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A Summer of KingsOver the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to li |
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Sweet and LowRecounts the true story of Ben Eisenstadt, a short-order cook who, after returning from World War II, created the sugar packet and Sweet 'N Low and amassed a fortune that eventually destroyed his fami |
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RooftopStill reeling from seeing police shoot his unarmed cousin to death on the roof of a New York City housing project, seventeen-year-old Clay is dragged into the whirlwind of political manipulation that |
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FirebirdMark Doty discusses what it was like to grow up as a homosexual, how his parents and siblings reacted to the news, and how he came to terms with his sexuality. |
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Defining DulcieWhen sixteen-year-old Dulcie's father dies, her mother makes a decision to move them to California, where Dulcie makes an equally radical decision to steal her dad's old truck and head back home. |
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The OutsidersRivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the youths involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyb |
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham-- 1963The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of |
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Now It's My TurnMary Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, offers an inside look at the world of presidential politics and at her life, family, and role in the campaigns of 2000 and 2004. |
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The Ride of Our LivesMike Leonard shares the life lessons he learned from his parents during their roadtrip across the United States in a rented RV. |
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A Thief in the House of MemoryThe death of an apparent stranger in the Steeple family's old home triggers troubling questions for sixteen-year-old Declan as he tries to make sense of his fragmented dreams, random memories, and une |
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