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When Mum fails to come home one night, Laurence tells nobody, terrified he and his brother will be taken into care if anyone finds out. Instead, he attempts to keep up the pretence that Mum is still around: dressing up in her clothes to trick th[...]
; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 8-10 ; Grades 5-12 ; Race relations -- Fiction ; Indians of North America -- Fiction ; High schools -- FictionTells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. -- Worldcat
; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 10-12 ; Humorous stories ; Interpersonal relations ; Interpersonal relations -- FictionWhen it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, was[...]
; Sports -- Fiction ; Interpersonal relations ; Interpersonal relations -- Fiction ; Love stories ; Parents ; Above 13 years ; Native speakersThe Academy is the international sports school. So it's all just about sport, right? Super-rich ... and insanely powerful. Maya is a tennis star-in the-making and a scholarship kid. Her gift earned her a place on the courts. Now she is friends w[...]
The troubled the life of Adrian Mole continues in this hilarious and touching sequel to The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 133/4. His diary - and his relationship with Pandora - continue to fascinate and entertain. -- Publisher
; Grades 10-12 ; Above 13 years ; Native speakers ; Families ; Weapons of mass destruction -- FictionAdrian Mole's pen is scribbling for the twenty-first century. Working as a bookseller and living in Leicester's Rat Wharf; finding time to write letters of advice to Tim Henman and Tony Blair; locked in mortal combat with a vicious swan called G[...]
Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim. They encounter troub[...]
; Love stories ; Interpersonal relations -- Fiction ; Interpersonal relations ; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 10-12It's never been all rainbows and sunshine for Tessa and Hardin, but each new challenge they've faced has only made their passionate bond stronger and stronger. But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin's inpenetrable fa©ʹade to the[...]
; United States ; Fiction ; Mystery and detective stories ; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 10-12Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.
S. D. Crockett, Author ; Josephine Spencer, Author | London (United Kingdom) : Macmillan Children's Books | 2012; Missing persons -- Fiction ; Voyages and travels -- Fiction ; Adventure stories ; Native speakers ; Above 13 yearsThe oceans stopped working before Willo was born, so the world of ice and snow is all he's ever known. He lives with his family deep in the wilderness, far from the government's controlling grasp. Willo's survival skills are put to the test when[...]
Still reeling from the tragic death of their much-loved colleague, Skinner's men are about to discover that a disturbed serial killer is still at large and very close to home. It's the second week of July Trades Holiday in Edinburgh when Deputy [...]
; Courage ; Loyalty ; Identity ; Ethnicity ; Interpersonal relations -- Fiction ; Interpersonal relations ; Science fiction ; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 10-12The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered -- fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perh[...]
