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  • Three Little Words by Sarah N. Harvey

    Three Little Words

    Sarah N. Harvey

    When Sid leaves his foster family on their remote island home in search of the mother he doesn't remember and a brother he's never met, he's ill-prepared for the surprises he finds.

  • Tiger's Fall by Molly Bang

    Tiger's Fall

    Molly Bang

    After eleven-year-old Lupe is partially paralyzed in an accident in her Mexican village, other handicapped people help her realize that her life can still have purpose.

  • Tigger And Jasper's New Home by Cheryl Gillespie

    Tigger And Jasper's New Home

    Cheryl Gillespie

    A heart warming story of two kittens who through amusing happenings in their new home soon learn that Christie, their guardian, is blind.Sharing her true experiences of Tigger and Jasper, the author, blind from early childhood, gently acquaints children to Christie, a young blind woman.With expression and humor, the story comes to life as captivated by the brilliant illustrations of Michael LeBlanc.

  • Tillmon County Fire by Pamela Ehrenberg

    Tillmon County Fire

    Pamela Ehrenberg

    In tiny Tillmon County, where it seems like nothing ever happens, a mysterious fire rocks the lives of the teenagers who live there. Who set the fire that night, and more importantly, who owns the reasons behind it? As the story unfolds, the lines between truth and fiction, motive and happenstance, guilt and innocence blur. This novel-in-stories is told sequentially in the voices of its disparate cast of characters: a frustrated adoptee, a gay teenager, a big-city kid who is new in town and wishes he were back in Manhattan, a pregnant store clerk, and a boy with autism who is more at the center of events than he imagines.

  • Top Ten by Katie Cotugno

    Top Ten

    Katie Cotugno

    Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of best friends. Prickly, anxious Gabby would rather do literally anything than go to a party. Ultra-popular Ryan is a hockey star who can get any girl he wants and frequently does. But somehow their relationship just works; from dorky Monopoly nights to rowdy house parties to the top ten lists they make about everything under the sun. Now, on the night of high school graduation, everything is suddenly changing--in their lives, and in their relationship. As they try to figure out what they mean to each other and where to go from here, they make a final top ten list: this time, counting down the top ten moments of their friendship.

  • Tricks (Tricks #1) by Ellen Hopkins

    Tricks (Tricks #1)

    Ellen Hopkins

    Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching…for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don’t expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words “I love you” are said for all the wrong reasons.Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story—a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, “Can I ever feel okay about myself?”

  • Trouper by Meg Kearney

    Trouper

    Meg Kearney

    Trooper, a three-legged dog, remembers his life as a stray, before he was adopted.

  • Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

    Two Boys Kissing

    David Levithan

    A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.

  • Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi

    Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

    Portia de Rossi

    Known for her roles on the hit TV shows "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development," de Rossi delivers a revelatory and searing account of the years she spend secretly suffering from bulimia, all the while living under the glare of Hollywood's bright lights.

  • Unbelievably Boring Bart by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski

    Unbelievably Boring Bart

    James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski

    Invisible creatures are attacking the school and 12-year-old Bartholomew Bean is the only one who can stop them! Okay, so maybe Bart is only a hero in the video game app he created. But if he reveals his identity as the genius behind the game, he'll become the most popular kid in school! Or he could secretly use the game to get back at his bullies. Press Button A- Reveal. Press Button B- Revenge. Which would you choose?

  • Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall

    Under Rose-Tainted Skies

    Louise Gornall

    Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can't step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did. Norah can't leave the house, but can she let someone in? As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can lie on the front lawn and look up at the stars. One who isn't so screwed up. Can she let him go, or will she find the strength to face her demons?

  • Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

    Under the Mesquite

    Guadalupe Garcia McCall

    Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry.

  • Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp

    Under the Wolf, Under the Dog

    Adam Rapp

    Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide.

  • Uniquely Wired by Julia Cook

    Uniquely Wired

    Julia Cook

    Zak knows he's not quite like his siblings and classmates. Bright lights and big crowds send him into freak-out mode. Hugs make him uncomfortable, too. His atypical behaviors, from flapping his arms to spinning his body, seem so out of place. But for Zak, that's just how he copes. Despite some peculiar behaviors, Zak's desires and disappointments are as ordinary as any child's. He loves watches; he hates being excluded. As Zak embraces life the only way he knows how, he teaches those around him important lessons about fairness, patience, curiosity, and independence.

  • Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor

    Waiting for Normal

    Leslie Connor

    Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.

  • Walking Eagle: The Little Comanche Boy by Ana Eulate and Jon Brokenbrow

    Walking Eagle: The Little Comanche Boy

    Ana Eulate and Jon Brokenbrow

    A Comanche boy named Walking Eagle tells tales without words, using his hands, his face, his smile, and his eyes to communicate with animals and the people of other tribes that he meets on his journey.

  • Waterbound by Jane Stemp

    Waterbound

    Jane Stemp

    In a futuristic society sixteen-year-old Gem discovers that a group of handicapped people who call themselves the Waterbound live hidden beneath the City.

  • We Are Family by Patricia Hegarty

    We Are Family

    Patricia Hegarty

    Explore the differences and similarities of eight families in this gentle, rhyming picture book.

  • Welcome to Bordertown by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner

    Welcome to Bordertown

    Holly Black and Ellen Kushner

    Stories and poems set in the urban land of Bordertown, a city on the edge of the faerie and human world, populated by human and elfin runaways.

  • We're All Wonders by R. J. Palacio

    We're All Wonders

    R. J. Palacio

    Augie enjoys the company of his dog, Daisy, and using his imagination, but painfully endures the taunts of his peers because of his facial deformity.

  • What a Beautiful Morning by Arthur A. Levine

    What a Beautiful Morning

    Arthur A. Levine

    When his grandpa seems to have forgotten how to do the things that they love, Noah's grandma steps in, while Noah tries to find something he can share with his grandpa.

  • What's Wrong with Timmy? by Maria Shriver

    What's Wrong with Timmy?

    Maria Shriver

    Making friends with a mentally retarded boy helps Kate learn that the two of them have a lot in common.

  • What We Keep is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell

    What We Keep is Not Always What Will Stay

    Amanda Cockrell

    Angie never used to think much about God—until things started getting strange. Like the statue of St. Felix, her secret confidant, suddenly coming off his pedestal and talking to her. And Jesse Francis, sent home from Afghanistan at age nineteen with his leg blown off. Now he's expected to finish high school and fit right back in. Is God even paying attention to this? Against the advice of St. Felix (who knows a thing or two about war), Angie falls for Jesse—who's a lot deeper than most high school guys. But Jesse is battling some major demons. As his behavior starts to become unpredictable, and even dangerous, Angie finds herself losing control of the situation. And she's starting to wonder...can one person ever make things right for someone else?

  • What Would Joey Do? by Jack Gantos

    What Would Joey Do?

    Jack Gantos

    Joey's dad just roared into town on a motorcycle, his mom is chasing her ex-husband away with a broomstick, and his grandma's camped out on the couch behind a plastic shower curtain. What's more, Joey's chihuahua has been dognapped, and his mom insists that he be homeschooled with a mean blind girl and her super-religious mother. Welcome to Joey's world. With his new self-assumed role as "Mr. Helpful," Joey's on a mission to make everything and everyone better. Can Joey accomplish all this or will his wild, wired behavior spin him out of control all over again?

  • When Charley Met Emma by Amy Webb

    When Charley Met Emma

    Amy Webb

    Five-year-old Charley gets teased for daydreaming and drawing more than his friends, but when he meets Emma, who is physically different, he needs help remembering that being different is okay.

 

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