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The thief

1996
Eleven-year-old Thomas struggles to learn about right and wrong even as his older brother engages in a setup to get the Loyalists run out of town.

The golden door

2013
At night the skimmers fly over the Wall looking for human prey and the people of Weld huddle in their houses, but after his two brothers set out through the magic doors in an attempt to find the Enemy and do not come back, young Rye knows that he must follow and find them.

When stars are scattered

"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.
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Long way down

the graphic novel
2020
An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is Jason Reynolds's fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds--the time it takes a young man to decide whether or not he's going to kill the person who murdered his brother. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.
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King and the dragonflies

"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--.

Apocalypse taco

"Twins Axl and Ivan, with Sid as their driver, make a late-night fast-food run for a high school theater crew but return to discover that aliens have made copies of everything"--Provided by publisher.

When stars are scattered

"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.

Pumpkin town!, (or, Nothing is better and worse than pumpkins)

Jose and his family, after a bountiful pumpkin harvest, throw their unneeded seeds over a hill, and when they awake to find vines and pumpkins all over the homes below, they feel responsible and try to make things right.

[Algharim]

"A strange beast attacks the townspeople of Mariefred at night. Brothers Viggo and Alrik must stop it before it hurts others. Could it be a werewolf? How do you fight something like that? They turn to the secret library for information. They also ask Damir for advice, but can they trust him?"--Provided by publisher.

[Al-Rum? al-s?r?]

"Strange things are happening in Mariefred. The town hides a secret library that the forces of good and evil fight to find. It is protected by two elderly siblings Estrid and Magnar. Viggo and Alrik are chosen to be their successors, but the old guardians do not believe they are prepared. When someone plants a cursed nithing pole in the garden where the boys live, all four must work together to break the curse before it's too late"--Amazon.

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