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41) A slip of a girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older sibling immigrate to America, and she and her father and sister with special needs are about to be evicted from their farm"--
42) God got a dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Revised edition.
Language
English
Description
Cynthia Rylant and Marla Frazee imagine a God inspired to go out and experience human things"--
44) Samira surfs
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After months of rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar, in this novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power.
48) I am here now
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the Bronx in the early 1960s, fourteen-year-old Maisie and her longtime friend Richie start high school, as each struggles with an abusive parent.
50) The moon within
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Indigenous Mexican is secretive about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion; she must choose loyalty to her life-long best friend who is contemplating an even more profound change of life or the boy she likes.
51) Forest world
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
All Together Now - Summer Reading Teen Reads
DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
HAR--Hispanic Heritage Month
JEF - Poetry - Novels in Verse
DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
HAR--Hispanic Heritage Month
JEF - Poetry - Novels in Verse
Description
Two sisters mourn their father's death after his plane crashes on a flight to the Dominican Republic.
54) All he knew
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II. Includes historical notes.
55) Smoke
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperately seeking peace, as her younger sister, a sophomore in high school, also tries to put the pieces of her life back together.
56) Chlorine sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A novel in verse traces the life and legacy of Norma Jeane Mortenson, who survived the foster-care system, sexual abuse, and teen marriage before her meteoric rise to stardom was further challenged by depression, addiction, and exploitation.
59) Audacity
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York."--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After his father is killed, Paulie is sent to live with his Aunt Bee in Houston, a city fighting desegregation, but as Paulie gets into fights with an African American boy, he is forced to accept that his father died defending his African American best friend.
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