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The Influenced
Par Khadija Grant. 2015
David, an impoverished eleven-year-old who moves from the inner city to the suburbs, suffers severe beatings at home and is…
the target of bullies at school. But, there is one person who brings him happiness, Samantha. David admires Samantha's joy for life, her beautiful Sunday dresses, and her determination to find her dead mother's journal. But when David sees three suspicious men enter her home, he realizes Samantha has family secrets of her own. Now more than ever, David is desperate to do something to change their lives. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and violenceAnd so they build
Par Bert Kitchen. 1995
True talents
Par David Lubar. 2007
The friends from Edgeview Alternative School wanted to keep their Hidden Talents (RC 56815) secret, but someone learns that Trash…
can move objects with his mind and kidnaps him. Torchie, Cheater, Lucky, Flinch, and Martin must use their talents to rescue Trash. For grades 5-8. 2007Popularity has its ups and downs
Par Meg F Schneider, Meg F. Schneider. 1991
Explains the meaning of popularity and suggests ways to cope with this issue in school and social situations. Discusses the…
concept of self-confidence and how to achieve it. The author also stresses the value of true friendship and the importance of learning to deal with rejection and change. For junior and senior high readersNoticing paradise
Par Ellen Wittlinger. 1995
Sixteen-year-olds Cat Mancini and Noah Barker-Lowell meet on a cruise to the Galapagos Islands. Each has personal problems. Cat is…
shy and not very good with boys, and Noah is hurt and angry about his parents' upcoming divorce. In alternate chapters they tell their versions of what happens on their voyage of discovery. For grades 5-8On a scale of 1 to 10
Par Ceylan Scott. 2019
Lime Grove is home to a number of teenagers with a variety of problems: anorexia, bipolar disorder, behavior issues. Tamar…
will come to know them all very well. But there's one question she can't...won't answer: What happened to her friend Iris? As Tamar's emotional angst becomes more and more clear to her, she'll have to figure out a path to forgiveness. UnratedThe long way home
Par Karen McQuestion. 2012
Mrs death misses death
Par Salena Godden. 2023
Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to…
unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn't met Death in person - a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen. Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death's scribe, and begins to write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced - or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated - their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans' fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her