Teen High Interest Titles


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Book cover for "Darius & Twig"
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"Two best friends, a writer and a runner, deal with bullies, family issues, social pressures, and their quest for success coming out of Harlem"-- Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that life in Harlem throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive...
Book cover for "Dear Justyce"
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Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.
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Colby's post-high school plans have long been that he and his best friend Beth would tour with her band, then spend a year in Europe, but when she announces that she will start college just after the tour, Colby struggles to understand why she changed her mind and what losing her means for his future.
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"Angel McAllister's worst nightmare has come true. Sharice Bell, her best friend, has discovered Angel's most intimate secret. Now gossip is spreading through school like wildfire, and classmates are turning on her. Can Angel somehow bury the secret and hide the truth? Or will she face it--and the world-changing consequences?"--Page 4 of cover.
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Ingrid didn't leave a note. Three months after her best friend's suicide, Caitlin finds what she left instead: a journal, hidden under Caitlin's bed.
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Best friends Carmen Hernandez and Sofia Schultz put off their preparations for the Homecoming dance and instead enlist a local entomologist to help them stop mutant tarantulas threatening their town.
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5 stars
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Twelve-year-old Lilla wants to make everyone happy, so when her best friend Vivi dares her to start telling the truth as part of their Summer of Brave, Lilla hesitates because if she says out loud what she really wants, her whole life might crash down around her.
Book cover for "The summer of Owen Todd"
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In the touristy town of Cape Cod, eleven-year-old Owen faces a dilemma when his best friend Sean is sexually abused by a trusted adult, but warns Owen not tell anyone what is happening.