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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Working as a prostitute near the pristine beaches and turquoise seas of Jamaica to pay for a younger sister's education, Margot hopes that a new hotel that is reshaping her home will grant her financial independence and allow her to pursue a forbidden affair with another woman.
66) Farewell summer
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Taking a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor, straight-laced Mary Jane is introduced to a world of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, which helps her figure out what she really wants out of life, and what kind of person she’s going to be.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Struggling to define themselves against the backdrop of the 1960s social revolution, Rebecca and her reckless friend, Alex, long for lives beyond the limitations of their mothers' narrow expectations and are separated by an act of betrayal that Rebecca reevaluates decades later.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Moving in with her estranged grandparents when the underground mine fires of 1960s Pennsylvania ravage her coal-county home, Irish-American Brigid Howley makes a grisly discovery in a long-abandoned bootleg mine shaft that reveals decades-old secrets.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.
74) Canary
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her father takes a new job coaching basketball at a private school, Kate finds that she enjoys the privileged atmosphere until she is assaulted by one of the basketball players.
76) Daredevils
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Caught dating a boy of another faith by her devout Mormon parents, 1970s teenager Loretta is married off to a fundamentalist as his second wife and runs away with his nephew and a part-Native American friend to search for a cache of gold and freedom outside their strict community.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In a contemporary black community, seventeen-year-old Nadia Turner mourns the suicide of her mother, leading her to take up with the local pastor's son, but the resulting pregnancy and the subsequent cover-up will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Following their mother's heart attack, three adult children return home and try to sort out their lives, including Anna's obsession with having sex with strangers, Portia's unfaithful husband, and Emery's desire for his own family.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War era, a powerful coming-of-age story about an unforgettable friendship between two teenage boys on the brink of manhood and their hopes for escape from a dead-end town will have strong crossover appeal for young adult and adult audiences.
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