Hilary, a sixteen-year-old Neo-Nazi, is injured in a motorcycle accident and brought to a hospital where she lies in a coma. Her roommate is Chana, an elderly Holocaust survivor--the only member of her family to live through the horrors of World War II. While unconscious, Hilary begins to re-live Chana's wartime experiences.
The National Book Award-winning author of "Dancing on the Edge" brings readers a bold new voice--by turns funny and poignant, innocent and worldly--in this powerful coming-of-age story set during the turbulent struggle for civil rights in the 1960s.
The story of Miracle McCloy, a teenager who as a baby was removed from the womb of her dying mother--which her clairvoyant grandmother is convinced makes her special. Raised by her grandmother and her novelist father in a household full of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle has a hard time dealing with reality, a situation that turns desperately ...
Lauren is a girl who just loves pickles, so when she learns that her teacher has planned a class trip to a pickle factory, she is thrilled beyond belief. However, after the trip, it seems that EVERYONE in Lauren's class has decided that they love pickles too, and that leaves Lauren feeling a little less special and a lot more ordinary. Color ...
Leshaya is a survivor. Rescued from the brink of death, this child of a heroin addict has seen it all. Nolan pulls no punches in this hard-hitting story of a girl at the bottom who dreams of nothing but the top. Reader's guide and an interview with the author included.
Inspired by his grandfather's last words and guided by Clare Simmons, a girl who believes they are saints, fourteen-year-old Archie Caswell sets out on a spiritual quest that takes him from southern Appalachia to the Cloisters Museum in New York City. Reprint.
When a flamboyant artist named Adrienne claims that she has been visited by Jesus, fourteen-year-old Charity is torn between believing this strange and fascinating woman, and her father, a preacher whom Charity idolizes.
After Grandma Mary dies, sixteen year old JP's safe, secure world quickly unravels. He finds himself living in complete chaos when his mother wins a farmhouse in an essay contest and insists on sharing her good fortune with other neighbourhood outcasts. Suddenly there are no rules, and the house is filled with poets, musicians, a reformed drug ...
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