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Classroom Set: Grades 6-8
We have a large collection of classroom sets each including twelve copies of a book that can be used in reading groups or book discussions. To check out a set, please fill out the request form.
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Black, White, Other
2011 by Joan Steinau LesterTwenty miles from Oakland, California, where fires have led to racial tension, multi-racial fifteen-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, while learning of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery.
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Boys Without Names
2010 by Kashmira ShethEleven-year-old Gopal and his family leave their rural Indian village for life with his uncle in Mumbai, but when they arrive his father goes missing and Gopal ends up locked in a sweatshop from which there is no escape.
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Bubble World
2013 by Carol SnowAfter sixteen-year-old Fresia learns--and tells her friends--that their perfect life on a luxurious tropical island is not real, she is banished from her virtual world to the "mainland," where people are ugly, school is hard, and families are dysfunctional.
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Close to Famous
2011 by Joan BauerTwelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.
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Death Cloud
2010 by Andy LaneIn 1868, with his army officer father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously "unwell," fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire, where he uncovers his first murder and a diabolical villain.
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Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie
2004 by Jordan SonnenblickWhen his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
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Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator
2012 by Josh BerkSixteen-year-old Guy Langman, his best friend Anoop, and other members of the school Forensics Club investigate a break-in and a possible murder, which could be connected to the mysterious past of Guy's recently-deceased father.
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The Living
2013 by Matt De La PeñaAfter an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.
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The Misfits
2001 by James HoweFour students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all students who have ever been called names.
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Six Months Later
2013 by Natalie D RichardsWhen Chloe fell asleep in study hall, it was the middle of May. When she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life.Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by the top schools. Before she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her. What happened to her? Remembering the truth could be dangerous.
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Unaccompanied Minor
2014 by Hollis GillespieOn her fifteenth birthday, April Manning, whose family members all work for an airline and who has been hiding by taking one flight after another, relates the events leading up to her making a bomb threat on a jet.
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