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There is a lot going on in his life that thirteen-year-old Tony Miglione does not really understand--like why his parents suddenly have money enough to buy a house on Long Island, why his mother has changed, why his rich friend Joel shoplifts, why he is obsessed with Joel's sixteen-year-old sister, and why he is having terrible stomach pains.
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Middle school (James Patterson) volume 1
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English
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When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
5) Shooter
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English
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Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.
6) Hunger
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2010.
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Lisabeth has anorexia, and even turning into Famine--one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--cannot keep her from feeling fat and worthless.
7) Speak
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English
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A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
8) Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
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English
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"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--Provided by publisher.
11) Identical
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English
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Sixteen-year-old identical twin daughters of a district court judge and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella desperately struggle with secrets that have already torn them and their family apart.
13) The Tulip touch
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Pub. Date
[1997]
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First U.S. edition.
Language
English
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Natalie, who lives in the large hotel managed by her father, has a dangerous friendship with Tulip, the wildly uncontrollable girl on a neighboring farm.
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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During her freshman year at an elite high school in Dallas, Sarah tries to come to terms with her own volatile emotions, her changing relationship with her best friend, feelings about her mother, and new insights into her dead father whom she idolized.
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When Rafe is invited to attend an all-expenses paid art field trip in California, he jumps at the opportunity, but things go sideways, as they always do for Rafe, after he realizes he'll be participating in a "Cultural Campout" in the desert and a seriesof unfortunate events follow, including an encounter with a cranky crocodile, a claustrophobic trip into an ancient cave, and a plot to smuggle a legendary missing diamond.
16) Belzhar: a novel
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[2014]
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English
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Jam Gallahue, fifteen, unable to cope with the loss of her boyfriend Reeve, is sent to a therapeutic boarding school in Vermont, where a journal-writing assignment for an exclusive, mysterious English class transports her to the magical realm of Belzhar, where she and Reeve can be together.
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[2019]
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English
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Kamilla has a wonderful singing voice, but she does not want to sign up for the Memorial Middle School musical because she sees herself as overweight, even though the doctor tells her she is not--so can exercise and the support of her family and friends help her overcome her negative image and lead her to the starring role her talent demands?
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