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Uses For Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Uses For Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt This emotionally difficult book is one many teens may become involved with in a voyeuristic way.  Anna Bloom used to be her single mom’s  center of the...

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She Loves You, She Loves You Not

She Loves You, She Loves You Not by Julie Anne Peters This compelling story is Peters’ newest novel and will not disappoint her loyal readers.  It describes the rocky journey of Alyssa, a...

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All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin

All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin This story of sibling rivalry will grab readers immediately.  Older sister Alex seems to have the perfect life: hot boyfriend, brains, popularity and gorgeous....

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Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Girl, Interrupted  by  Susanna Kaysen   The author’s memoir of her teen years in the 1960s focuses on the time she spent in a mental hospital. She had already attempted suicide by overdosing on 50...

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Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward In the short span of four years, the author of this memoir lost five young men who she considered family.  They died from different actual causes-drugs, suicide,...

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I Was Here by Gayle Forman

I Was Here by Gayle Forman Regular blog readers know that I’m a huge Gayle Forman fan.  I love that she writes realistic characters and gives them enough personality so they come alive in the reader’s...

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Pieces of Me by Darlene Ryan

Pieces of Me by Darlene Ryan Being homeless is hard. Being broke is hard. Doesn’t mean you don’t care. Doesn’t mean you can’t stick together. But it’s never easy. Teenage runaway Maddie meets Quinn,...

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Jumped In by Jorja Leap

Jumped in: what gangs taught me about violence, drugs, life and redemption by Jorja Leap Jorja Leap, a UCLA researcher with a Ph.D in gangs and violence, devotes her professional life to understanding...

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Runner by Peter McPhee

Runner by Peter McPhee Having moved from a comfortable home in Toronto to an apartment in Calgary after his parents’ bitter divorce, Kyle, his mother and sister Meghan are barely getting by. Kyle has...

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When I Was Joe by Keren David

       When I Was Joe by Keren David Fourteen year old Ty recounts to police a murder he witnessed in a park committed almost by accident by his best friend, Arron. Another older boy pushes the victim...

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