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  Hate List

  by Jennifer Brown

  Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick Levil, opened fire on their school commons. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate that was on the Hate List, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick Levil hated. The list he used to pick his targets. Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to... (more)
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  Ashes of Roses

  by Mary Jane Auch

  Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died. Sixteen-year-old Rose Nolan and her family are grateful to have finally reached America, the great land of opportunity. Their happiness is shattered when part of their family is forced to return to Ireland. Rose wants to succeed and... (more)
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  Dancing Through Fire

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Welcome to 19th century Paris, and the world of Degas's dancers. 13-year-old Sylvie is one of the pupils at the Paris Opera Ballet, where tutus must always be starched and pointe shoes fresh. Sylvie dreams of being a prima ballerina, but her height is a problem: she is too little. When the Franco-Prussian war begins in 1870, Paris is soon under siege and Sylvie is thrown into turmoil and tragedy. Against the fiery... (more)
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  No Moon

  by Irene N. Watts

  A story of reliance and resilience. Did you call out to us, Johnny, before your small body was dragged down under the water? Why didn't we hear you? I am sorry! I'll never forget. Louisa Gardener is the fourteen-year-old nursemaid to the young daughters of a wealthy, titled family living in London, England, in 1912. Despite the bullying Nanny Mackintosh, for whom she is an extra pair of hands, she loves her... (more)
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  Diary of a Would-be Princess (Journal of Jillian James) [Paperback]

  by Jessica Green