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Shattered

stories of children and war
  • Armstrong, Jennifer
Presents twelve short stories about the experiences of young children and teenagers in war, showing a variety of perspectives, and provides factual notes on each conflict dramatized.

Daughter of Venice

  • Napoli, Donna Jo
Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.

Notes on a near-life experience

  • Birdsall, Olivia
Fifteen-year-old Mia feels like a ghost watching her own life when her parents' arguments escalate into a separation, triggering counseling sessions, strange behavior in her brother and sister, and a new connection with her brother's best friend.

Frenchtown summer

  • Cormier, Robert
A series of vignettes in free verse in which the writer reminisces about his life as a twelve-year-old boy living in a small town during the hot summer of 1938.

A door near here

  • Quarles, Heather
Four siblings struggle to maintain a seminormal home life when their single mother's alcoholism becomes debilitating.

The voice on the radio

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

Fifteen-year-old Janie feels devastated when she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her and her family through his college radio program.

Blood and chocolate

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.

A bone from a dry sea

  • Dickinson, Peter
In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in Africa when important fossil remains are discovered.

Curses, Inc.

and other stories
  • Vande Velde, Vivian
A collection of short stories about magic spells, enchantments, and curses.

Thwonk

  • Bauer, Joan
A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.

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