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41) Me (and) me
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It's Lark's seventeenth birthday, and although she's hated to be reminded of the day ever since her mom's death three years ago, it's off to a great start. Lark has written a killer song to perform with her band, the weather is stunning and she's got a date with gorgeous Alec. The two take a canoe out on the lake, and everything is perfect until Lark hears the screams. Annabelle, a little girl she used to babysit, is drowning in the nearby reeds while...
42) Animals
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This very unconventional coming-of-age tale is an intoxicating blend of fantasy and cold reality as it follows shy teenager's perilous period when exciting but troubling sexuality enters into his formerly innocent world. Seventeen-year-old high-schooler Pol has stubbornly extended his childhood, aided in no small measure by his opinionated, drums-playing, English-speaking pet teddy bear Deerhoof. But when he meets alluring new student Ikari, the safety...
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Engrossing and powerful, Academy Award® nominee COLORS STRAIGHT UP offers a penetrating look at the intimate lives of teenagers from South Los Angeles who strive for self-expression through acting, music and dance. The film tracks six teens as they struggle to avoid violence and danger on the streets and make a better life for themselves and their families. They discover their talents through Colors United, a performing arts group for vulnerable...
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Not your TV version of Orange County. Born out of the deaths of two Orange County teens, this close-to-the-bone documentary explores how young people of relative affluence in this part of the country are dying after getting hooked on prescription medications such like Oxycontin, Ativan, and Adderall.
45) Boys of Alabama
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"In this haunting debut novel from Lambda Award finalist Genevieve Hudson, a young German transplant falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. A queer coming-of-age told with magical realism, Boys of Alabama guides us through 16-year-old Max's first year in America. Conflicted about leaving Germany, Max is in awe of his new "home" - here, the heat is thick, the food is grossly delicious, and football and religion-seemingly...
46) Bull
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"In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor, an aging bullfighter who's seen his best days in the arena; it's a collision that will change them both"--www.imdb.com.
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Black History Month - Teen
Celebrating Black Canadian Art, History, Literature, and Poetry
Black History Month - Teen
Celebrating Black Canadian Art, History, Literature, and Poetry
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Henri "Halti" Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his "intense" classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri's less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri agrees, seeing a potential upside for himself. Soon what...
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Cortland Hunt has made some dangerous mistakes. Now he's waiting quietly for those mistakes to catch up with him. Ian Tanner coasts through life denying the spark of anger beneath his laid back exterior. When school politics and personal lives become a battleground, the pair find that what they share may just be their only safe haven. Bringing the world of LGBT young adult fiction into the realm of comic books, and collecting the first arc of the...
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Call me by your name novels volume 1
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"...Hammer's voice is brimming with such melody that, if you listen to it long enough, you can probably get drunk off it." — Vulture.com
*Now a major motion picture from director Luca Guadagnino, starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. Winner of the 2018 Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay*
Celebrate André Aciman's sensational novel with a dynamic audiobook, read by Armie Hammer
A New York Times Notable
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Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions-doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the...
52) The book of love
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"Henry is an introverted architect. After the death of his wife in a car accident, he sets out to help Millie, a homeless teen, to build a raft to sail across the Atlantic"--www.imdb.com.
53) Bloom
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Odd black plants begin to grow after a downpour. As they spread toxic pollen and begin feeding, three teenagers find themselves immune. They must figure out why before the plants complete their invasion.
54) Fast Talking
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Set in Sydney's western suburbs, year 10 student Steve Carson (Rod Zuanic) is a fifteen year old conman and always in trouble, whether it's stealing eggs from a farm with his mate Moose (Chris Truswell) or selling dope for his older brother. Abandoned by his mother and left in the care of his alcoholic, unemployed father Steve's older brother is an overbearing bad influence, further pushing him into street crime. He meets Redback (Steve Bisley), an...
56) The Dysasters
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Dysasters (Graphic novels) volume 1
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P.C. and Kristin Cast, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the House of Night phenomenon, return to the scene with The Dysasters--the first action-packed novel in a new paranormal fantasy series. Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen year olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential...
57) Drácula
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Drácula de Bram Stoker es una obra seminal de la literatura gótica. La narración se desarrolla a través de una serie de anotaciones en un diario, cartas y recortes de periódico, que proporcionan una perspectiva polifacética de los desgarradores acontecimientos que se suceden. La historia comienza con Jonathan Harker, un joven abogado inglés, que viaja al remoto castillo del Conde Drácula en Transilvania para ayudar en una transacción inmobiliaria....
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The digital revolution has left many parents feeling intimidated by the world their teens inhabit and they worry that they lack the experience to parent effectively. Teens Gone Wired: Are You Ready? examines today's parenting challenges from the totality of the teen experience. The book combines advice from dozens of parents and teens with a wealth of recommended sources, including links to many online support systems. All of the key debates that...
59) Stage fright
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"A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater"--www.imdb.com.
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What if finding her means losing himself? Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he's actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school...
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