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Vampires, Wolves and High School, Oh My! Teen Paranormal Romance
YA Novels in English and in Spanish/Novelas para jovenes en inglés y español
YA Romance: Classics
Vampires, Wolves and High School, Oh My! Teen Paranormal Romance
YA Novels in English and in Spanish/Novelas para jovenes en inglés y español
YA Romance: Classics
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When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
2) New moon
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When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
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In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.
4) Eclipse
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Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
6) Speak
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
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A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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Say It with a Song
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
YA Romance: Classics
Say It with a Song
Summer Challenge 2023: Banned & Challenged Books
YA Romance: Classics
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"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--
10) The unteachables
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"'The Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption"--Publisher.
11) Ungifted
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
12) Partly cloudy
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In desperate need of clear skies as she starts a new school, Madalyn has days filled with clouds that lead to serious storms until she learns the power of community and family after disaster strikes.
15) Love from A to Z
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Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Disability Pride Month: YA Edition
High School Project Lit Titles
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Disability Pride Month: YA Edition
High School Project Lit Titles
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Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.
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When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's 'The Devil's Arithmetic' are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
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YA Books That Will Make You Cry
YA Contemporary Fiction Classics
YA Books That Will Make You Cry
YA Contemporary Fiction Classics
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When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
20) Time bomb
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Six students are trapped in their school after a bomb. They couldn't be more different, but now they have something in common: survival. When they hear that the bomber is trapped inside the school, the question is: is it one of them?