juvenile fiction

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My sister lives on the mantelpiece

a novel
2012
With his family still grieving over his sister's death in a terrorist bombing seven years earlier, ten-year-old Jamie is far more interested in his cat, Roger, his birthday Spider-Man T-shirt, and keeping his new Muslim friend, Sunya, a secret from his father.

Archie's pal, Kevin Keller

welcome to Riverdale
2012
Kevin Keller is new at Riverdale High School, and the student, who is gay, struggles to balance his duties as class president, his social life, and all the chaos that exists at Riverdale.

In Mike we trust

2009
After spending time with his uncle Mike, Garth begins to keep secrets from everyone around him, but he wonders if his uncle is actually someone that Garth can really trust.

I am (not) the walrus

2012
As the singer and bass player for a Beatles cover band, Toby embarks on a quest to increase his sex appeal, a plan that derails when he finds a mysterious note inside his old bass guitar.

Broken memory

a novel of Rwanda
2009
Five-year-old Emma witnesses the brutal murder of her mother during the 1994 genocide massacres in Rwanda and seeks shelter with an aging Hutu woman; but years later when war ends, Emma's fears continue to haunt her as she finds the courage to begin her healing.

Call the shots

2012
After finding out his parents are expecting a baby, somphore Sean Hance, and his best friends Matt and Coop, decide to make their very own ultra-low-budget horror flick and enter it in TerrorFest and after they win the money Sean hopes he will be able to build an addition to his parents home but first they have to write, cast, film, and edit the movie with no equipment, no experience, and almost no budget.

The half-life of planets

a novel
2010
An unlikely romance develops between a science-minded girl who is determined to reclaim her reputation and a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.

What she left behind

2012
Sixteen-year-old Sara's mother goes missing before she and Sara can move to a new town to escape Sara's physically abusive father.

Un Lun Dun

2008
Twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba discover an entrance to a strange world where they encounter killer giraffes, animated umbrellas, ghost children, and flying double-decker buses.

Trevor

2012
Bullied at school, dumped by his friends, and pressured at home, an artistic teenager struggling with his sexuality and identity makes a desperate attempt to end his loneliness.

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