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1) Monster
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
2) Sula
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sula Peace and Nel Wright share not only an intimate friendship, but an unspoken secret. Sula leaves Medallion, Ohio for ten years and when she dies three years after her return, Nel is her only mourner. Young Adult
Author
Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 5
Language
English
Description
In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
8) Dancer
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Stephanie struggles to perfect her ballet dancing as her classes are complicated by the introduction of a new male dancer.
9) Melitte
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
In 1772, years of mistreatment force thirteen-year-old Melitte to decide whether or not to run away from the Frenchman who has kept her as a slave on his poor Louisiana farm and leave the young girl who is the only person who ever loved her.
10) Toning the sweep
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
11) Bluest Eye, The
Author
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Pecola prayed that she would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting, her father would stop drinking, and her brother would stop running away. Young Adult
13) Plain City
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a "mixed" child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father.
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