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Black girl

a novel
2007
Genna Meade looks back from the perspective of fifteen years to 1975 when, as a student at an exclusive women's liberal college near Philadelphia, she tried to befriend one of the school's few African-American students who was the victim of racially-motivated harassment.

Losing is not an option

stories
2005
Eleven episodes in the life of a young man, from sneaking into his tenth football game in a row with his best friend in sixth grade to running his last high school race, the Pennsylvania state championships.

To Hawaii, with love

2008
Headstrong Rachel Buchanan and her friends sneak away from Blackthorn Academy and set out to find a mysterious artifact before it falls into the hands of her nemesis, Simon Blankenship, a journey that takes them to the volcanic shores of Hawaii.

TMI 25 years later

the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident and its impact
2004
Chronicles the events surrounding the nuclear accident that occured at Three Mile Island in March, 1979, discussing how the accident affected American nuclear policy, social perceptions, and national identity.

Wish you weren't here

2009
Separated from her friends by different bunkhouses and activities, Sarah's second summer at Camp Lakeview gets even worse when an injury and an attentive boy interfere with her reputation as the camp's star athlete.

Second time's the charm

2009
Having returned for her second year at Camp Lakeview, Natalie finds herself feeling jealous of a new camper from California who seems to be even more sophisticated and glamorous that Natalie, herself.

Over & out

2009
Having broken her leg practicing for the annual Color War competition, Jenna is falsely accused of pulling a series of pranks that could get her sent home, and so, with little to lose, she begins planning her revenge.

Nicole visits an Amish farm

1982
A young city dweller experiences homesickness as well as happiness during her two-week stay with Amish farmers who live in Pennsylvania.

Luvella's promise

1998
When nine-year-old Luvella fears that she and her family may be forced to leave their early twentieth century Pennsylvania logging town, she struggles doggedly to achieve the dream she thinks will save them.

Plain truth

2000
Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway, unsatisfied with the course of her career and personal life, leaves her job for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise, Pennsylvania, arriving just in time to become embroiled in the case of a young, unmarried Amish woman accused of killing her newborn baby.

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