CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2010
"Another fine volume by a master of the novel in verse. (historical note, author's note) (Historical fiction. 10 & up)"
Three women, their lives circumscribed by their societies' expectations, come together in Cuba in 1851.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 25, 2009
"Graphic sex, rape, drugs, bitter loneliness, despair—and eventually, blessedly, glimmers of hope. (Fiction. YA)"
Hopkins sharply portrays extreme adolescent turbulence with her biggest cast yet, as five disparate, desperate teens are sucked into the Las Vegas world of selling sex.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 5, 2007
"If this offering lacks some of the intensity of its predecessor, it nevertheless provides both an opportunity to revisit two likable characters and the advantage of a fresh viewpoint. (Fiction/poetry. YA)"
Six years after What My Mother Doesn't Know sizzled onto the scene, Sones returns to continue the story of teen sweethearts Sophie Stein and Robin Murphy.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2006
"McCormick provides readers who live in safety and under protection of the law with a vivid window into a harsh and cruel world—one most would prefer to pretend doesn't exist. (Fiction. YA)"
In her village in Nepal, Lakshmi's life is more than difficult and requires her to endure hunger, harsh weather and poverty.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 10, 2004
"A must for YA collections used by those unafraid of poetry, strongly suggested for all others. (Fiction. YA)"
Editor and author Levithan winningly joins the ranks of talented authors exploring the novel-in-verse and kicks it up a notch.
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