Topical/Coming of Age

  • The Boy in the Black Suit

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    A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

    Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more–and who just might b

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    • Author: Reynolds, Jason
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: January 06 2015
    • ISBN10: 1442459506
    • Language: English
  • Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed–And What Parents Can Do

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    A parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls’ psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self.

    In Girls on the Edge, psychologis

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    • Author: Sax, Leonard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: August 25 2020
    • ISBN10: 1541617800
    • Language: English
  • The Good Luck Sister: A Wildstone Novella

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    This summer, romance blooms again in Wildstone

    After a difficult few years, Tilly Adams is ready for life to start going right. Though she has a case of first-day nerves teaching art at the local com

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    • Series: Wildstone
    • Author: Shalvis, Jill
    • Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: May 01 2018
    • ISBN10: 0062463616
    • Language: English
  • Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

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    WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
    FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

    A stunning debut novel by a masterful writer telling the heartwrenching story of a young boy and his alcoholic mo

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    • Author: Stuart, Douglas
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 448
    • Publish Date: February 11 2020
    • ISBN10: 0802148042
    • Language: English
  • The Invasion of the Tearling

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    In this riveting, New York Times-bestselling sequel to The Queen of the Tearling, the evil kingdom of Mortmesne invades the Tearling, with dire consequences for Kelsea and her realm.

    With each passing

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    • Series: Queen of the Tearling #2
    • Author: Johansen, Erika
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 544
    • Publish Date: June 28 2016
    • ISBN10: 006229041X
    • Language: English
  • The Mandie Collection, Volume Four

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    Mandie enthusiasts and new Mandie fans will love Volume Four of the Mandie Collection, as readers travel with Mandie, her friends, and her grandmother through Europe. Mystery and adventure await them … [more below]

    • Series: Mandie Collection #04
    • Author: Leppard, Lois Gladys
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 608
    • Publish Date: February 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 076420663X
    • Language: English
  • The Last Kingdom

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    The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)–the basis for

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    • Series: Saxon Tales #1
    • Author: Cornwell, Bernard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: September 22 2015
    • ISBN10: 006243862X
    • Language: English
  • My Louisiana Sky

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    Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana–far away from her mentally disabled mother, her “slow” father who can’t read an electric bill, and her clas

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    • Author: Holt, Kimberly Willis
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: February 15 2011
    • ISBN10: 0312660952
    • Language: English
  • The Girl Who Ruined Christmas

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    Award-winning middle-grade Christmas novel from the author of Just Add Magic and Saltwater Secrets . . . .

    Imagine you’re a tween visiting a small town that loves nothing more than its prize fir–a pe

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    • Author: Callaghan, Cindy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: October 12 2021
    • ISBN10: 1684631157
    • Language: English
  • Ten: A Soccer Story

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    Goal-oriented Maya has two main concerns: getting support and permission for girls’ soccer and keeping her unpredictable biracial family together. At the same time she’s trying to fit in at school, fi… [more below]

    • Author: Flint, Shamini
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: June 25 2019
    • ISBN10: 132859632X
    • Language: English
  • The Ice House

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    This heartfelt book explores what it means to cope with change on both a global and personal level.

    Louisa feels trapped. There’s a global temperature drop, and her family’s been snowed into their apa

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    • Author: Sherwood, Monica
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: November 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 0316705314
    • Language: English
  • Best Hair Book Ever!: Cute Cuts, Sweet Styles and Tons of Tress Tips

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    Blow away the blues of a bad hair day and embrace your unique style! Whether you’re pinning an up-do for a party or styling your hair for picture day, trust the tips and tricks of Faithgirlz to always

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    • Series: Faithgirlz
    • Author: Editors of Faithgirlz! and Girls’ Life M
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: October 06 2015
    • ISBN10: 0310746221
    • Language: English
  • Winning Monologs for Young Actors

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    Peg Kehret’s middle grade books have won more than 50 state and national young reader awards. So these “scare-free” monologs are perfect for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, or as part of… [more below]

    • Author: Kehret, Peg
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: December 01 1986
    • ISBN10: 0916260380
    • Language: English
  • Hazard

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    A kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they’ve caused to others and them[more below]

    • Author: Dowell, Frances O’Roark
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: May 09 2023
    • ISBN10: 148142467X
    • Language: English
  • Fudge-A-Mania

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    Fudge is back–and driving his brother Peter crazy, as usual. This five-year-old human hurricane is more trouble than ever. His latest plan is to marry Peter’s sworn enemy, Sheila Tubman (how disgusti… [more below]

    • Author: Blume, Judy
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: September 30 2002
    • ISBN10: 0525469273
    • Language: English
  • The Kate in Between

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    In this timely, call-to-action contemporary middle grade novel from Claire Swinarski, author of What Happens Next, a twelve-year-old girl must face herself, and the truth, after her participation in a

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    • Author: Swinarski, Claire
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: May 17 2022
    • ISBN10: 0062912712
    • Language: English
  • Top Prospect

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    Travis Gardner lives to play quarterback.

    He’s a standout QB by middle school, and he’s prepared to put everything he has into the game. Then Gainesville University’s head coach makes Travis a promis

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    • Author: Volponi, Paul
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 280
    • Publish Date: September 06 2022
    • ISBN10: 1728467640
    • Language: English
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio

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    The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness and becomes a real boy is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century. From the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a p… [more below]

  • Stranger with My Face

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    Laurie Stratton finally has everything a sixteen-year-old could ever want. But just as her perfect summer comes to a close, things start to unravel when her boyfriend insists he saw her out with anoth… [more below]

    • Author: Duncan, Lois
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: April 19 2011
    • ISBN10: 031609904X
    • Language: English
  • Carrie Pilby: A Hilarious and Charming Story

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    • Series: Harlequin Teen
    • Author: Lissner, Caren
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: June 29 2010
    • ISBN10: 0373210108
    • Language: English
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