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-- Five hundred words or less2020., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic Fic Del Rosario Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In an attempt to salvage her reputation after she cheated on her boyfriend, Nic has offered to write their college admissions essays. As she learns more about her classmates' inner lives while writing their essays, she has to search her own experiences--not just the cheating, but also being abandoned by her mother.
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2017., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Adventure Fic Watson Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his younger brother's accident--one more event in a long list of awful life events--Caleb Tosh's mom walks out on the family. Sick of it all, Caleb retreats into the virtual-reality game he plays obsessively, The Boneyard. With everything in his real life so awful, Caleb's only happiness comes from that game, and before he knows it, his reality and virtual reality seem to become the same thing in his quest to Ascend and become Worthy.
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[2013]., Oxford University Press Call No: 340.089 CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Argues that racial judgments are often based on how a person conforms to behavior stereotypically associated with a certain race despite decades of racial progress and the pervasiveness of multicultural rhetoric, and that African Americans pay a high cost whether they "act" black or white.
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c2008., Juvenile, Tundra Books ; Tundra Books of Northern New York Call No: Historical fiction FIC CRAIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traveling to South Africa with her journalist mother, thirteen-year-old Kim finds her life forever changed as she explores the country's diverse and often shocking history, while trying to unlock the secret that has always kept her from knowing her father.
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[2013]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Dystopian FIC Roth Book 3 Edition: First edition. Genre: Dystopian Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Tris and Tobias enact a daring plan to go outside of the fence, they hope for a simpler life but instead encounter new truths and sacrifices that must be made for the good of all.
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Ã2013., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: DYSTOPIA Edition: 1st pbk. ed., 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Divergent Volume: bk 3Summary Note: "The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered--fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready"--Provided by publisher.
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c2009., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Realistic FIC Katcher Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a big secret.
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2024., Kokila Call No: FIC HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain. Nisha, his twin sister, suggests that Amil begin to tell his story through drawings meant for their mother, who died when they were just babies. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world, and find hope for himself and a newly reborn nation.
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[2015]., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: ROMANCE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Rhiannon is disappointed that her neglectful boyfriend Justin doesn't remember the one perfect day they shared, until a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person... wasn't Justin at all"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Sourcebooks Fire Call No: Realistic Fic Van Name Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old June feels she is nothing without her best friend, Jess, but everything changes after she is expelled and must attend a Virginia boarding school where her grandmother teaches.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: FIC PAR Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Astrid is the only child in her small Norwegian village. Then her world is turned upside down by two startling arrivals: first a new family, then a mysterious, towering woman who everyone seems to know but Astrid.
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By Clear, James[2018]., Avery Call No: 155.24 Cle Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A leading expert on habit formation reveals practical strategies to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
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2023., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: GN SUG Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Inspired by two real-life trips, in this memoir] sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. At first, Christine struggles to connect with their family they don't yet share a language with. Seeing the places their mom grew up--the school she went to, the cafe where she had her first date with their father--Christine becomes more and more aware of the generational differences in their family"--Provided by publisher.
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2023., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: 920 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--
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-- Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do2020., Penguin Books Call No: 303.38 Ebe Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the science behind bias, addressing the potential consequences of unconscious bias in multiple settings such as business and law enforcement. Also offers a solution to addressing and minimizing bias.
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2018., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic Fic Maness Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In reality, Joss Wyatt is a simple teen girl with a close group of friends and a potential boyfriend, but when she gets bored of reality she goes online and masquerades as one of any number of fake personas she has invented for herself--a model, an art restorer, a southern bell trapped in a loveless marriage. When someone starts sending her messages threatening to unravel her carefully constructed worlds, Joss finds her real life threatened by a stalker.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: HI-INT 305.2 BIA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mayim Bialik puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys!
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By Burrell, Tom2010., Smiley Books : Distributed by Hay House Call No: 305.89 Bur Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Argues that the myth of black inferiority is still pervasive in America today. Poses ten questions to black people that probe the acceptance of this myth and issues a call to action to challenge it using new media and intergenerational coalitions.
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-- Quest for true belonging and the courage to stand aloneBy Brown, Brené2019., Random House Call No: Realistic 305.8 Bro Edition: Random House trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents the argument that the world has become increasingly disconnected spiritually, with people growing further apart from other people who have differing opinions, and explores how this trend is potentially influencing people to change themselves to fit in, which furthers the disconnect. Offers advice for breaking out of our echo chambers and learning to be who we are while vulnerable, uncomfortable, and growing through meeting new people.