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This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how to dance.
When Paul meets Noah, he thinks he’s found the one his heart is made for. Until he blows it. The school bookie says the odds are 12-to-1
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Eleven years ago a shooting rocked the small town of East Ridge, New Jersey and left eighteen first graders dead. Newly graduated, Matt Simpson and Cole Hewitt are still navigating their guilt, especially the absence of their friend Andy. Cole is "the boy in the picture" but remembers nothing about the shooting; Matt was absent that day. Will Cole and Matt ever be able to truly leave the ghosts of East Ridge behind, and move into a future where they...
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The Four Feathers, by A. E. W. Mason, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
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• Chronologies of...
5) Yonder
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since Jack saved two small children from drowning during the Great Flood of 1940. Now, with his father away fighting in World War II and his mother about to have a new baby, Danny relies on Jack's friendship and guidance more than ever. So when Jack goes missing without a trace from their small Appalachian town, Danny is determined to find him. He wonders if Jack's abusive father could be behind his...
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When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling with an anxiety disorder compounded by their parents' rejection, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their therapist and try to keep a low profile for the last half of senior year in a new school. Then fellow student Nathan...
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2019.
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English
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"Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend -- his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend...
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"To escape from his violent and drunken father, a 13-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Huckleberry Finn, fakes his own death and floats away on a raft down the Mississippi with Jim, a runaway slave.In a series of unforgettable adventures narrated by Huck, they encounter a cross-section of characters from slave-hunters, and con men to feuding aristocrats.This was the first major American novel to be written in the vernacular, a dark and...
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Vietnam ; 1
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Four best friends serving in the Vietnam War make a pledge to one another that they will do all they can to return home safely together.
10) Teenage dirtbags
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Inkyard Press
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[2024]
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English
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"When Cameron Ellis dumps Phil Reyno and torpedoes his already-iffy reputation in the process, Phil hatches a plot to expose Cameron as the two-faced liar he truly is, recruiting his old pal Jackson Pasternak to help"--
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Push
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2015.
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English
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"Tretch lives in a very small town where everybody's in everybody else's business. Which makes it hard for him to be in love with his straight best friend. For his part, Matt is completely oblivious to the way Tretch feels -- and Tretch can't tell whether that makes it better or worse. The problem with living a lie is that the lie can slowly become your life. For Tretch, the problem isn't just with Matt. His family has no idea who he really is and...
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Panamericana Editorial
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2016.
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Español
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"Huckleberry Finn, el entrañable amigo de Tom Sawyer, es el protagonista de sus propias aventuras. Aquí conoceremos su pasado, la crueldad de su padre, pero también veremos la astucia y nobleza de Huck, quien se verá envuelto en diversas aventuras donde aprenderá el valor de la amistad y la lealtad. Una obra de la literatura clásica a la mano de todos."--
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Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"After defeating the Demogorgon, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Will struggle to adjust back to normal life, but just when their friendships begin to crack, new kid Joey Kim helps them come to terms with the supernatural horrors they experienced by making a zombie movie."--Provided by publisher.
17) Fence: Vol. 3
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Fence ; 3
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Scrappy fencer Nicholas Cox comes to the end of his path to prove himself worthy of a father he never knew in the face of surly upperclassmen, nearly impossible odds, and the talent of his rival, sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama. Sparks fly white-hot on the pitch as Nicholas and Seiji finally face off once again in the halls of King's Row. It's a match that will change King's Row (and both of them!) forever, and set the stage as the team journeys...
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Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2016.
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Español
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"Yo fui el primer presidente abiertamente gay de mi salón de tercer año. He visto a dos hombres caminar de la mano por la calle en la ciudad y escuché de parejas de mujeres que se han casado no muy lejos de aquí. Encontré a un chico a quien tal vez ame, y no he huido. Creo que puedo ser quien yo quiera ser. Todas estas cosas me dan fortaleza. Ésta es la historia de Paul, estudiante de tercer año en una preparatoria muy peculiar: las porristas...
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Esperanca ; 1
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Digital Manga
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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"Despite Georges's fear of intimacy, he finds himself drawn into a close relationship with fellow boarding-school student Robert, whose feelings may be clouded by a haunted past." --
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One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi's words cut through Kohei's usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kohei forever." --
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