Revolution tells the story of two girls living centuries apart, one never knowing the other. Andi, heartbroken over the loss of her younger brother, finds the diary of a young girl living in 18th century Paris and becomes caught up in a plot to rescue a child prince who lived and died over two...
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Imagine only being able to express yourself through pictures. Your first year of school, the only way you could communicate to others, was through your drawings. Drawing took you to another world; a world of your own. For Hollis Woods, drawing pictures was her doorway to a place where she actually wanted to be....
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Tags: 4 out of 5 stars, Adventure, choices, desperation, Drama, drugs, emotions, exciting, family, high school, love, moving, short read, suspense, twists
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“She pretended to be normal, our mother… there were cracks in her behavior. A weak man would be hypnotized, paralyzed. (As far as I can tell, this is what happened to my father.) A bad man would be attracted to her on a more equal basis. And a good man, of course, would...
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Everyone wants to be respected, and Manuel (Manny) Hernandez, a Mexican American, is no exception. However, he isn’t good at sports, can’t speak to girls, and is in love with a white English teacher. It can also be hard to be respected when your alcoholic father abuses you, your brother can’t hold a job...
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On the surface they seem like the perfect family. Sixteen-year-old Kaeleigh and Reanne are identical twins. their father is a respected judge and their mother, a high-profile politician. After the accident everything changed. Mom and Daddy drifted apart. Daddy started drinking and using Oxy to numb the pain and Mom buried herself in...
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Tags: 4 out of 5 stars, drugs, for girls, mental illness, realistic fiction, twists
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“Crank is more than a drug. It’s a way of life. You can turn your back. But you can never really walk away.” These words came from 17-year-old Kristina Georgia Snow, otherwise known as Bree. Kristina is a good student, good daughter, and all around good person. Until she goes to visit her...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, choices, crank, drugs, Ellen Hopkins, realistic fiction, Romance
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Kristina Georgia Snow is now 18 years old, and she is in control of her life for the first time in a long time. In the previous book, Crank, Kristina is raped, and to make the situation worse, she gets pregnant. Now she has to care for the life of her infant son, Hunter,...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, Adventure, boyfriend, choices, danger, death, desperation, Drama, drugs, emotions, family, love, mental illness, Realistic, Romance, secrets
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To the naked eye they seem like the perfect family. Sixteen year old Raeanne and Kaeleigh are identical twin sisters. Their father, a well known district court judge, and their mother, a high-profile politician, both have respected jobs. Their life seems easy, everything seems picture perfect, but that is not the case. Their family...
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Kristina is the perfect daughter, good grades, always does what she’s told until she meets the monster. When she is forced to visit her dad for three weeks in the summer, she is introduced to meth through a boy named Adam. She discovers that the way she feels on Crank is great, and decides...
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By eighteen, Khristina is already a single parent with no job, whose living at home with her mother. As far as anyone knows, Khristina is “attempting” to get her life back together. And for a while she is. That is, before the monster comes knocking at her door. Will she fight for her and...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, choices, desperation, drugs, Ellen Hopkins, family, Fiction, teenage pregnancy
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