The Help by Kathryn Stockett

In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Historical Fiction
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Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Beautiful sisters, Pear and May Chin, escape the horrors of war-torn Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los Angeles where they hope to find love and happiness.
Historical Fiction

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Historical Fiction
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Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Supernatural Fiction
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Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.
Perma-Bound
Werewolves or murder? You decide.

Tenderness by Robert Cormier

A runaway looking for love finds trouble and romance in Eric Poole, who has been released from custody despite his responsibility for the murders of numerous girls.
Psychopaths
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Science Fiction Follett Library Resources

Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks

 

After his house burns down, twelve-year-old Wyatt Reaves takes off with his uncle, and the two of them drive from town to town for six years, earning money mostly by fighting, until Wyatt finally confronts his parents one last time.
Realistic Fiction

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