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2) The mall
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English
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With her plans for the future crushed at the start of the summer of 1991, seventeen-year-old Cassie Worthy finds friendship, love, and ultimately herself while working at the Parkway Center Mall.
3) Fangirl
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Being consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow.
4) Leftovers
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Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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Two teenagers, Blair and Ardith, lose their innocence in more ways than one as they are transformed from happy ninth-graders to high school sophomores determined to secure justice for their families and friends, whatever the cost.
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English
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When a series of chance events leaves him in possession of an urn with ashes, sixteen-year-old Londoner, Lucas Swain, becomes convinced that its occupant, Violet Park, is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father's sudden disappearance.
6) Summer fires
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English
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Sisters Rachel and Sylvia are faced with the tough choices of teenage life, which mirror the fires in the surrounding hillsides of their typical Italian town, as one decision or another leads to unsettled feelings and desires.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home"--
10) Isla to island
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime"--
11) Pardalita
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English
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16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each...
12) Ninth Ward
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
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In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
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Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Book List for SOU Education Courses
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Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
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Español
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"The Headmaster believes that it is not wise for you to continue to do this. He wants me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord." Dark times are coming to Hogwarts. Following the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry realizes that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. Many deny that the Dark Lord has returned, but Harry is not alone: a secret order meets at Grimmauld Place to fight the dark forces. Harry must allow Professor...
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English
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Celebrating Creativity and Fostering Empathy for AAPI Heritage Month
LGBTQIA Award Winning Titles
Most Circulated Books of 2022
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"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between...
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Anne of Green Gables volume 8
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Rilla, the daughter of Anne Shirley Blythe, grows from a carefree, irresponsible girl into a strong and capable young woman during the war years, 1914-1918.
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Aristotle and Dante volume 2
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English
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"Aristotle and Dante continue their journey to manhood in this achingly romantic, tender tale set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must learn what it means to stay in love-and to build their relationship in a world that doesn't seem to want them to exist. In their senior year at two different schools, the boys find ways to spend...
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English
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"From the internationally bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World, a heartfelt coming-of-age story that Karen Joy Fowler calls 'a timeless classic book you will read and reread.' Mary Frances 'Frankie' Lombard is fiercely in love with her family's sprawling apple orchard and the tangled web of family members who inhabit it. Content to spend her days planning capers with her brother William, competing with her brainy cousin Amanda,...
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