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In the Name of God
Paula Jolin
Seventeen year-old Nadia is an excellent student, daughter and sister, and above all wants to be the best Muslim she can be. But she's conflicted about her Westernized peers, the economic, social and political struggles of her country, and the war raging in Iraq. When her cousin is arrested by the authorities for speaking out, Nadia finds herself drawn into the world of Islamic fundamentalism, contemplating making the ultimate sacrifice to take a stand for her people and her religion. A striking debut, IN THE NAME OF GOD is an enlightening and nuanced story about life in the Middle East.
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Baboon
Kevin Loring, David Jones
Fourteen-year-old Gerry Copeland has mixed feelings about flying back to his parents’ research camp in the African savanna. While his biologist mom and dad study baboon behavior, he’ll be thinking about the video arcade and restaurants back in the city. Suddenly, their small plane’s engine stutters and dies. They go down hard. Gerry wakes up thinking a baboon has broken his fall. He’s shocked to realize the furry arm is his own. Somehow, he’s become one of the beasts his parents are studying. Gerry’s only chance is to stay with the baboon troop. His parents don’t recognize him and he begins to lose hope he’ll ever be human again. His final, desperate bid to turn back means giving up the animal family he’s come to care about for the human family where he truly belongs. Baboon is the riveting story of one teenager’s journey into the heart of the baboon world, where he confronts terrifying attacks by predators and humans, threatening behavior within the troop, and the day-to-day struggle to survive.
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Dream Factory
Heather Hepler, Brad Barkley
When the Disney World character actors go on strike, teens are hired as replacements. Ella is assigned the role of Cinderella simply because the shoes fit. And every afternoon at three o?clock she gets married to Prince Charming. A perfect dream come true?except Ella doesn?t believe in dreams anymore. Meanwhile, Luke is one of the fur characters (Dale, the chipmunk), and his girlfriend, Cassie, plays his counterpart, Chip. Cassie is perfect in every way, so why does Luke want to be with Cinderella? Then Luke and Ella are brought together during a scavenger hunt, and as they uncover the Magic Kingdom?s hidden treasures, they discover an undeniable magic between them. Perhaps dreams really can come true after all?
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Whistling in the Dark
Lesley Kagen
It was the summer on Vliet Street when we all started locking our doors... Sally O'Malley made a promise to her daddy before he died. She swore she'd look after her sister, Troo. Keep her safe. But like her Granny always said-actions speak louder than words. Now, during the summer of 1959, the girls' mother is hospitalized, their stepfather has abandoned them for a six pack, and their big sister, Nell, is too busy making out with her boyfriend to notice that Sally and Troo are on the Loose. And so is a murderer and molester. Highly imaginative Sally is pretty sure of two things. Who the killer is. And that she's next on his list. Now she has no choice but to protect herself and Troo as best she can, relying on her own courage and the kindness of her neighbors.
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Exploits of a Reluctant Hero
Maureen Fergus
Meet a teenage hero who likes nothing better than to sit back with a bucket of fried chicken and a girlie magazine, waiting for his family plumbing fortune to come to him. But when our hero gets into some serious trouble, he's forced to volunteer at a local soup kitchen where he finds himself at the center of a struggle between the rich and the poor, the selfish and the selfless. It is a worthy cause he could care less about until the day he stumbles across a shocking piece of information. What happens next surprises everybody, including our very reluctant hero. Exploits of a Reluctant (But Extremely Goodlooking) Hero is a novel of adventure, intrigue, Ukrainian dance lessons, disruptive horseplay, inappropriate ogling and some truly heroic consumption of junk food. Adrian Mole meets South Park in this often outrageous and always hilarious trip into the inner world of a boy teetering on the brink of manhood.
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Busted
Phil Bildner
Regardless of social standing or clique in high school, if you break the rules you're bound to get snagged in a collection of stories about high school students who venture beyond the rules of the school and find themselves facing the consequences for their actions.
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The One Left Behind
Willo Davis Roberts
When she is left alone in her family house on Lake Michigan, eleven-year-old Mandy is left to deal with her feelings of loss over the death of her beloved twin sister, yet when two boys stumble into her life and tell her that they are running away from men looking to do them harm, Mandy must muster the courage and wisdom to figure out what to do to help them all.
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Unbroken
A.J. Matthews
Kiera Davis, tormented by terrifying blackouts and dark visions, is plunged into a nightmare when, one by one, her friends and enemies begin dying and at each murder scene witnesses report seeing a woman who resembles her. Original.
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Unholy Grail
D. L. Wilson
When the guardians of the secret gospel begin dying, and a series of French articles reveal that descendants of Christ exist today, a man named Gabriel embarks on a deadly mission to protect Christianity's innocence by eliminating anyone connected to the Holy Grail. Original.
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The Unrivalled Spangles
Karen Wallace
Always dreaming of getting out of their father's circus and living normal lives, performers Ellen and Lucy Spangle bide their time and do the work required of them, but when Ellen meets an English gentleman, her hopes for real love is renewed until a disaster strikes and she is forced back into the family business.
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