| Author |
Title and Annotation |
Do we have it here? |
Is it at the public library? |
| Abelove, Joan |
Go and Come Back In a story of mutual culture shock, Alicia, a young Isabo girl in a remote area of Peru, is just as fascinated by the American anthropologists as they are with her. |
no |
yes |
| Allison, Dorothy |
Bastard out of Carolina Bone confronts illegitimacy, poverty, the troubled marriage of her mother and stepfather, and the stigma of being “white trash” as she comes of age in South Carolina. |
no |
yes |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse |
Speak Calling the police to a party is a tough choice, but what made Melinda call is the devastating secret that keeps her locked in silence. |
yes |
yes |
| Anderson, M.T. |
Feed In this society your brain cyberfeed provides an endless stream of information, entertainment and advertising. When Violet’s feed is disrupted, she’s cast adrift and everyone is forced to examine the power of feed. |
no |
yes |
| Bagdasarian, Adam |
Forgotten Fire Based on a true story from the Armenian Holocaust, this is an eloquent, touching and heart-wrenching portrait of pain and triumph during a time of tragedy. |
no |
yes |
| Chambers, Aidan |
Postcards from No Man’s Land Seventeen is an age of self-discovery, and Jacob has gone to Amsterdam to explore his life. His quest strangely parallels discoveries about his grandfather’s life there during World War II. |
no |
yes |
| Cisneros, Sandra |
Caramelo LaLa learns the stories of her awful Grandmother and weaves them into a colorful family history. The “caramelo,” a striped shawl begun by her Great-Grandmother, symbolizes their traditions. |
no |
yes |
| Frank, E. R |
Life is Funny Growing up in New York can be agonizing, humorous, and always a challenge for the teens who tell their stories. |
no |
yes |
| Kingsolver, Barbara |
The Bean Trees Taylor Greer leaves Kentucky and heads west to find a new life. When a baby is abandoned in her car, she learns that responsibilities and independence are not mutually exclusive in this story of family and community. |
yes |
no |
| Lamott, Anne |
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Advice to the fledgling writer: “Just take it bird by bird.” A gentle, anecdotal guide for beginning authors. |
no |
yes |
| Mah, Adeline |
Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter Wu Mei, also called Adeline, is the Fifth Younger Sister of her family, and the one who bears the blame for all their bad fortune. In her inspirational tale of survival in 1940’s China, she triumphs against all odds. |
no |
yes |
| Myers, Walter Dean |
Monster Steve Harmon is accused of being an accomplice to murder. He creates a screenplay of his wrenching experiences at the crime scene, in jail, and on trial. |
no |
yes |
| Pullman, Philip |
The Golden Compass Lyra Belacqua, a young girl living in an alternate Oxford, and her daimon, Pantalaimon, set out to find her kidnapped playmate and uncover a sinister plot. Now Lyra must use her special powers to thwart evil and redeem the world. |
no |
yes |
| Satrapi, Marjane |
Persepolis Growing up in Iran wasn’t all that bad, or all that different, except that Marjane wanted to be a prophet when she grew up. Dramatic black-and-white illustrations tell her story. |
no |
yes |
| Sebold, Alice |
Lucky “You save yourself or you remain unsaved.” With these words, Sebold recounts the brutal rape that she was “lucky” to survive. Tragedy and hope combine as she makes her way through a survivor’s maze of emotions. |
yes |
yes |
| Shakur, Tupac |
A Rose that Grew from Concrete Written when Tupac was 19 and not yet a star, these poems bring emotion, power and passion to the experience of becoming yourself. |
no |
yes |