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When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program. Fans of Renée Watson’s Piecing Me Together will love this memorable...

"...the story is full of heart and will resonate with Raina Telgemeier fans."—School Library Journal From the author of Dream On, Amber and Dara Palmer's Major Drama—one little lie equals one BIG mess! Lexie and her cousin Eleni are super-crazy-mega-extra-seriously close....

In this sequel to Exposed, Raven is once again fighting for the underdog. When a desperate wave of teen suicides threatens to overwhelm her school, Raven does some digging and learns that all of the victims have one thing in common: issues with anxiety. With help from Team Retribution, Raven links...

One minute slim, attractive Katie has her eye on the good looking new boy, Rick. The next, her friends have dumped her and - even worse - they're calling her 'weighty Katie' behind her back because of her sudden, extreme weight gain.Katie's dad thinks sarcasm will encourage his princess to 'lose the...

In Justin Sayre's third adjective-busting novel, Ellen discovers why it matters to be true to oneself, no matter what people might say or think about her. Set in the same world as Justin Sayre's previous books, Husky and Pretty, Mean explores the private and public life of Ellen, who is confident,...

This is the Spanish only version of I Wish I Tall Like Willie. Manuel goes to elaborate and comical lengths to be tall like Willie. He thinks being tall makes his best friend Willie look like a basketball star. In the quest to be tall, Manuel comes up with a multitude of ingenious ways of getting there....

They were outcasts, the forgotten boys of Trinidad and Tobago imprisoned for violent crimes including armed robbery and murder. They had nothing left but a wish for a better life, the feeling that they would need an education to achieve their goals, and a desperate desire to find an English teacher....

This is the Spanish only version of I Wish Was Strong Like Manuel. Willie goes to elaborate and comical lengths to be strong like Manuel. He thinks being strong makes his best friend Willie look like a superhero. In the quest to be strong, Willie comes up with a multitude of ingenious ways of getting...

This is more than a book about survival.  Andre and Leila, teenagers of the future and their young sister, Bonnie are thrust into a life of chaos after an enemy strike on their home city of Morwena. They are forced to combat the deadly GRIM and others with their own dark agendas but the will...

The Good Young Days is part of the youth development Kenroy Stories bibliotherapy resource books series. As he gets dressed to attend his primary school (8th grade in the British system) graduation, Kenroy pause over his school photo reflecting on a number of episodes from the 'good young days'...

Only three students had access to a teacher’s racy photos before they went viral. There’s Mouse, a brainy overachiever so desperate to escape his father and go to MIT that he would do almost anything, legal or not. Then there’s Drew, the star athlete who can get any girl’s number—and private...

Heidi Walker makes lists. She is careful and cautious. Heidi enjoys running, too. Bean is her brother. To say he is adventurous is an understatement. Their mother, Joy, has … issues. Time and again, the trio tries to keep hope alive only to have it squashed.  Learning to...

An inspiring and achingly honest story of a girl with the courage to endure, hope, and even heal in the face of unimaginable tragedy, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen's Just Listen. I have three months left to call Katie my older sister. Then the gap will close and I will pass her. I will get...

The Teardrop is the second in the Kenroy stories series. Corey is a classmate of Kenroy's from a badly dysfunctional household. His father is a newly released prison inmate, while his abused mother has a drug habit. Young Corey is a gifted artist struggling to find a place for himself under some...