Lonely after being dumped by her two best friends, Amy hopes for a romance with Zed, whom she met in an Internet chat room, but the day they spend together in his seaside village near London is not what she expected. And because of that one lapse in adult judgment, a child is lost within the system until almost 11 years later when he tries to end his own life. Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.Īt the discretion of the social welfare system, a 5-year-old boy named America trustingly leaves the safe haven of his foster home for a visit with his desperate, drug-addicted mother. In this collection, 10 African American women reflect on the sexual challenges they have faced-from sweet, weak-kneed first love to painful healing after rape and abuse. Kerr, William Sleator, and Jane Yolen.Īm I the Last Virgin? Ten African American Reflections on Sex and Love - Tara Roberts, ed.
Huckleberry Finn, an abused outcast, rafts with Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River, where they have a variety of experiences.Įvents of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son.Īfter discovering her grandfather is dying, fifteen-year-old Rachel gets to know him better than ever before and finds the experience bittersweet.Ī senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.Īlice on the Outside - Phyllis Reynolds NaylorĮighth-grader Alice has lots of questions about sex, relationships, prejudice, and change.Ĭasey spends her twelfth summer visiting her grandparents in their small town while her father serves in the Korean War and her mother works two jobs.Īm I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence - Marion Dane BauerĪ collection of 16 short stories about homosexuality by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain When her close friend since childhood murders his adoptive parents and kills himself, 17-year-old Lynn is haunted by the tragedy.ĭavid Garrett's already difficult family life falls apart when his mother is diagnosed with clinical depression, and he and his sister get sent to Aunt Jenn in Desolation Sound, British Columbia, but when they steal a dinghy and try to escape the situation turns dangerous. A homeless boy, running from the police with a fifteen-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute, her boyfriend who just killed his own parents, and a baby, gets the chance to make a better life for himself.
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