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The Rules of Survival

Nancy Werlin

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.

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The End

Lemony Snicket

Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham-- 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

The 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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Wrecked

E. R. Frank

After a car accident seriously injures her best friend and kills her brother's girlfriend, sixteen-year-old Anna tries to cope with her guilt and grief, while learning some truths about her family and

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I Want to Live

Lurlene McDaniel

Fourteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle, her leukemia in remission, makes up for lost time going to summer camp and helping her brother plan his wedding, but she begins to wonder if she is going to live to se

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Crow Lake

Mary Lawson

Kate Morrison, orphaned at the age of seven, grows up seeing her brilliant older brother Matt's failure to further his education as a tragedy, and feeling somewhat guilty about her own accomplishments

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Forged By Fire

Sharon M. Draper

Gerald, a teenager who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, must face the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

The 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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Al Capone Does My Shirts

Gennifer Choldenko

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autis

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Kat's Fall

Shelley Hrdlitschka

Fourteen-year-old Darcy Murphy has been helping to raise his younger sister, Kat, since their mother was convicted of attempted murder; but now Sherri Murphy is being released and it will take incredi

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