by Sherman Alexie
In this coming of age story, Junior makes the difficult decision to transfer from the Spokane Indian Reservation school to an all-white school twenty miles from home. Junior defies everyone’s expectations as he makes his way between two worlds.
February 27th, 2009
by Junot Diaz
Share the angst and trauma of overweight, highly intelligent, kind-hearted Oscar as he struggles against his reputation as a geek and the limitations of his immigrant family’s lifestyle in northern New Jersey. Experience the impact of the Dominican Republic dictator, Trujillo, on the families who now call America home.
February 27th, 2009
by Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, and Jane Alberdeston Coralin
A school paper brings together three unlikely friends who offer support and guidance as they meet weekly for dinner at a Chicago café.
February 10th, 2009
by Dan Shaughnessy
Local Boston Globe columnist chronicles his son’s senior year as his son tries to achieve his dream of playing baseball for a Division I college team.
February 10th, 2009
by Jodi Picoult
What can happen in nineteen minutes? The lives of the citizens of a small New Hampshire town are changed forever when Peter Houghton opens fire in his high school.
February 10th, 2009
by Alexandra Robbins
Eight students feel the stress of high expectations as they confront academics, athletics, SATs, college applications and parental pressure at a demanding high school.
February 10th, 2009
by Larry Doyle
Supreme geek, Dennis Cooverman, blurts out during his monotone graduation speech what is really on his mind, that he’s in love with the head cheerleader, Beth Cooper, setting off a hilarious chain of events in a graduation night to remember.
February 10th, 2009
by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Isolated at school and neglected at home, Tobin is rescued by friendship with a chicken-obsessed new kid and his little brother, a budding business tycoon.
January 23rd, 2009
by Sneed B. Collard
Guy is new in town, and when he gets into trouble with the local bully, he bets that his beloved dog will win a frisbee-catching contest, inadvertantly putting his ownership of the dog at stake.
January 23rd, 2009
by Marina Budhos
Nadira and her family have overstayed their tourist visa from Bangladesh, and in the wake of September 11th, their status as illegal aliens is more dangerous than ever.
January 23rd, 2009
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