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[2003], c1992., Warner Books Call No: Mystery FIC Patterson Edition: Warner Books ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic, Mystery Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Homicide detective Alex Cross tracks down a serial killer/kidnapper who cannot be outsmarted even after he's captured.
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2018., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: Realistic FIC Demetrois Edition: First Square Fish edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Grace longs to escape everything about her life--her abusive step-father, her insane mother, her small California town--and move to New York or Paris to live the dream, no longer scared and alone. Then, Gavin comes into her life, and it seems too good to be true, and it is. Soon, Grace and Gavin's relationship turns to poison.
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2012., Juvenile, Orca Book Publishers Call No: Realistic FIC Ryan Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Orca soundingsSummary Note: Daniel's friend, a girl named Mac, likes to run away when things get tough but she always comes back again. But when Mac's grandmother dies, her house is condemned, and she is humiliated in front of the school, Mac begins saying goodbye to her friends. Daniel suddenly realizes that this time she isn't just running away, but planning something worse.
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[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Realistic Fic Bradley Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, ten-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
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c2003., Hyperion Call No: Realistic FIC Albom Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he succeeded in saving the child.
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-- 5 people you meet in heavenc2003., Random House Large Print : Distributed by Random House Call No: 813 .6 Edition: Large print ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2003., HarperTempest Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Frankie relates the events of the year leading up to her mother's mysterious disappearance and her own struggle to discover and accept the truth about her parents' relationship.
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2018., Vintage Contemporaries Call No: Realistic FIC Gill Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Griffin Watts is just the right size to aid his father in his illicit architectural salvage business by stealing gargoyles off the faces of buildings around New York City--a dangerous task Griffin is willing to take on in order to spend more time with his estranged father and help his mother pay the mortgage. But his father's obsession takes a toll, and Griffin finds himself facing some difficult choices.
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By Anonymous2006., Juvenile, Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic FIC Anonymous Edition: Simon Pulse ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A fifteen-year-old drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
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By Ko, Lisa2018., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: Realistic FIC Ko Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Deming Guo's Chinese immigrant mother went to her job one day and never returned--gone without a trace. Adopted by a white family and his named changed to Daniel Wilkinson, the boy grows into a restless and misguided young man. Meanwhile his mother must face the mistakes of her past that led to her son's lonely and difficult childhood.
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2017., Juvenile, Spencer Hill Press Call No: Realistic FIC Gallagher Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After getting injured and losing her chance for a college gymnastics scholarship, Savannah quits gymnastics altogether, playing it safe to safeguard her body and broken heart. Then, Savannah's best friend, Cassie, attempts suicide, and a boy named Marcos saves her life. Savannah falls for Marcos as he encourages her to still go after her gymnastics dream.
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By Gomez, Halli[2022]., Adolescent, Sterling Teen Call No: Realistic Fic Gomez Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Troy Hayes, who has Tourette syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, is done dealing with daily humiliation, pain, and loneliness. He makes a list of nine things he wants to accomplish before the tenth anniversary of his diagnosis, and then he plans to complete the tenth thing--suicide. While working through the list, Troy becomes friends with Khory, who is dealing with her own pain. As Khory unwittingly helps him cross things off his list, she shows him life has much to offer.
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By Ng, Celeste2019., Penguin Books Call No: Realistic FIC Ng, Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In a perfect community based on rules, order, and conformity, a single mother named Mia and her daughter Pearl rent a house from the Richardsons. As the Richardson children become close to the mother-daughter pair, Elena Richardson begins to suspect the motives of this woman who goes against the grain, and who possesses a dark secret. And after family friends of the Richardsons enter into a fierce custody dispute over an adopted Chinese American child, pitting Mia and Elena against each other, Elena decides to investigate Mia's secrets with devastating effects.
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By Hornby, Nick2006., Riverhead Books Call No: Realistic FIC Hornby Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When four desperate strangers planning to commit suicide meet each other on a London rooftop on New Year's Eve, they form an instant connection and ultimately end up saving each other's lives.
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2005., Little, Brown Call No: Mystery FIC Patterson Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic, Mystery Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: FBI agent Alex Cross is assigned to investigate a string of murders where the victims are Hollywood stars.
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By Sher, Abby2020., Adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Realistic Fic Sher Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Best friends almost since birth, Zoe and Hank navigate the shifting boundaries of their relationships during high school as one of them struggles with an eating disorder and self-harm.
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By Aceves, Fred[2020]., Adolescent, HarperTeen Call No: Realistic Fic Aceves Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.