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Climbing the stairs

2010
In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.

Antsy does time

2008
Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the future.

If I stay

2010
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

Anne's house of dreams

1998
Anne of Green Gables, the orphan girl who lives on Prince Edward Island, experiences romance as she begins her years of young adulthood.

The Manny files

2006
A shy young boy learns how to be more outgoing and self-confident from his male nanny.

Gym candy

2007
Mick Johnson works hard for a placement on the varsity team during his freshman year, and decides to use steroids in order to hold onto his edge, despite the consequences to his health and social life.

Counting backwards

2012
After stealing a car and assaulting a police officer, Taylor is sent to a school that functions as a juvenile psychiatric correctional facility, where she struggles to hold onto her sanity as she battles her parents, therapists, and a group of nasty patients.

Divorce and stepfamilies

2013
This book helps teens cope with the many changes that take place when their parents divorce and remarry, often including moves to new homes and dividing time between biological parents.

Hustlin'

2009
Jayd is determined to stay focused as things at home and South Bay High begin to swirl with excitement and drama.

Jack Tumor

2009
Fourteen-year-old Hector, suffering from severe headaches, is diagnosed with a brain tumor which speaks in his head, calling itself Jack Tumor and making an effort to improve Hector's home life, increase his popularity, and win him a girlfriend before the operation that will mean the end of one or both of them.

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