Tracy Flick is back and, once again, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta's Election-- and Reese Witherspoon's character from the classic movie adaptation--is determined to take high school politics by storm. Tracy Flick is...
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Author:Perrotta, TomSummary: - Author:Gunn, GenniSummary:
Tracks is a compilation of personal travel essays that range across three continents, from Italy, where Genni Gunn was born and spent her early years, to Canada and Mexico, and through Asia, where she has travelled many times, both...
- Author:Le Tellier, HervéSummary:
"Je n'ai été ni privé, ni battu, ni abusé. Mais très jeune, j'ai compris que quelque chose n'allait pas, très tôt j'ai voulu partir, et d'ailleurs très tôt je suis parti. Mon père, mon beau-père...
- Author:Patrick, CatSummary:
In this heartfelt and powerfully affecting coming of age story, a neurodiverse 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late.Things never seem to go as easily for thirteen-year-old Frankie as they do...
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Author:Brown, JenniferSummary:Raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes--or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives but loses her mother, her sister, and her home. Sent to live with her only surviving relatives...
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Author:Heneghan, JamesSummary:Thirteen-year-old Declan lives only for revenge. His mother, father and sister were all killed on the streets of Belfast, and Declan will stop at nothing to settle the score. When he is torn away from his native soil and sent to live...
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Author:Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, Ho, VanSummary:After the Vietnam War, a young girl is left behind in the care of her grandmother when the rest of her family flees the new communist regime by boat. Once settled in North America, her parents will send for her; but in the meantime, Van...
- Author:Trump, Mary L.Summary:
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order...
- Author:Patchett, AnnSummary:
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature." -The Guardian. In...
- Author:Jean, EmikoSummary:
Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in--it isn't easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it's always been Izumi--or Izzy, because "It's easier this way"--...
- Author:French, JackieSummary:
The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy is 16 and left school to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow was famed for. Now Nancy's family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her...
- Author:Ellis, ShellySummary:
For the wealthy Murdochs of Chesterton, Virginia, managing scandalous damage and killer drama is now their only chance at survival ...For Evan Murdoch, the bad news just won't stop. As he battles an attempted murder charge, he's on the...
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Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Carlan, AudreySummary:
When their mother passed away, Evie Ross and her sister were each given a stack of letters, one to be opened every year on their birthday, to inspire and guide them through adulthood. But although Evie has made a successful career, her...
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Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Christensen, Oliver, Holliday, BarbaraSummary:
During a time of two world wars and a sluggish world economy, many Northern Europeans left their homelands to build the American and Canadian West with dreams of abundance and new life. Spanning a period from the late 1800s to the mid-...
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Author:Meacham, LeilaSummary:In early 1900s Texas, Samantha Gordon, heiress to a large cattle ranch, and Nathan Holloway, a charming farm boy, find their fates intertwined. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, their connection drives this narrative compulsively...
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Author:Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:Eleven-year-old Valena lives both in the present and the past as she struggles with racism in her daily life and listens to her mother's tales of her family's proud history.
- Author:Wibberley, EmilySummary:
Fitz Holton waits in fear for the day his single mother's early-onset Alzheimer's starts stealing her memory. He's vowed to stay close to home to care for her in the years to come—never mind the ridiculous college tour...
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Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
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