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The House On Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.

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Firefly Cloak

Sheri Reynolds

Seven years after being abandoned with her little brother at a Tennessee campground, fifteen-year-old Tessa Lee learns that her mother has been living two hours away.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl.

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century.

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A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl

Tanya Lee Stone

Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all fall for the same sexy high school senior, and while they each make different choices, they're all changed by their experiences of love and sex.

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The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Ann Brashares

A sequel to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" in which the four girls, now sixteen, embark on another summer of travels and life lessons charmed by a shared pair of seemingly magical thrift-stor

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Ann Brashares

Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them.

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The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Ann Brashares

A sequel to "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" in which the four girls, now sixteen, embark on another summer of travels and life lessons charmed by a shared pair of seemingly magical thrift-stor

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Deal with It!

Esther Drill

Provides information designed to help girls deal with their bodies, sexuality, emotions, relationships, school, beliefs, and other issues.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Ann Brashares

Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them.

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