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"For Nate Wright, conflict is a way of life. He tangles with Gina, the editor of the school newspaper, after she rejects his comic strip. He can't get on the same page with his snooty study partners as they cram for the final exam. And once he hears that Mr. Rosa's job is on the line, Nate even takes on the all-powerful school board. But when a challenger threatens Nate's status as the owner of P.S. 38's filthiest locker, our hero may have met his...
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Dominican American girl Ani loves swimming in the sea and in the pool. Her father secretly lets her join the swim team but they don't tell Ani's mother because her brother died in the water of a hurricane years ago and she would be upset. However, when Ani's joints swell up, she's forced to visit the doctor and tell what she's been doing. Ani is diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but fortunately her doctor believes that swimming and medication...
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"Riley Jo is a teenager who knows what she wants. Born and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas, this Korean American girl has her sights set on being a musician. So when her parents are surprisingly cool about her attending the prestigious Los Angeles-based arts-focused boarding school her senior year of high school, she jumps at the chance. This is her moment to make her indie rock dreams a reality! Things at Carlmont Academy start out strong: She joins...
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"Teenager Boo has pink hair and a very vivid imagination that she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows closer...
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Clay, a MudWing dragonet, sees war coming to his mountain and fellow dragons. What he does not know is that he and four other dragonets are part of a prophecy of the five chosen dragonets, but it may be that they don't want to be part of a prophecy. They may instead choose freedom over fate.
12) Finding Alice
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"Professor Angus and his three 14 year old kids, Tristan, Esteban and Sarah make up the Nightmare Brigade--saving people from the terrors of the night one nightmare at a time. In this volume, the gang faces their biggest challenge yet-- the mad mind of Leonard-- to save Tristan's beloved mother, Alice. She ventured into Leonard's dreams ten years ago, but got trapped when the dream turned tragic. Tristan and Angus have gotten more experienced and...
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"Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh once played guitar in solitude, but ever since Nijika roped her into joining Kessoku Band, she's started to emerge from her shell...kinda. She may still be a nervous wreck, but with a show or two under her belt, a part-time job, and even some real-life friends, those rocker fantasies don't seem so unrealistic anymore! However, the band's about to face its biggest challenge yet-performing onstage at the school festival! Can Bocchi...
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Claudia isn't concerned when she hears her newest baby-sitting charge, Betsy Sobak, is a big practical joker, but when Betsy's joke causes Claudia to break her leg, she starts to think that babysitting may be too dangerous. Then, Claudia considers quitting the Baby-sitters Club, so it's up to Kristy and the other girls to teach Betsy a lesson.
16) Ultraviolet
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Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man", a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity.
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Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy born in Qingshui, recalls his childhood growing up in Taiwan in the 1930s during Japanese occupation. His life was marred by the effects of war, and during his second year at Taichung First Senior High School in the 1950s, Tsai is arrested simply for joining a book club and subsequently tortured, deprived of civil rights, and sent to Green Island for "reformation."
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Lulu and her new friend, Nelson--a black boy whom Lulu's father defended in South Africa and was arrested for it--take refuge on their friend Mary's farm. While there, the two young friends notice lion tracks and decide to follow them, not realizing the danger of the African savanna.