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  Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

  by Joyce Carol Oates

  Big Mouth No I did not. I did not, I did not. I did not say those things, and I did not plan those things. Won't It anyone believe me? Ugly Girl All right, Ugly Girl made a mistake. I'd told my mom what I'd heard in the cafeteria, and she'd told Dad. Evidently. I'd thought for sure they would want me to speak up for the truth.
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  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  by Mark Haddon

  Christopher Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the colours yellow and brown. This improbable story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and... (more)
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  Running With Scissors

  A Memoir

  by Augusten Burroughs

  Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. At the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor, living with the doctor's bizarre family and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood... (more)
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  Coraline

  by Neil Gaiman

  The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring. In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall. At least, that's what it seems to be. Until one day, when Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only it's... (more)
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  The Westing Game

  by Ellen Raskin

  Sixteen individuals who are mysteriously chosen to live in the Sunset Tower apartment building on the shore of Lake Michigan come together to hear the will of the self-made millionaire, Sam Westing. The will takes the form of a puzzle, dividing the sixteen "heirs" into eight pairs, giving each pair a different set of clues, and challenging the heirs to solve the mystery of which of them killed Sam Westing. As an... (more)