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Vero, Victoria, and Maama all share a common secret that connects their destinies together. As they maneuver their way around the busy streets of Lagos, Nigeria, the secret that they share embeds itself into their daily routine. It is only a matter of time before circumstances force them to face the one thing that they are looking to bury. Each one is unaware of the secret that binds them spiritually together. Will their secrets be known? Will their...
302) The Bridge Cards
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When Elizabeth meets a newcomer, Helen, she knew she would lose her best friend, Set in the beautiful Clare Valley in Australia, The Bridge Cards tells a story about love and friendship in times of change. Elizabeth, our beloved protagonist will take you through her coming-of-age story. Like the rational Queen of Diamond, she tried to keep things in balance but things shifted around when Arthur and Helen got closer together. Will Elizabeth win? Or...
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An adventure into the magical theatre of the hero's journey. Both humorous and tragic, this is an incredible tale of courage and spirit, set in the harsh lands of Australia. Under the Amaranth Skies is a story about a young girl, Jasmine, discovering the deep and fantastic secrets within herself, her friends and the land. The story explores Australian Aboriginal spirituality, which are basically universal truths. And how the characters in this modern...
304) They are Coming
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This is the story of a small family in Lobengula township, Bulawayo: a shoemaker, Ngwenya, his wife, MaVundla, and their two children, Ambition and Senzeni, whose lives are turned upside-down when Senzeni joins the local youth militia. Mlalazi captures the texture of everyday life in the township, the humour, warmth, rivalry and fear as neighbours interact with each other or get swept up by events outside their control. Their constant search, however,...
305) Understanding Women
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Named "best novel" by the Texas Institute of Letters, C.W. Smith's Understanding Women is the hilarious and moving account of a teenage boy's encounters in the prickly thicket of adult domestic difficulties. When James (Jimbo) Proctor gets an offer from his Uncle Waylan to spend a summer working in the oil fields as a roustabout to earn the cash for a car, he happily agrees. But when he arrives in the small New Mexico town, he finds that his uncle...
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Society is unchangeable. As decade after decade passes, one thing remains sadly the same, human nature. Modern inventions improve our lives, but many people's behavior stays the same. Bullying, racism, and antisemitism remain firmly in place. This story examines those same behaviors during the decade of the 1950s.
Teenagers were exposed to this daily, and each teen handled it their way. There were victims and villains: the helpless and the heroes....
308) Too Young to Die
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Mzi wants one thing: revenge. He is full of hatred and anger for his old girlfriend Ntombi and her new boyfriend Olwethu. It was their fault that he was arrested for being part of Zakes' carjacking gang. But now to stay out of jail Mzi can't make one wrong move. And at Harmony High Mzi no longer gets the respect he once had. Kids who feared him now tease him. Only his old friend Vuyo and the sexy Priscilla give him comfort, and encourage him to regain...
309) The Throne of Frost
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The land of Mezarim gets hit by a mysterious change in the weather. The temperature drops below freezing. Snow and ice blanket the entire region, and a massive blizzard is on the horizon. The citizens of Ursus fear the worst.Flurry hopes to relax with his friends, but when his sister and another bear cub go missing, panic ensues among the village. Flurry, Noah, and a wolf named Vallidore embark across the frozen land to find answers and save their...
310) The Coming of Age
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Steph never planned on following in his father's footsteps. Growing up in NYC, he knew what living life in the streets could do to a young kid. The fact that he was an orphan was living proof. Steph had a few golden rules he abided by: stay true to himself and his friends and to follow his plan. The plan was simple: graduate high school, attend college, and take care of his grandmother. However, as is often true, things don't always go according to...
311) Return to Kaitlin
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Abandoned, expelled, and on the verge of alcoholism. One teen will discover himself on the oil rigs of northern Canada or die trying.College freshman Tyler Hogan's world has fallen apart in a hurry. After losing his girlfriend, he barely misses hitting a fellow student while driving drunk. His grades tank and he's expelled during college break. In Ty's mind, he's left with one option: secure a high-paying oil rig job to earn the money for his education,...
312) I Want To Be Adored
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Gloria, a college senior, has three weeks left to graduation. She's bitter and bored with everyone in her life. Her Lafayette friends are pretentious and lackadaisical. Steven and Joey are in an indie band that isn't going anywhere. While Kara, Mark and Renee don't have any real direction besides boasting their opinions on new music. Her LSU friends are fun and carless, but their friend, Kimberly, is slowly getting out out of control. She parties...
313) Identity
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Naya hasn't had the best first year of university - her boyfriend broke up with her, leaving her friendless and pining after him. That is, until she meets Brynn one day at the gym. Brynn is cool and beautiful, and new to the city. Naya is her first friend here. But when Brynn actually turns out to be the famous actress Aviva Jersey in disguise, Naya must decide how much of their friendship is real and how much was just an act. And the longer Naya...
314) Shutterspeed
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Living alone with his silent father and the shadow cast by his long-dead mother, Dustin waits, wanting only to slip under the radar and survive what's left of high school and through his work at the photo lab. Then one Sunday, a single photo gets stuck in the processor and it changes everything: the bike in the picture is decent-a Ducati Monster 620, cherry red-and the woman, Terri Pavish, beside it is striking, too. What begins then as an innocent...
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A teenager whose parents have separated tries to adapt to life at a boarding school and make a fresh start in a strange new place After her mother runs off with her much-younger boyfriend, fourteen-year-old Flanders is shipped off to a boarding school in Virginia. On the train, she meets Carolyn Cardmaker, a preacher's daughter who will become her best friend. She also meets Ernestine Blue. Miss Blue is Flanders's faculty advisor at the Charles School,...
316) The Rising Tide
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Flurry and his brothers wake up adrift at sea. Before the cubs can solve the mystery of their arrival, they are flung into an epic adventure on the high seas.
Reunited with Chingu the Protector, they embark on a mission to find Captain White Cloud and confront the evil grizzly bear pirate known to all as Black Bear'd. Their adventure is shipwrecked when they learn of an ancient evil gaining power and a secret army. It's a race against time to stop...
317) Anjanne Ajnabee
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In "Anjanne Ajnabee," readers embark on an emotional journey with Raahul, a high school student whose life is intertwined with memories, regrets, and unresolved emotions. Central to this narrative is Raahul's profound connection with Divya, a pivotal character whose presence shapes his world in ways he could never have imagined.The narrative explores the concept of emotional debt, drawing a parallel between financial and emotional obligations. Raahul...
318) Match
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When a former police officer in Ireland walks into a local pub, he has no idea that when he leaves, he'll be taking the first steps that will change forever the lives of the Match brothers, Eoghan & Shane, as well as Eoghan's daughter, Saoirse. Fergie Dunne doesn't know anything about music or managing a musical act. What he does know is what he likes and the music he hears over a pint one night sets him on a course of action that will lead all of...
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A sensitive coming-of-age story of two teenage boys. A must read for teens who are "wondering about themselves." - Mary Hoar, M.S., educator and columnist
A sensitive story. Two close friends learned to deal with their sexual feelings together. It brought tears to my eyes. - Aruthur P. Day, author "Death at Dawn"
Love is love. This book should be read by every HS student. - D. Sandefur, M.A., HS teacher
A heart wrenching book,...
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Fresh out of high school, Eva Sonneborn is headed to Scotland with her best friends: scholarly, sarcastic Laurence; gorgeous, ghost-seeing Amber; and responsible, sweet Shannon. They plan to spend the next six months in Edinburgh, enjoying an adventure-filled work-abroad journey before parting ways for college.But when Eva meets Gil, a local bartender, she figures a little innocent flirting won't hurt her relationship with Tony, her ever-faithful...
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