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Themes: Poverty, Ambition, Motivation, Ethics, Crime, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Capital Central High School students Marley and Hector want a better life beyond their northeast D.C. neighborhood. So they study hard, taking...

To save her family's hope of citizenship, Artemisia steps into the lair of powerful, vindictive deceivers. HAVING EVERYTHING is a story of life in a migrant camp and the importance of joyful moments. Racial tension and greed embolden a powerful family to act with malice when Artemisia tries to right past wrongs against her father. Inspired by true events, this gripping story of joy and tragedy lays bare the vulnerability of illegal immigrants in America....

In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute-and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house getting...

Prom is about more than corsages and boutonnieres-it's an event that teens are claiming as a way to express their identities. See how prom has changed throughout the years and get tips on dealing with prom pressures.

A time-traveling teenager must race from 21st century Scotland to Gilded Age New York in book two of this YA sci-fi fantasy series. When American teenager Hope Walton first came to the Scottish Highlands, she got more than she bargained for-new friends, a (maybe) boyfriend, and a quick excursion to the 12th century. Hope is part of a long line of time-traveling ancestors known as the Viators. But while the Viators make sure not to disturb the natural...

From the author of Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets and They're Watching You, a compelling new thriller! Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, with lazy days sunning at the waterfalls and nights partying at the sprawling houses of the rich families who vacation there. The Covingtons are one of these families, and beautiful,...

"A page-turning YA contemporary novel about a Black teenager whose life is turned upside down when her white best friend becomes the latest "Becky" on the internet, and their town is left reeling from the publicity."

Passionate about basketball, troubled teenager Jackson O'Connell chronicles the ways the game colors the events of his senior year in high school.

Yvon et P'tit Louis, que tout semble opposer, se retrouvent au coeur d'une mystérieuse affaire. Yvon et P'tit Louis n'ont pas la même vision du monde. Le père d'Yvon est paysan – ou plus exactement exploitant agricole : c'est un chef d'entreprise fier de sa terre, de ses gros tracteurs, de ses beaux fusils de chasse… et de sa grange pleine de produits phytosanitaires. Le père de P'tit Louis, lui, est ouvrier à l'usine du coin et travaille...

""'You must work twice as hard to get half as much.' Adina Walker has known this the entire time she's been on scholarship at the prestigious Edgewater Academy -- a school for the rich (and mostly white) upper class of New England. It's why she works so hard to be perfect and above reproach, no matter what she must force beneath the surface. Even one slip can cost you everything. And it does. One fight, one moment of lost control, leaves Adina blacklisted...