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Bree Boyd is a legend! / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
When twelve-year-old spelling bee champ Bree acquires superpowers from a lightning strike, her preordained life turns upside down as she envisions a future that deviates from her father's high expectations.
Subjects: Psychic ability; Families; African Americans; Middle schools; Schools;
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Someone is always watching / by Armstrong, Kelley,author.;
"Blythe and her friends--Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya--have always been a tight friend group, attending a local high school and falling in and out of love with each other. But an act of violence has caused a rift between Blythe and Tucker ... and unexpected bursts of aggression and disturbing nightmares have started to become more frequent in their lives. The strange happenings culminate in a shocking event at school: Gabrielle is found covered in blood in front of their deceased principal, with no memory of what happened. Cracks in their friendship, as well as in their own memories, start appearing, threatening to expose long-forgotten secrets which could change the group's lives forever. How can Blythe and her friends trust each other when they can't even trust their own memories?"--012+.Grades 7-9.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; High school students; Interpersonal relations; Memory; Nightmares; Secrecy; Teenagers; Truthfulness and falsehood; Friendship; High school students; Honesty; Interpersonal relations; Memory; Nightmares; Secrets; Teenagers;
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Hopeless in hope / by John-Kehewin, Wanda,1971-author.;
"In this young adult novel, fourteen-year-old Eva Brown is coping with difficulties at home and at school, most significantly her mother's alcoholism. When Eva's nohkum (grandmother) is hospitalized, her mother struggles to care for Eva and her younger brother. After Eva's brother wanders away, he is sent to live with a foster family and Eva finds herself in a group home. Furious at her mother's weakness, Eva struggles to adjust to the group home--and reuniting with her family seems less and less likely. During a visit to the hospital, Nohkum gives Eva Shirley's diary. Can Eva find forgiveness for her mother in its pages? Heartbreaking and humorous, Hopeless in Hope is a compelling story of family and forgiveness."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Children of alcoholics; Dysfunctional families; Forgiveness; Group homes; Indigenous peoples; Mothers and daughters; Teenage girls; Children of alcoholics; Family problems; Forgiveness; Group homes; Indigenous peoples; Mothers and daughters; Teenage girls;
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Love on Planet A / by Minaki, Christina,1977-author.;
"Lydia has had a passion for climate issues for as long as she can remember. After a fall at school, her well-meaning friends and family are against her getting out on the streets to protest, but Lydia is determined to challenge ableism, promote climate action, and make a statement, no matter the risks"--3.7.012-018.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Ecofiction.; High interest-low vocabulary books.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Climatic changes; Discrimination against people with disabilities; Environmental policy; Environmentalists; First loves; People with disabilities; Climatic changes; Discrimination against people with disabilities; Environmental policy; Environmentalists; First loves; People with disabilities;
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Nick and Charlie / by Oseman, Alice,author.;
Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple -- that they're inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone's asking if they're staying together, which is a stupid question -- they're Nick and Charlie for God's sake! But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novellas.; First loves; Gay couples; Gay youth; High schools; Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Long-distance relationships; First loves; Gay couples; Gay youth; High schools; Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Long-distance relationships;
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Sugar crash / by Di Lorenzo, Melinda,1977-author.;
Zoe Harmon doesn't remember what life was like before she had type one diabetes. Yeah, it's annoying sometimes, but living with her insulin pump sure beats being dead. When she accepts a ride to a school camp from her former best friend, a crash sends them flying off a remote mountain road. Stranded without her phone or insulin, Zoe's life in on the line.012+.Grades 7-9.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; High interest-low vocabulary books.; Novels.; Diabetes in youth; Insulin; Wilderness survival; Diabetes in youth; Insulin; Wilderness survival;
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Boy like me / by Green, Simon James,author.;
In the margins of a book's pages, sparks fly as a teenage romance begins. But in this time and place, sparks like that can only ignite trouble. It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in UK schools. When a kind librarian leads Jamie to a disguised novel in the library that reflects his confused feelings towards boys, Jamie sees that he's not the only one who has checked the book out. Will Jamie and this mystery boy have the courage to meet--and if they do, what will it take to hold on to each other?
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Books and reading; Friendship; Gay teenagers; Books and reading; Friendship; Gay teenagers;
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The secret diary of Mona Hasan / by Hussain, Salma(Young adult fiction writer);
The year is 1991. Mona Hasan is a young Muslim girl growing up in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The first Gulf War has broken out close by, but it isn't what she expects -- "We didn't even get any days off school! Just my luck." However, the event sparks major change in her life, as her family moves from big-city Dubai in the UAE to small-town Darmouth on the east coast of Canada.LSC
Subjects: Muslim girls; Immigrant children; Friendship; Identity (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology);
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The library of shadows / by Moore, Rachel,author.;
"Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn't uncommon and no one dares stay in the library after dark. And Este Logano enrolls with the hopes of finding her dead father. Not literally, of course. She doesn't believe in ghosts. Going to her dad's school just seems like her best hope at figuring out who he was. But then Este meets Mateo, who is maybe-probably-definitely-a real ghost. And an annoying one at that. When Mateo frames Este for the theft of a rare book from the library's secret spire and then vanishes, Este will have to track him down or risk being expelled and leaving Radcliffe early just like her father did. Except following in her father's footsteps might be more dangerous than Este ever anticipated. As she investigates the library with its secret passageways, hidden tunnels, and haunted halls, she learns that the student disappearances aren't just myth. And if she isn't careful, she'll be next"--013+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Ghost stories.; School fiction.; Novels.; Fathers; Ghosts; Haunted schools; High schools; Interpersonal relations; Preparatory schools; Schools; Fathers; Ghosts; Haunted schools; High schools; Interpersonal relations; Preparatory schools; Schools;
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My true colours / by Levitt, Mike,1957-author.;
Set against the backdrop of anti-SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) education protests, this story delves into the spread of hate and misinformation within families and communities. With consequences looming after a violent confrontation with a member from his school's Gender Sexuality Alliance in the aftermath of an anti-SOGI protest, a teen finds himself confronted with his bigotry and prejudices. When he learns that a key figure in his life is transgender, he starts on a journey of questioning his beliefs. He finds that he has more in common with members of the LGBTQ+ community than he ever expected.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Homophobia; Interpersonal relations; Self-realization; Sexual minorities; Transgender people; Homophobia; Interpersonal relations; Self-realization; LGBTQ+ people; Transgender people;
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