S. households declared bankruptcy in 2004. Alarmed by rising defaults, the nation's lenders and political leaders alike set out to reform laws that clear away debt. To some, reforming these laws will put a lid on irresponsible...
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Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories
S. Beth Atkin
Little Brown and Company
Little Brown and Company
First-person interviews, photographs, poetry, journal entries, and scrapbooks provide a firsthand look at the lives of former gang members, who describe life in violent, poverty-stricken neighborhoods, why they became involved with gangs, and what...
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Engel V. Vitale (Great Supreme Court Decisions)
Shane Mountjoy
Chelsea House Publications
Chelsea House Publications
What happens when a state board prescribes a prayer for public school children to recite in every classroom each morning as part of its program of "moral and spiritual training"? This question faced the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962 when they heard...
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A Wreath for Emmett Till
Marilyn Nelson
Graphia
Graphia
A Coretta Scott King and Printz honor book now in paperback. A Wreath for Emmett Till is "A moving elegy," says The Bulletin. In 1955 people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy...
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Dead End Job (Orca Soundings)
Vicki Grant
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers
Can Frances make it through the night shift? (RL3.6)
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Rucker Park Setup
Paul Volponi
Viking Juvenile
Viking Juvenile
Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament at Rucker Park, where their favorite pro ballers squared off against street legends. But the day of their big game, J.R. is fatally stabbed—and it’s Mackey’s...
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