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2007, c2005., Adolescent, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks For Children Call No: Young adult FIC FLAKE Edition: 1st Jump at the Sun Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two years after the shooting death of thirteen-year-old Mann's little brother, Mann's father, who believes his son died because he made him too "soft," takes Mann and his friend camping and abandons them in an attempt to make them tough.
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c2005., Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children Call No: REALISTIC F FLA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A teenage boy must face the harsh realities of inner city life, a disintegrating family, and destructive temptations as he struggles to find his identity as a young man.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children Call No: Realistic FIC Flake Edition: Pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Teenaged Raspberry Hill tries to sort out her confused feelings of disgust, shame, and love for her homeless, drug addicted father and worries that she may have inherited his lying and stealing ways.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks For Children Call No: FIC FLAKE Edition: Pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Teenaged Raspberry Hill tries to sort out her confused feelings of disgust, shame, and love for her homeless, drug addicted father and worries that she may have inherited his lying and stealing ways.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: FIC FLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely "knight in shining armor.".
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[2018]., Adolescent, Crown Call No: TEEN FIC FRE Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--
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-- Life I am in2021., Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F FLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char. Now in Sharon Flake's latest and unflinching novel, The Life I'm In, we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char boards a bus to nowhere where she is lured into the dangerous web of human trafficking. Much is revealed behind the complex system of men who take advantage of vulnerable teens in the underbelly of society. While Char might be frightened, she remains strong and determined to bring herself and her fellow victims out of the dark and back into the light, reminding us why compassion is a powerful cure to the ills of the world"--From the publisher's web site.
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-- Life I am in2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Char has always had to be tough. It doesn't matter what Maleeka, Miss Saunders, and even her sister and guardian, Juju, say. But the hard edges that have always driven people away are now all the protection she has against the world. Turned out of the only home she's ever known, Char boards a bus to nowhere and falls prey to a complex system that takes adventage of vulnerable teens. While Char is living a nightmare, she's smart and strong and determined to bring herself and her fellow victims of human trafficking out of the dark"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Life I am in[2021]., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Realistic Fic Flake Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Sent to live with her grandparents in Alabama after multiple school incidents, sixteen-year-old Char gets sidetracked on the bus ride by a young girl she meets and soon is drawn into the dark world of human trafficking. Char's difficult past almost makes her believe she deserves this life, but her courage and determination compel her to find a way out for herself and the other victims.
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2007, c2001., Pre-adolescent, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks For Children Call No: Young adult FIC FLAKE Edition: Pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
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2003, c2001., Pre-adolescent, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks For Children Call No: FIC FLAKE Edition: 1st Jump at the Sun pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
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[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: HISTORICAL F FLA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Paralyzed by guilt, eleven-year-old John Henry must come to terms with the events surrounding his Ma's near drowning and with the help of his twin sister Hattie, learn to embrace life again.
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[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Paralyzed by guilt, eleven-year-old John Henry must come to terms with the events surrounding his Ma's near drowning and with the help of his twin sister Hattie, learn to embrace life again.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: SC PIC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with poems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Young adult FIC FLAKE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: 813.6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.
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2012., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Autumn, a female wrestler with a reading disability, and Adonis, a brilliant student with no legs, meet each other when Adonis becomes manager of the wrestling team. Although Adonis' distaste for Autumn hinders their early interactions, as they get to know each other they discover the value of accepting one's weaknesses and finding a way to turn them to one's advantage.
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2011., Disney Hyperion eBook Call No: YOUNG ADULT Click to access OverDrive digital title.. Summary Note: Sharon Flake's award-winning debut novel is reissued with an arresting new cover.
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c1998, Juvenile, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Maleeka, uncomfortable with her dark skin, meets a teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love, who she is, and what she looks like.
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c1998, Juvenile, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Maleeka, uncomfortable with her dark skin, meets a teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love, who she is, and what she looks like.
