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Jane Goodall

by Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta

Biography of Jane Goodall who at age twenty-six started a six-month project at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve on Lake Tanganyika, Africa which became her ...

Ever

by Levine, Gail Carson

Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate--to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash pro...

Tantalize

by Smith, Cynthia Leitich

When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries t...

Wildwood Dancing

by Marillier, Juliet

Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.

Your Own, Sylvia

A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath

by Hemphill, Stephanie

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The Game of Silence

by Erdrich, Louise

Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849.

Olive's Ocean

by Henkes, Kevin

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her...

Mahalia

by Horniman, Joanne

When his girlfriend leaves him and their five-month-old baby, seventeen-year-old Matt struggles to make a life for himself and Mahalia, the daughter he adores.

Mind Games

by Grunwell, Jeanne Marie

Each of the six members of Mr. Ennis's Mad Science Club presents a report of his or her experiences working on a science fair project to investigate ESP, which...

Hanging On to Max

by Bechard, Margaret

When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone.