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The Courtesan's Daughter

Priscilla Galloway

From humble beginnings, Phano rises to become one of ancient Athens' most powerful citizens through her marriage to Theo, but they both have powerful enemies who don't share their political views.

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The Stone Angel

Margaret Laurence

At ninety, Hagar Shipley looks back at her life, a girlhood dominated by her father, a bad marriage, and her relationship with her sons.

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The Long Season of Rain

Helen Kim

When an orphan boy comes to live with her family, eleven-year-old Junehee begins to realize that the demands placed on Korean women can destroy their lives.

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Crash

Jerry Spinelli

Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the

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Remembering Mog

Colby F. Rodowsky

After graduating from a private high school in Baltimore, Annie comes to terms with the loss of her sister who had been murdered two years earlier.

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Dancing On the Edge

Han Nolan

A young girl from a dysfunctional family creates for herself an alternative world which nearly results in her death but which ultimately leads her to reality.

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Chasing Redbird

Sharon Creech

Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.

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Step-families

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Single Parent Families

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Who Is Eddie Leonard?

Harry Mazer

Eddie's grandmother never tells him who his parents are. When she dies, he is catapulted into a hunt for his identity.

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