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Crossing the Line
 | Willow Maine has tried many things in her life from ballet to ice skating but she has always quit, causing her mother to call her a quitter. The fact is that Willow has never really had a great relationship with her mother. She actually has... |
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Heal The Wounded
 | In book two of Lynn Dove's Wounded Trilogy, Heal The Wounded, the author takes the reader once again into the lives of the families from the first book as they struggle with their own set of problems. Each teenager is still trying to cope with... |
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It's Our Prom: So Deal With It
 | "It's Our Prom" offers a delightful and well-written look at teens and their world of friends, school, and, yes, proms. Azure, Radhika, and Luke have been friends for a long time and now are in high school together. Azure is lesbian and Luke is certain... |
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Lucy and CeCee's How to Survive (and Thrive) in Middle School
 | Middle School . . . the worst years of your life . . . or are they? Lucy and CeCee, seventh grade experts, have devised the perfect handbook for middle school survival. Everything from honing in on the types of teachers and how to handle... |
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Moon River and Me
 | Mykaela has had sorrow and despair for much of her young life; first, as her younger sister fought and defeated cancer and then, when her mother learns she has a rare form of breast cancer, her world begins to crumble. Her friends adore her -... |
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NaLee
 | Erin relates an interesting tale full of fantastic, fairytale marine creatures that come in contact with a young man after he moves to an island to live with his grandmother. The tale is quite unique and could become a great work of fiction. The details... |
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Purity
 | Shelby Crewe's mother dies tragically of breast cancer which has traumatized both Shelby and her father as death frequently does. But before she dies, Shelby's mother makes Shelby promise that 1) She must listen to her father, 2) She must love as much as possible,... |
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Ta Ta for Now!
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This is a witty and entertaining book made up of entries in a diary written by a fourteen-year-old girl named Melissa. It depicts her life after she is given a diary by her twelve-year-old sister, Megan.... |
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The Battle for Tomorrow: A Fable
 | The Battle for Tomorrow opens in Seattle, Washington. Sixteen-year-old Ange is pregnant for the second time and is facing another abortion on her own; her distant, unsupportive mother Diane is paralyzed from a stroke, and Ange oversees her care. Ange's... |
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The Childe
 | Carol and son Adam Kunz have newly entered the publishing market with their novel The Childe. The book features Catherine "Cat" Colvin, a tall fifteen year old who is transferring from a private academy to the local high school.... |
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