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Naughts and Crosses

2005
In a world where the pale-skinned Naughts are discriminated against by the politically and socially powerful dark-skinned Crosses, teenagers Callum--a Naught--and Sephy--a Cross--test whether their love is strong enough to survive their society's racism.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography
1998
Presents William Shakespeare's play about two young lovers whose families oppose their union, with tragic results; and includes information on Shakespeare's life and theater and seven commentaries by such figures as Samuel Johnson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Romeo and Juliet

1998
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's drama in which young lovers attempt to defy fate.

Freaks like us

2012
A mentally ill teenager who rides the "short bus" to school investigates the sudden disappearance of his best friend.

Cameron and the girls

2013
A boy suffering from schizophreniform disorder falls into a love triangle with a girl in his junior high class--and a girl in his head.

Be the change

your guide to freeing slaves and changing the world
2007
Describes the existence of slavery around the world today and what teenagers can do to fight against it, with an examination of incidents in the lives of leaders and slaves that have inspired the teenage author.

Heartsinger

2009
In this meditation on various kinds of love, Mee travels across the country to the court of the Princess Esperanza, singing the life stories of some of the people he meets.

Girl, going on 17, pants on fire

2008
Jess' seventeenth year is a tumultuous one, due to a series of lies and unfortunate circumstances, including her break-up with Fred, her school detention, and her mother's new romance.

When happily ever after ends

2003
Shannon is shocked by her father's violent suicide. Now she is hurt that her love was not enough to make him want to live. Shannon and her mother try to make sense of his death and renew their commitment to living in the face of their loss.

The falconer's knot

2007
Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.

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