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Check It Out -- Teen Literature Database
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6 book reviews found, page 1 of 2. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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Aleutian Sparrow
Audience: 6th Grade - 9th Grade
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Vera, a young girl from the Aleutian Islands, recounts the sad tale of her family's evacuation from their home to internment camps during World War II. The US government told the Native Americans that the evacuation was for their safety and protection during, but their lives became much more difficult as they were essentially stripped of their property and freedom for several years. Written in verse, this novel is based on true events in American history.
Date read: 01/15/2004
ISBN: 0689861893
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Crank
Audience: 8th Grade - 12th Grade
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Kristina Snow is the perfect seventeen year old daughter. During one boring summer, she visits her father, a lazy drug addict. Through a boy, she meets Bree, her wild alter-ego. She also meets the monster, aka crank, crystal meth. Once she gets home, she finds herself caught in a whirlwhind of boys, her pressing mother, and more importantly, cravings.
Similar books: Go Ask Alice
Awards won: YALSA Best Fiction, 2005
Date read: 10/20/2005
ISBN: 0689865198
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Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem
Audience: 6th Grade - 10th Grade
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A requiem is a song written to honor a person who has died and manumission is the official freeing of a slave. Fortune's Bones honors the life and remembers the death of real person, a man named Fortune. The requiem starts with a mystery: there is an unidentified set of bones that has been on display in a Connecticut museum for more than 200 years. Through the requiem, we learn the identity of the skeleton and about the life of Fortune and his family, all of whom lived in slavery. Sections of the requiem are told from the different perspectives: the doctor who owned Fortune, Fortune's wife Dinah, and Fortune himself.
Awards won: ALA Notable Book for Children 2005
Date read: 01/26/2004
ISBN: 1932425128
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Heartbeat
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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Twelve-year-old Annie loves to run, listening to the thump-thump-thump of her bare feet hitting the ground. The rhythm of Annie's life is upset when she learns that her mom is going to have a baby. Annie is excited about the new addition to her family, but nervous about the changes to come. Annie is also troubled by her grandfather's slowly failing memory as well has the mood swings of her running buddy, Max. Will Annie be able to find a new comfortable rhythm for her changing life?
Date read: 12/08/2004
ISBN: 0060540222
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Jinx
Audience: 9th Grade - 12th Grade
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Jen is the kind of teenager other teenagers mothers want their kids to be. She always does her homework, never stays out late. She's smart responsible and has it all together, until her boyfriend commits suicide. She becomes rebellious, lonely and sad. Then she meets Ben and starts on the road back to her normal life. After Ben is killed in an accident a classmate calls her 'Jinx,' and Jen decides the name fits. Can Jinx become Jen again?
Date read: 8/05/2005
ISBN: 0802788300
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