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  The Logan Family Saga: Book 2

  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  by Mildred D. Taylor

  Facing a year of night riders and burnings, Cassie and her family continue their struggle to keep their land and hold onto what rightfully belongs to them, despite the difficult battles they must continue to endure.
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  Bud, Not Buddy

  by Christopher Paul Curtis

  "It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's... (more)
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  Flipped

  by Wendelin Van Draanen

  An unputdownable novel about questioning what you believe in and believing in what you feel. Bryce has always known how he feels about Juli. She is weird. And dangerous. She has a certain way of looking at him which has freaked him out since the first time she hurled herself into his life. Julie has a tendency to do that. She throws herself into things she believes in, whether they're people or projects. Or trees.... (more)
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  Stotan: Book 2

  Ironman

  by Chris Crutcher

  Bo has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. The rage he feels gives him the energy as a triathlete to press his body to the limit, but it also translates into angry outbursts toward his teachers. Now dangerously close to expulsion from school, Bo has been assigned to Anger Management sessions with the school "truants." With an eclectic mix of hard-edged students, Bo may finally have to... (more)