Posts Tagged ‘high school’
I Am Wings
Atheneum, 1994
Poetry
ISBN: 0027353958
48 pages
Synopsis
Arranged into two parts, Falling In and Falling Out, an anthology of poetry explores the many faces and forms of love, capturing the uncertainty, triumph, joy, and pain of first love. …
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Touch
HarperTeen, 2009
Fiction
ISBN: 0061375179
272 pages
Synopsis
Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willard—something involving her three friends, all boys. But their stories don’t match, and the rumors spin out of control. Then other people get involved . . . the school, the parents, the lawyers. The incident at the back of the bus becomes the center of Maisie’s life and the talk of the school, and, horribly, it becomes news. With just a few words and a touch, the kids and their community are changed forever. …
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Story of a Girl
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Fiction
ISBN: 0316014532
208 pages
National Book Award Nominee
Synopsis
Caught having sex with an older boy in the backseat of his car by her father, thirteen-year-old Deanna quickly becomes branded a slut. Three years later, Deanna is still dealing with her reputation, a father who can’t look her in the eye, and her personal struggle with her identity and self-perception. Through a series of seemingly mundane events, Deanna decides to begin pursuing a path that will ultimately lead her to become the person she wants to be. …
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The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316013684
240 pages
National Book Award Winner
Synopsis
Told from the first person narrative of Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, the story chronicles a year in his life as a Spokan Indian from Wellpinit, WA, as he bravely decides to go to a high school outside of the reservation in a neighboring White town. Forced to overcome his insecurities as an ethnic outsider and his handicaps and speech impediments having been born with water on the brain, Junior discovers that choosing hope and pursuing his dreams will be the most difficult thing he’s ever done. …
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The Spectacular Now
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008
Fiction
ISBN: 0375851798
304 pages
National Books Awards Nominee
Synopsis
Sutter Keely is the self-proclaimed master of the party. Cruising through life creating one subtle adventure after another, he is approaching the end of his senior year. Just like any world that will eventually have to change, Sutter’s becomes increasingly complicated when he decides to befriend a timid girl named Aimee. …
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