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Pub Date: Mar 8, 2011
Age Range: 13 - 18
The riveting tale of an indigenous Ecuadorian girl being sent away from her family to work for a middle-class mestizo (of Spanish heritage) couple, this collaborative novel by teen author Resau and Farinango is based on the life story of the latter.
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Pub Date: Mar 1, 2011
Age Range: 14 - 18
Finally, a book about a transgender teen that gives its central character a life in which gender and transition matter but do not define his existence!
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Pub Date: Feb 1, 2011
Age Range: 13 - 18
Though comfortable with her private school, protective Gramma and house in Toledo, devoted underground hip-hop fan Ann Michelle Lewis sometimes wonders if she's missing out.
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Pub Date: Aug 1, 2010
New Yorker Krystal, 15, moves to her mother's hometown of Lincoln, Conn., after her parents divorce.
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The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Pub Date: Aug 1, 2010
Age Range: 12 - 18
A haunting, ripped-from-the-headlines account of youth gang violence in Chicago provides the backdrop for a crucial mediation on right and wrong.
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Pub Date: May 1, 2010
In a future so close it will be easily mistaken for today, teens all over the world play massively multiplayer online role-playing games, but not all are in the game for fun.
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