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Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!
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English
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The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Ponyboy can count on his brothers, and on his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up "greasers". Then one night, someone takes things too far.
11) Tex
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English
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Usually easygoing and affable, fifteen-year-old Tex undergoes a startling personality change when his rodeo-riding father reveals the truth about Tex's birth, unwittingly pushing the boy to the point of murder.
12) Westmark
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English
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A boy fleeing from criminal charges falls in with a charlatan, his dwarf attendant, and an urchin girl, travels with them about the kingdom of Westmark, and ultimately arrives at the palace where the king is grieving over the loss of his daughter.
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[1983]
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169 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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Students and faculty at a high school become embroiled in a censorship case over "Huckleberry Finn."
When "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is removed from his library for its "immoral" content, school newspaper editor Barney Roth protests with a printed story about previous censorship efforts.
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1986.
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278 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School, climaxing in a public demonstration of one student's homemade guillotine. Sequel to "The Chocolate War." The misuse of power at Trinity High by Brother Leon and the secret society of Vigils is again explored in this sequel to The Chocolate War (1974). Best Books for Young Teen Readers. The misuse of power at Trinity High by Brother Leon & the secret society of Vigils is again explored in this sequel to The...
15) Running loose
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1986.
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190 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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Louie, a high school senior in a small Idaho town, learns about sportsmanship, love, and death as he matures into manhood.
16) Number the stars
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English
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In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
18) The hostage
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1991.
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xii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Jamie has second thoughts about harboring a killer whale that his father and he captured off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia and plan to sell to a sea amusement park.
19) The third eye
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[1991]
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220 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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Karen struggles to find the courage to use her psychic gifts to help people, especially when she realizes that the lives of twelve people depend upon her help.
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1993.
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194 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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During the summer internship on a newspaper, fourteen-year-old Vicki develops a love-hate relationship with Chris, the only male intern, and writes a sensational story about her friend Faith which the other interns try to get her to destroy.
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