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-- Twelve things to do before you crash and burn2011., Adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: Humor FIC Proimos Genre: Humor Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old James "Hercules" Martino completes twelve tasks while spending two weeks in Baltimore with his Uncle Anthony, and gains insights into himself, his uncle, and his recently deceased father, a self-help author and daytime talk show host who was beloved by the public but a terrible father.
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c2006., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 950.54 BOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A woman reminisces about her neighbor's son who was the object of a letter writing campaign by some fourth-graders when he went away to war in 1943.
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2008., Adolescent, Lee & Low Books Call No: Realistic FIC Delacre Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the life of Alicia, a popular sixteen-year-old, in the aftermath of a fatal car crash, as her friends, family members, and others recall key episodes that show her impact on their lives. Includes author's note about the real Alicia and how she inspired the book, as well as resources on teen grief.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Accord Books, Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company Call No: REALISTIC F MUS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Reeling from the death of her mother, fourteen-year-old Mati's family leaves England to visit their native Zimbabwe, where Mati finds comfort in Meticais, a gender-neutral spirit or ghost who only she can see, and who helps her navigate her mercurial interpersonal relationships and feelings of grief.
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2016., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic FIC Sundberg Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Shy bookworm Marion meets sexy soccer star Kurt at a party and sparks fly--however, when the night ends, both pretend not to know each other. Both think that they are too different to ever make anything work, but Marion and Kurt cannot stay out of each other's minds. As they attempt to make a relationship work, memories of their pasts come back to haunt them.
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: FIC SMITH Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The world itself seems to bring together Henry, whose best friend died near their home in the mountains of Vermont, and Zavion, who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina, so that the boys can help each other heal.
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2023., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Realistic Fic Kemp Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.
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2014., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Burn for burn Volume: 3Summary Note: Lillia, Kat and Mary must deal with the fallout of what happened on New Year's Eve in the conclusion to the Burn for Burn trilogy.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Capstone Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her father is killed in an accident, twelve-year-old Wren is grief stricken, but what upsets her even more is that her mother seems to be filled with anger, rather than sadness--as they move from place to place Wren is forced to cope with her mother's strange behavior, her own grief, and all the problems that come with being the new girl in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where they finally end up.
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c2010., Bantam Books Call No: Realistic Fic James Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Katherine Patterson tries to escape the attention caused by her sister's murder so she moves to a new city and school, and changes her name. However, when Katherine becomes friends with Alice, the most popular girl in school, she finds herself drawn into the limelight. Katherine tries to keep her past hidden but soon discovers that Alice has a secret too.
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-- Beauty & the basement2015., Pre-adolescent, Stone Arch Books Call No: 741.5 SNO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Twice Told StoriesSummary Note: In this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Carlo and Belle learn to put their differences aside.
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c2012., Adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: Young adult FIC WOODSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Laurel Daneau, having lost her mother, grandmother, and home in Hurricane Katrina, thinks things are going well with her new life as a cheerleader and the girlfriend of basketball start T-Boom, but after T-Boom introduces her to meth and she finds the drug helps her deal with her past, she must rely on the help of an artist named Moses and her friend Kaylee to overcome the addiction.
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c2012., Adolescent, Nancy Paulsen Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Laurel Daneau, having lost her mother, grandmother, and home in Hurricane Katrina, thinks things are going well with her new life as a cheerleader and the girlfriend of basketball start T-Boom, but after T-Boom introduces her to meth and she finds the drug helps her deal with her past, she must rely on the help of an artist named Moses and her friend Kaylee to overcome the addiction.
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[2021]., Adolescent, W. W. Norton & Company Call No: SCI-FI F POW Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin's emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother's brain..."--From the publisher's web site.
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2015., Primary, Neal Porter, Roaring Brook Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Buckley carefully crafts boats made of driftwood and sends his best ones to Papa by sea. Though Papa is gone, Mama still encourages Buckley.
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[2015]., Adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Realistic FIC Reynolds Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While her father is at war, five-year-old Rosalie is a captain on her own secret mission. She wears the disguise of a little girl and tracks her progress in a secret notebook. Some evenings, Rosalie's mother reads aloud Father's letters from the front lines, so that Rosalie knows he is thinking of her and looking forward to the end of the war and to finally coming home. But one day a letter comes that her mother doesn't read to her, and Rosalie knows her mission must soon come to an end.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Amistad Call No: FIC WILLIAMS-GARCIA Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, dies and his mother forbids him from playing the blues, Clayton runs away to find his grandfather's blues group, the "Bluesmen," to join them on the road. While on his journey through New York City, Clayton learns things that surprise him and help him find his way home.
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[2017], Pre-adolescent, Amistad Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, dies and his mother forbids him from playing the blues, Clayton runs away to find his grandfather's blues group, the "Bluesmen," to join them on the road. While on his journey through New York City, Clayton learns things that surprise him and help him find his way home.
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2013., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Ever since Walker's older brother Noah died, his mother has not been able to stop crying. Walker has questions for God, angry questions, wondering why if God really wanted to help him that he let Noah die in the first place. Walker is shocked when his prayer for help is answered with the arrival of Jesus himself, who seems a bit less reverent than Walker was expecting.