To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Teen Anthony D requested that we put To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee on our blog. The book follows Scout during the summers of the great depression. Her father Atticus is a lawer. Anthony writes that "a black man is accused of rape and Atticus has to defend him in an all white town." Scout and her family deal with the tauntings of the townsfolk and estrangement from many they thought were their friends.


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Defining Dulcie by Paul Acampora

After the tragic accidental death of her father, Dulcie’s mother decides that they are moving away from Dulcie’s beloved Connecticut to far off California. Then her mother does the unthinkable. She tells Dulcie she’s selling her father’s beloved truck for $300. Dulcie does the unthinkable in return. She steals her dead dad’s Chevy pickup truck and heads back home to Connecticut. There, under the supervision of a larger than life grandfather, she meets Roxanne Soule, a girl whose scary home life makes Dulcie realize that her own situation might not be so bad.

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The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper

When Jericho is invited to pledge his high school's exclusive club the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks this is his ticket to popularity, gorgeous girls, and their swanky silk jackets. The pledge activities, though, are getting rougher and more dangerous. Is this pledging or hazing? And can Jericho stand up for himself before it goes too far?

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Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

In Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins, Debbie wishes on her necklace that something would happen. Her friend Hector, across town, realizes that there could be more to his life and decides to learn to play the guitar. Together with their childhood friends, Debbie and Hector have a quiet yet eventful summer full of learning to drive, loosing a necklace, finding a brief romance, and figuring out more about who they are.

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