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The girl in question by Tess Sharpe Nora, after embarking on a backpacking trip with her friends Wes and Iris, must rescue Wes's girlfriend who has been kidnapped. Nora, with her murderous stepfather on the loose, now faces three problems: someone is lying, someone is keeping secrets and someone has to die.
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| Looking for Smoke by K.A. CobellShortly after a giveaway ceremony on the Blackfeet Reservation, a girl named Samantha is found murdered. All four people in the giveaway group are suspects, and proving their innocence means spilling secrets and upending relationships. Read-alikes: Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed; Jenny Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights. |
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A tempest of tea by Hafsah FaizalWhen her prestigious tearoom is threatened, criminal mastermind and collector of secrets, Arthie Casimir must make a devil's bargain with an adversary to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society of Athereum to pull off a heist that turns into a fight to save the world.
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Off with their heads by Zoe Hana MikutaCaro is a royal Saint-harvester who must pretend not to know of the twisted monster experiments her beloved Red Queen hides beneath the palace. Caro must finally confront her former lover, Icca, whom she betrayed and who will stop at nothing to exact her vengeance.
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Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu and Mad RupertWhen Molly discovers that her scholarship to her dream art school has fallen through, she assembles a ragtag softball team in hopes of getting an athletic scholarship instead.
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Jesse Owens : facing down Hitler by Jackie F. StanmyreDescribes the life and career of the athlete that took the Berlin Olympics by storm and proved the Nazi's views to be patently false
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| Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football team by Steve SheinkinLaunched by his football skills at the Carlisle Indian School, multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe became the first Native American (Sac and Fox Nation) to medal for the the United States at the 1912 Olympics. Despite his talent, Thorpe was confronted by racism at every turn in his career. Edge-of-your-seat sports action jostles with an unforgiving look at American history in this biography. |
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| Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud AnyabwileOn the podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos raised their fists in protest of racial injustice in the United States. In this compelling graphic memoir, author Tommie Smith shares his story of courage and determination, from facing racism as a child to the repercussions from his iconic act of protest. |
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Gravity by Sarah Deming Jewish Dominican boxer Gravity Delgado knows that no matter what else happens -- fighting with her coach, flirting with a teammate, dealing with her abusive mom -- she needs to stay focused on two things: making the Olympic team and protecting her brother, Ty.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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