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1) Slay
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High School Project Lit Titles
Not your average high-school (book display)
Project Lit - Full List
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An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide.
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Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
5) So, so hood
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With her senior year just beginning, Jayd Williams, a teenage girl from a family of voodoo priestesses, has to deal with a variety of issues including trouble caused by Misty, her former best friend-turned-nemesis; the aftermath of the debutante ball; her boyfriend's cheating; her ex-boyfriend/best guy friend Rah's continuing baby mama drama; and her crush on Keenan, a UCLA first draft football pick.
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Darcy's plans for a great summer seem to be evaporating when she finds herself traumatized over an earlier incident with Brian, and with her boyfriend in Detroit, her grandmother recently deceased, and her parents and friends all hiding secrets of their own, she does not know where to turn for help.
8) Pretty ugly
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Jamee Wills never expected Vanessa Pierce and her friends to go this far. The trouble begins at cheerleading practice when Vanessa starts teasing Angel McAllister, a shy new girl at Bluford High. When the insults turn nasty, Jamee tries to stop them. She wins Angel's friendship but makes many enemies. Now Jamee is a target, and someone is texting lies and pictures of her all over school. Unwilling to tell her family or snitch on her fellow cheerleaders,...