Search Results: Returned 18 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 18
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2021., Adolescent, Vintage Español Call No: WORLD LANGUAGES FIC DEL Edition: SPANISH . Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Desde las calles de Stockton hasta las playas de Venice Beach, y hasta la frontera con México, Aquà estuvimos narra el viaje de autodescubrimiento de un niño que intenta perdonarse a sà mismo en un mundo implacable. Cuando sucedió, a Miguel lo enviaron al centro de detención juvenil. El juez lo sentenció a un año en una casa hogar para menores; dijo que tenÃa que escribir en un diario para que algún consejero pudiera tratar de entender su forma de pensar. El juez no tenÃa idea de que en realidad le habÃa hecho un favor a Miguel. Desde que sucedió, su madre ni siquiera habÃa podido mirarlo a la cara. Cualquier hogar que no fuese el suyo serÃa un lugar mejor para vivir. Pero Miguel jamás pensó que conocerÃa a Rondell y a Mong, y en todo lo que sucederÃa cuando huyesen. Solo pensó en llegar a la frontera con México, donde podrÃa empezar de nuevo. Olvidar a su mamá. Olvidar a su hermano. Olvidarse de sà mismo. Sin embargo, la vida no suele funcionar como uno cree. Y la mayorÃa de las veces, escapar te lleva de regreso al mismo lugar del que una vez huiste.--Publisher's description.
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2019., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: Blue Fiction DICAMILLO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Resolved to leave her home for good, young runaway Beverly is determined not to depend on anyone else, but as she settles in her new home and job, she forms connections with the people around her that alter her perspectives about life and herself.
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2004, Pre-adolescent, Cricket Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1919, fifteen-year-old Hank escapes an abusive father and goes looking for a chance to become a baseball player, accompanied by a man who calls himself Chief Sunrise and claims to be a full-blooded Seminole.
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[2020]., W. W. Norton & Company Call No: DYSTOPIA F MIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An indelible and haunting new novel that explores the loss of childhood, intergenerational conflict, and humanity's complacency in the face of its own demise. Lydia Millet's multilayered new novel--her first since the National Book Award Longlist Sweet Lamb of Heaven--follows a group of children and their families on summer vacation at a lakeside mansion. The teenage narrator Eve and the other children are contemptuous of their parents, who spend the days and nights in drunken stupor. This tension heightens when a great storm arrives and throws the house and its residents into chaos. Named for a picture Bible given to Eve's little brother Jack, A Children's Bible is loosely structured around events and characters that often appear in collections of Bible stories intended for young readers. These narrative touchstones are imbedded in a backdrop of environmental and psychological distress as the children reject the parents for their emotional and moral failures--in part as normal teenagers must, and in part for their generation's passivity and denial in the face of cataclysmic change. In A Children's Bible, Millet offers brilliant commentary on the environment and human weakness and a vision of what awaits us on the other side of Revelations"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Fagan, Cary[2019], Juvenile, Tundra Books Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Hartley Staples, near-graduate of middle school, is grappling with the fact that his older brother has run away from home, when he finds a handmade postcard that fascinates him. And soon he spots another. Despite his losing interest in pretty much everything since Jackson ran away, Hartley finds himself searching for cards in his small town at every opportunity, ignoring other responsibilities, namely choosing a topic for his final project. Who is G.O. and why are they scattering cards about the town?"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Fagan, Cary[2019]., Juvenile, Tundra Books Call No: REALISTIC F FAG Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Hartley Staples, near-graduate of middle school, is grappling with the fact that his older brother has run away from home, when he finds a handmade postcard that fascinates him. And soon he spots another. Despite his losing interest in pretty much everything since Jackson ran away, Hartley finds himself searching for cards in his small town at every opportunity, ignoring other responsibilities, namely choosing a topic for his final project. Who is G.O. and why are they scattering cards about the town?"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2005, Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: His efforts to avenge his father's unjust imprisonment force fourteen-year-old Tom Tin into the streets of nineteenth-century London, but after he is convicted of murder, Tom is eventually sent to Australia where he has a surprise reunion.
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2015, c2008., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Young adult FIC EVANS Edition: Simon Pulse pbk. ed Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an inspirational tale of hope, love, and faith set during the holiday season of 1962, as portrayed in the lost innocence of a young girl running away from her abusive stepfather and a boy determined to protect her.
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[2020]., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F TEM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother--a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial--Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as 'Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls.' Soon, she finds herself drawn into the company of a close-knit trio of girls determined to transcend their circumstances, by any means necessary. Led by the elusive and beautiful Serena, and her aloof, secretive acolytes, Janet and Laurel, the girls decide this is the summer they will finally achieve enlightenment--and learn to levitate, to defy the weight of their bodies, to experience ultimate lightness. But as desire and danger intertwine, and Olivia comes ever closer to discovering what a body--and a girl--is capable of, it becomes increasingly clear that this is an advanced and perilous practice, and there's a chance not all of them will survive. Set over the course of one fateful summer that unfolds like a fever dream, The Lightness juxtaposes fairy tales with quantum physics, cognitive science with religious fervor, and the passions and obsessions of youth with all of these, to explore concepts as complex as faith and as simple as loving people--even though you don't, and can't, know them at all"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Kern, Peggy[2015]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: Realistic FIC Kern Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Hospitalized in Brooklyn, New York, fourteen-year-old Michelle recalls being raised in Philadelphia by a loving grandfather and drug-addicted mother before running away and getting lured into prostitution.
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[2018]., Adolescent, HARPERTEEN Call No: FANTASY F MCN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A copy of Grimms' Fairy Tales sends Sylvie, a sixteen-year-old ballerina-in-training, in search of her runaway older sister amid strange happenings, such as a woman leaving a shoe behind while running.
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[2023]., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: ROMANCE F GOF Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career... After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He believes that over the course of a week, he can convince her to stay in Texas, or to at least graduate high school. But their plans are interrupted when Nikki's little sister Vae goes missing. Nikki is forced to work alongside her difficult mother as they set off in search of Vae, with Malachai's support. Will Nikki find a reason to stay in Texas, or will this spring break be the last time she sees them? Through her emotional journey, Nikki ultimately finds the love she's always been missing and discovers the power of her own voice"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Rapp, Adam2009., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: Realistic FIC Rapp Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Jamie, nicknamed "Punkzilla," travels by bus to see his fatally ill older brother, Peter, he writes letters to him detailing his experiences along the way.
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By Kehret, Peg2010., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: FIC KEH Middle School Library Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old Sunny, accompanied by a stray dog, takes advantage of a windfall to travel from her Nebraska foster home to Enumclaw, Washington, to find the twin sister from whom she was separated at age three.
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[2018]., Juvenile, HighWater Press Call No: NL GN SPI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Debwe seriesSummary Note: "Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan's Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape - they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can't bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez's community find her before it's too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don't? Colonialism and the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People are explored in Natasha Donovan's beautiful illustrations."--
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[2018]., Adolescent, Random House Call No: FANTASY F HAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Tess of the Road Volume: 1Summary Note: In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess Dombegh is none of these things. Tess journeys through the kingdom in search of the World Serpents and finds herself along the way.
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c2009., Delacorte Press Call No: REALISTIC F PEN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.
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c2009., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Adventure FIC Pena Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Genre: Adventure Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.
