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American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults

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Fighting for the Forest

Gloria Rand; Illustrated by Ted Rand Henry Holt and Co.

A boy and his father like to hike in the ancient forest near their home. But one day they discover blue marks on many of the trees--the marks of loggers. The...

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The Gospel According to Larry

Janet Tashjian Henry Holt and Co.

After creating a controversial and hugely popular website, teenager Josh Swensen becomes trapped inside his brilliant creation and must find a way to remain...

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Don't Think Twice

Ruth Pennebaker Henry Holt and Co.

Biting humor with heart makes this a perfect paperback for teenage girls. Anne Harper, a seventeen-year-old with a hard-hitting, yet hilarious, sense of...

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Who Is Baseball's Greatest Hitter?

Jeff Kisseloff Henry Holt and Co.

Filled with biographical anecdotes, batting stats and historical comparisons, here is the one book young fans can use to become instant experts in baseball's...

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We Were There, Too!

Young People in U.S. History

Phillip Hoose Melanie Kroupa Books

*"A treasure chest of history come to life, this is an inspired collection. Readers could easily get lost in it by simply dipping into one compelling story...

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Ashes of Roses

MJ Auch Henry Holt and Co.

The honest and compelling story of a young girl's newfound independence, from her entrance into a new country to her frightening involvement in the Triangle...

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Boy

Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl; Illustrations by Quentin Blake Farrar, Straus and Giroux

"'I am only eight years old,' I told myself. 'No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.'" So thought Roald Dahl in 1924 when his...

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Celine

Brock Cole Sunburst Paperbacks

"Show a little maturity," he said, which I've doped out to mean: Pass all your courses, avoid detection in all crimes and misdemeanors, don't get...

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The Examination

Malcolm Bosse Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through fifteenth century China as Chen...

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Leon's Story

Leon Walter Tillage; Illustrated by Susan L. Roth Sunburst Paperbacks

"Leon's Story is a powerful, wonderful thing!" -- Nikki Giovanni I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my...

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A Parcel of Patterns

Jill Paton Walsh Aerial Fiction

"In 1665, a tailor in the village of Eyam received a parcel of cloth patterns from London, contaminated pieces that infected him with the plague. . .The author...

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Quest for a Maid

Frances Mary Hendry Sunburst Paperbacks

Meg Wright is nine when she hides under a table and hears her sister Inge kill the King of Scotland by witchcraft, setting in motion a treacherous power...

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Weeping Willow

Ruth White Aerial Fiction

Tiny Lambert struggles to find security and happiness when her high school years are marred after her stepfather rapes her.

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Cool Salsa

Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Hispanic in the United States

Edited by Lori M. Carlson; Introduction by Oscar Hijuelos Henry Holt and Co.

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms,...

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Kindertransport

Olga Levy Drucker Henry Holt and Co.

Mama and I climbed aboard. I waved to Papa until he was only a tiny speck in the distance. The train turned the curve, and he was gone. The powerful...

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Whistle Me Home

Barbara Wersba Henry Holt and Co.

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Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts

A History of Burial

Written by Penny Colman Henry Holt and Co.

Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman...

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We're Alive and Life Goes On

A Theresienstadt Diary

written by Eva Roubickova; translated by Zaia Alexander; foreword Virginia Euwer Wolff Henry Holt and Co.

"It's a terrible feeling to see the fate of thousands of people dependent on a single person. . . . It seems like a mass judgment to me: life or death." On...

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The Heroic Life of Al Capsella

J. Clarke Henry Holt and Co.

"Al comes across as a low-key Holden Caulfield. Quietly humorous in places, the book, like The Catcher in the Rye, emphasizes the main character’s...

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What Are You?

Voices of Mixed-Race Young People

Pearl Fuyo Gaskins Henry Holt and Co.

In the past three decades, the number of interracial marriages in the United States has increased by more than 800 percent. Now over four million children and...

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The Adventures of Blue Avenger

Norma Howe Henry Holt and Co.

These are big questions to discuss in a young-adult novel, but they are only a small part of what Norma Howe tackles in The Adventures of Blue Avenger. How did...

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The Mind's Eye

Paul Fleischman Henry Holt and Co.

Eighty-eight-year old Elva and Courtney, an attractive sixteen-year-old with a severed spinal chord, lie in adjacent beds in a grim Bismarck, North Dakota...

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A Whole New Ball Game

The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Sue Macy Henry Holt and Co.

"An interesting and informative look at the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that operated from 1945–1954.... A significant title."...

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Bad

Jean Ferris Aerial Fiction

Inspired by the author's work in a girls' rehabilitation center. Ray called it skating when we did the crazy things . . . Hot-wiring a fancy car for a...

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