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Within Cole Matthews lies
anger, rage and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for
years. This time he caught Peter Driscal in the parking lot and
smashed his head against the sidewalk. Now, Peter may have
permanent brain damage and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his
life. Cole is offered Circle Justice: a system based on Native
American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the
criminal offender, the victim, and the community. With prison as
his only alternative, Cole plays along. He says he wants to
repent, but in his heart, Cole blames his alcoholic mom, his
abusive dad, wimpy Peter- everyone but himself- for his situation.
Cole receives a one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. |
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This gem of a novel tells the
story of a young father struggling to raise an infant. Bobby, 16,
is a sensitive and intelligent narrator. His parents are
supportive but refuse to take over the child-care duties, so he
struggles to balance parenting, school, and friends who don't
comprehend his new role. Alternate chapters go back to the story
of Bobby's relationship with his girlfriend Nia and how parents
and friends reacted to the news of her pregnancy. |
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A thirteen-year-old
Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and
seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were
discovered and taken to concentration camps. |
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Newbery Medal-winning Roll
of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African
American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face
of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the
Deep South of the 1930s. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan, growing up
protected by her loving family, has never had reason to suspect
that any white person could consider her inferior or wish her
harm. But during the course of one devastating year when her
community begins to be ripped apart by angry night riders
threatening African Americans, she and her three brothers come to
understand why the land they own means so much to their Papa. |
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