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Black wings beating
by Alex London
Twins Kylee and Brysen must fight for survival in a remote valley called Six Villages as war approaches, she by rejecting her ancient gifts for falconry and Brysen by striving to find greatness.
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Stronger, faster, and more beautiful
by Arwen Dayton
"Six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of human."
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The Lying Woods
by Ashley Elston
Owen Foster leaves his life of privilege in New Orleans to move back to his tiny Louisiana hometown after his father embezzles millions of dollars and disappears...but not without leaving a coded letter for Owen first. Alternating between Owen's predicament and a similar incident years earlier, this atmospheric, multilayered mystery ramps up the nail-biting tension with every chapter.
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See all the stars
by Kit Frick
Ellory's once inseparable group of friends are torn apart by secrets and deception, but when a shocking incident changes their lives forever, Ellory finds that even in the present the past is everywhere.
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This story is a lie
by Tom Pollock
Seventeen-year-old mathematical genius Peter Blankman battles his lifelong panic attacks as he tries to find his missing twin sister, Bel, and those who nearly assassinated his mother, a famous scientist.
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FOCUS ON: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day -- Monday, January 21, 2019 |
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A time to break silence : the essential works of Martin Luther King, Jr. for students
by Martin Luther King
A Time to Break Silence presents Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by teachers across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible and user-friendly volume. Arranged thematically in five parts, the collection includes 19 selections and is introduced by award-winning author Walter Dean Myers. Included are some of Dr. King's most well-known and frequently taught classic works as well as lesser-known pieces that speak to issues young people face today. Simultaneous.
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March. Book one
by John Lewis
A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement
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Claudette Colvin : twice toward justice
by Phillip M. Hoose
Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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