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  • The Boy Who Carried Bricks: A True Story (Middle-Grade Cover) by Carter, Alton
    Alton Carter

    The Boy Who Carried Bricks: A True Story (Middle-Grade Cover)

    Abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, shuttled between foster homes and a boys ranch for most of his formative years, a young man refuses to succumb to the fate that the world says should be his. Early on, Alton decides he wants...
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  • We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction by Sheff, Nic
    Nic Sheff

    We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction

    In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab. In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through...
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  • The Champions' Game: A True Story by Ramirez, Saul
    Saul Ramirez

    The Champions' Game: A True Story

    In April of 2015, a team of 12 middle schoolers--border kids--from South-Central El Paso surprised the country by taking first place in the national chess championships.The 11, 12 and 13-year-old chess players at El Paso ISD's Henderson Middle School largely credit their success to...
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  • Passion and Purpose: Black Female Surgeons by Matemavi, Praise
    Praise Matemavi

    Passion and Purpose: Black Female Surgeons

    Passion and Purpose is a complete collection of all 75 beautiful stories created to inspire women everywhere to believe in the power of their dreams. These phenomenal women have experienced heartache and challenges along their paths that only served to make them more determined...
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  • The Accident by Petrillo, Gayle Fein
    Gayle Fein Petrillo

    The Accident

    The Accident captures the sweet, playful and giggly personality of Gayle as a near 3 year old. She's off with her mom to a grown-up tea party. Her life is suddenly changed by the physical and emotional scars left after a terrible accident. Gayle...
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  • Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles by Burkhart, Jessica
    Jessica Burkhart

    Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

    "Who better to raise teens' awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?" --Booklist (starred review) " A] much-needed, enlightening book." --School Library Journal (starred review) Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own...
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  • The Book of Demra: A Life Saved-A Life Transformed by Henderson, Joel
    Joel Henderson

    The Book of Demra: A Life Saved-A Life Transformed

    The description of a unique series of true-life experiences of a man in the throngs of a life between desperation and exuberance points to the work of fate in providing his transformation. Living his selfish, hedonistic life, the birth of his daughter provides the...
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  • Brother: A Story of Autism by Hudgens, Carlton
    Carlton Hudgens

    Brother: A Story of Autism

    Bridget and Carlton are as close as any sister and brother. But their relationship is particularly special. Carlton has autism and is almost completely nonverbal. He's smart, funny, creative, and loving. He has immense challenges in speaking full sentences. Bridget's fierce loyalty to and...
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  • Homeless by Choice: A Memoir of Love, Hate, and Forgiveness by Juarez Jr, Roy
    Roy Jr. Juarez

    Homeless by Choice: A Memoir of Love, Hate, and Forgiveness

    At the age of 14 years old, Roy found himself homeless due to domestic violence. He moved from house to house to survive. With only a duffle bag to call home, he was at the mercy of the streets. After navigating his way to...
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  • Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey by Newman, Magdalena
    Magdalena Newman

    Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey

    Praised by R.J. Palacio as "wondrous"--this moving memoir follows a teenage boy with TC syndrome and his exceptional family from diagnosis at birth to now. "This touching memoir is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the real-world experiences of a...
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  • Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles by Burkhart, Jessica
    Jessica Burkhart

    Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

    Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. Have you ever felt like you just couldn't get out...
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  • Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Wong, Alice
    Alice Wong

    Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

    Disabled young people will be proud to see themselves reflected in this hopeful, compelling, and insightful essay collection, adapted for young adults from the critically acclaimed adult book, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century that "sheds light on the experience of...
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  • A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Marrin, Albert
    Albert Marrin

    A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust

    From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust. Janusz Korczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The...
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  • In Search of Safety: Voices of Refugees by Kuklin, Susan
    Susan Kuklin

    In Search of Safety: Voices of Refugees

    Five refugees recount their courageous journeys to America -- and the unimaginable struggles that led them to flee their homelands -- in a powerful work from the author of Beyond Magenta and We Are Here to Stay. "From 1984, when I was born, until...
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  • The Covid-19 Pandemic: Moved Education from Classrooms to Homes by Kebbay, Jamilah
    Jamilah Kebbay

    The Covid-19 Pandemic: Moved Education from Classrooms to Homes

    Birds chirped in the air, flowers bloomed, and campuses were full of life, with students walking to and from class, chatter and laughter in the air. A few months later, the world stopped. It was the middle of March 2020. Everything changed, and students...
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  • Dreams and Nightmares: I Fled Alone to the United States When I Was Fourteen (In English and Spanish) by Velasquez, Liliana
    Liliana Velasquez

    Dreams and Nightmares: I Fled Alone to the United States When I Was Fourteen (In English and Spanish)

    Dreams and Nightmares appears in full color in both English and Spanish.DescriptionAt fourteen, Liliana Vel squez walked out of her village in Guatemala and headed for the U.S. border, alone. On her two-thousand-mile voyage she was robbed by narcos, rode the boxcars of La...
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  • Build a Better You - For Teens: How to Become the Best Version of Yourself in Seven Easy Steps by Ali Alali, Mahra
    Mahra Ali Alali

    Build a Better You - For Teens: How to Become the Best Version of Yourself in Seven Easy Steps

    Do you ever feel like your life isn't quite where you want it to be? Do you feel uninspired, unsure of yourself, anxious about grades, friends and - well - everything?Build a Better You is a straight-talking approach to helping you become the best...
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  • When a Wolf Cries by Hewitt, Terry Lee, Jr.
    Terry Lee Jr. Hewitt

    When a Wolf Cries

    When Terry first experiences death at the age of ten years old due to an unfortunate and horrific car accident that left his younger brother fighting for his life, his whole world is changed. The transition from childhood to adulthood is impossible to adjust...
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  • A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust by Marrin, Albert
    Albert Marrin

    A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust

    From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust. Janusz Korczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The...
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  • Uncertainty: Learning and the Uncertainty of Freedom by Liddell, Hoover
    Hoover Liddell

    Uncertainty: Learning and the Uncertainty of Freedom

    This is an autobiographical book about my life in a Nigerian hospital and later a teacher in San Francisco, California. Soon after I arrived in Nigeria in 1967 as a teacher a civil war started. While the war was being fought I became ill...
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  • When the Wolf Camped at Our Door: My Childhood in the Great Depression by Henderson, Aileen Kilgore
    Aileen Kilgore Henderson

    When the Wolf Camped at Our Door: My Childhood in the Great Depression

    Recounts the hardships and joys the Kilgore family and their neighbors experienced in a close-knit southern rural community during the Great Depression As the Great Depression tightened its grip on the world, six members of the Kilgore family were living in a cramped farmhouse...
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  • Med Head: My Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Drugged-Up Battle with My Brain by Patterson, James
    James Patterson

    Med Head: My Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Drugged-Up Battle with My Brain

    Discover the story of one teenager's struggles with OCD and Tourette's Syndrome-and how he was able to overcome extraordinary setbacks.Cory Friedman knows how it feels to have a body that won't stop moving, to be really different from everyone else, to be made fun...
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  • Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army by Rauch, Georg
    Georg Rauch

    Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army

    As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Gestapo behind false walls in their top-floor apartment and arrange for their safe transport out of the country. His family was among the few who worked...
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  • Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins by Miller, Sarah
    Sarah Miller

    Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins

    From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s....
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  • In Retrospect at 15 by Wiczek, Zac
    Zac Wiczek

    In Retrospect at 15

    A pretty cloud of thoughts written by a white fifteen year old boy, living in America's New England during the early 21st century. A celebration of youth and optimism. A testament to the adolescent virtue of ignorance. Just an art project, expressed through humbletext.Author:...
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  • Teen Angst? Naaah...: A Quasi-Autobiography by Vizzini, Ned
    Ned Vizzini

    Teen Angst? Naaah...: A Quasi-Autobiography

    In Teen Angst Naaah . . . Ned Vizzini offers an authentic and raw portrayal of the crushing anxiety many teens experience, and which often is dismissed as simple 'angst'. In this classic testament to high school, Ned invites you into his world of...
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  • Colors Beyond Clouds: A Journey Through the Social Life of a Girl on the Autism Spectrum by Belfast, Shana
    Shana Belfast

    Colors Beyond Clouds: A Journey Through the Social Life of a Girl on the Autism Spectrum

    Colors Beyond Clouds is a brutally honest, first-hand account of the life of the thoughtful, sensitive Shana, a girl diagnosed with high functioning autism, from her preschool years through the summer after her first year of high school. This book is a narrative about...
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  • The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Miller, Sarah
    Sarah Miller

    The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets

    In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world. When the Dionne Quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expected...
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  • Magic in a Bottle: The Untold Story of Arnie Esterer and Markko Vineyard by Annis, Clifford G., Jr.
    Clifford G. Jr. Annis

    Magic in a Bottle: The Untold Story of Arnie Esterer and Markko Vineyard

    Arnie Esterer, the father of vinifera in Ohio Arnie Esterer and Tim Hubbard were taking a big gamble back in 1968 when they started their vineyard and winery. With guidance from Dr. Konstantin Frank, Arnie and Tim built a winery that has led the...
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  • 3ven Moore Memoirs by Moore, Tay
    Tay Moore

    3ven Moore Memoirs

    3ven Moore Memoirs is a true narrative of Tay Moore's life-changing accident that would put a pause on his life. while looking into his road to recovery, you will see how he handled and navigated through the global pandemic, due to Covid-19.3venMoore Memoirs reveals...
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  • Thea Bowman: A Story of Triumph by Verill, Mary
    Mary Verill

    Thea Bowman: A Story of Triumph

    A biography of Thea Bowman for young readers.Thea Bowman's parents were happy when she started 6th grade at Holy Child Jesus School in Canton, Mississippi.At age 15, Thea asked her parents if she could join the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) and finish...
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  • Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Burcaw, Shane
    Shane Burcaw

    Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

    With his signature wit, twenty-something author, blogger, and entrepreneur Shane Burcaw is back with an essay collection about living a full life in a body that many people perceive as a tragedy. From anecdotes about first introductions where people patted him on the head...
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  • Time Informational Text Grade 8 Set 3, 6-Book Set by Teacher Created Materials
    Multiple Authors

    Time Informational Text Grade 8 Set 3, 6-Book Set

    This 6-book set of nonfiction readers features purposefully leveled texts that will build students' critical reading skills while they are immersed in engaging subject area content. The diverse topics include a wide range of subjects including biography, history, science, social studies, and language arts...
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  • Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga by Croll, Jennifer
    Jennifer Croll

    Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga

    The title says it all: Bad Girls of Fashion explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna,...
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  • A Marshland of His Own by Zastrow, Gavin
    Gavin Zastrow

    A Marshland of His Own

    A Marshland of His Own is author Gavin Zastrow's first-time experience with death. Twenty-six years ago, Gavin's friend committed suicide. One year later, he decided at the urging of his friends, family, and teachers to turn that experience from a short story into a...
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  • Normal by Nolan, Conor
    Conor Nolan

    Normal

    "Most of us will never be ok, we'll just get better at dealing with it. I hope the flashbacks make sense now."Somewhere along the journey of social and societal evolution, a devastating idea known as 'the norm' came out to play. The blissfully ignorant...
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  • Canada's Daughter: The Story of Captain Nichola Goddard by Goddard, Sally
    Sally Goddard

    Canada's Daughter: The Story of Captain Nichola Goddard

    On May17, 2006, Captain Nichola Goddard was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. She was the first Canadian officer to be killed in Afghanistan. She was the first Canadian artillery officer to call fire down since the Korean War. She was also the first...
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  • Passion and Purpose: Black Female Surgeons by Matemavi, Praise
    Praise Matemavi

    Passion and Purpose: Black Female Surgeons

    Passion and Purpose is a complete collection of all 75 beautiful stories created to inspire women everywhere to believe in the power of their dreams. This version of the book is without pictures of the doctors. These phenomenal women have experienced heartache and challenges...
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  • Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller by Davis, Burke
    Burke Davis

    Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller

    The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in U.S. Marine Corps history, from a New York Times bestselling author. In the glorious chronicles of the U.S. Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis...
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  • Underprivileged Overachiever: A Crenshaw Story by Salimu, Y. a.
    Y. a. Salimu

    Underprivileged Overachiever: A Crenshaw Story

    Written with the ♥HEART♥ of a fighter Readers unfamiliar with memoirs will be spoiled rotten by this book. These are quick short chapters with powerful impacts laced in every turn of the page."At age 14, I ran away, but not from home - because...
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  • Pasion and Purpose Volume 2 by Matemavi, Praise
    Praise Matemavi

    Pasion and Purpose Volume 2

    Passion and Purpose Volume 2 is a division of the original book and is a collection of 33 of the 75 beautiful stories created to inspire women everywhere to believe in the power of their dreams. These phenomenal women have experienced heartache and challenges...
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  • Never Put an Alligator in Your Car: Life Lessons for Children of All Ages by Detjens, Beth
    Beth Detjens

    Never Put an Alligator in Your Car: Life Lessons for Children of All Ages

    Throughout my childhood, our family enjoyed caring for all kinds of wildlife and exotic pets. As a result, life at our house was always an adventure. This is a collection of stories starring several of those amazing animals. Each animal taught us lessons that...
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  • Dear Allyanna: An Old Soldier's Last Letter To His Granddaughter by Lanning, Michael Lee
    Michael Lee Lanning

    Dear Allyanna: An Old Soldier's Last Letter To His Granddaughter

    This final advice, thoughts, remembrances, and guidelines to life by a dying grandfather to his granddaughter offers "things that I have not yet taught her and experiences that I want her to know about and consider." Its poignant information and guidance, delivered with honesty,...
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  • No Such Thing as Normal by Robertson, Nicole
    Nicole Robertson

    No Such Thing as Normal

    "Some of us never fit in... some of us were never meant to..."Life is miserable when you don't know who you are. Nicole Robertson might appear to have everything: a loving family, a solid education, scholarships to prestigious schools and a bright future ahead...
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  • It's in My Genes: Addict by blood, addiction by choice. by Pearce, Jasmine G.
    Jasmine G. Pearce

    It's in My Genes: Addict by blood, addiction by choice.

    Addiction is a disease that affects many lives, and it's something that is still being studied. But while there is no cure, there is hope--a hope for people who suffer with addiction. Some people may find the help they need, but many others may...
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  • Please Sir! / 'Eyy Robert!: The Teacher by Roberts, Don
    Don Roberts

    "Please Sir! / 'Eyy Robert!": The Teacher

    The book begins with an amusing account of the antics of a small boy who started school in 1939. In later years, when he became a student teacher at the school he himself had attended, his old sports master, with whom he enjoyed a...
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  • Legacy: Business Leaders by Stark, Kristy
    Kristy Stark

    Legacy: Business Leaders

    Industry leaders have transformed their visions into businesses, products, and ideas that have changed the way people live. The world as we know it looks significantly different than it did just 15 years ago due to innovators such as Reed Hastings, Steve Jobs, Larry...
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  • Before There Were Bars: An Anthology of Stories, Poems, and Art by Friedman, Amy
    Amy Friedman

    Before There Were Bars: An Anthology of Stories, Poems, and Art

    The third anthology by the students of POPStheclub.com, Inc, a California-based nonprofit. POPStheclub.com, Inc. creates and supports clubs for high school students in California and beyond who have endured the pain of the prison system. For the most part these are the children, siblings...
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  • The Breadsters: A Teenager Cartoons the High School Years by Bhat, Maalvika
    Maalvika Bhat

    The Breadsters: A Teenager Cartoons the High School Years

    The Baking of BREADSTERS I love to doodle. And I doodle what I love. Carbs of various kinds top that list.Around the time I was in middle school, I had doodled characters like Mr. andMrs. Muffin, Mr. and Mrs. Donut, and Mr. and Mrs....
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