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The Books of Fell

M. E. Kerr

A young man from the wrong side of the tracks, John Fell investigates spies, drug dealers, murders, and a decades-old disappearance case, all of which are connected to his exclusive prep school's myst

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Little Chicago

Adam Rapp

An eleven-year-old boy tries to cope with being sexually abused, neglected, and treated cruelly at school.

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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Dyan Sheldon

In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with

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Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

Joyce Carol Oates

When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid.

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The Schernoff Discoveries

Gary Paulsen

Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.

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No Effect

Daniel Hayes

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Driver's Ed

Caroline B. Cooney

Three teenagers' lives are changed forever when they thoughtlessly steal a stop sign from a dangerous intersection and a young mother is killed in an automobile accident there.

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The Jello-o Syndrome

Winifred Morris

A teenager who has always made fun of boy-conscious friends and who has been groomed to develop her "full potential" finds herself becoming interested in boys and begins to question some of her former

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Much Ado About Prom Night

William D. McCants

Political uproar about a peer counseling program in a southern California high school keeps two star-crossed antagonists at odds before the upcoming prom.

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