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Ghosts of War by Ryan Smithson 321 pages

Ryan Smithson joined the ArmyReserve when he was just out of highschool. At age nineteen he wasdeployed to Iraq. His year in combatchanged his life. This is his story. Itwill change the way you feel aboutwhat it means to be an American.

non-fiction, personal narrative, Iraq war

Native Son by Richard Wright504 pages

A young African-American man,

trapped in the poverty-stricken ghettoof Chicago's South Side, kills a richwhite girl in a moment of panic, andfinds himself on a path to self-destruction.

African American men, Chicago

The Help by Kathryn Stockett 453 pages

Skeeter returns home to Mississippifrom college in 1962 and begins towrite stories about the African-American women that are foundworking in white households, whichincludes Aibileen, who grieves for the loss of her son while caring for

her seventeenth white child, and Minny, Aibileen'ssassy friend, the hired cook for a secretive womanwho is new to town.

(fiction) civil rights, household employees

Epic by Conor Kostick 364 pages

On New Earth, a world based on avideo role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik pursuades his friendsto aid him in some unusual gambitsin order to save Erik's father fromexile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.

fantasy games, role playing, video games, sciencefiction

Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines324 pages

As a modern gladiator's daughter,Lyn lives by the rules of theGladiator Sports Association. Butrules can turn against you. WhenLyn's father dies in the ring, hisopponent captures Lyn's dowry

bracelet²and her hand inmarriage. To win her freedom, Lyn does what no girlhas done before: she enters the arena to fight her father's murderer²even as she falls in love with him.

gladiators, marriage, sex role, fame, mentaldisabilities

King of the Screwups by K.L.Going310 pages

Liam Geller is Mr. Popularity.He excels at sports, knows whatclothes to wear & ends up with

the most beautiful girls inschool. But he's got an uncannyability to screw up in the very

ways that tick off his father the most. When Liam iskicked out of the house, his uncle takes him in. Whatcould a teenage chick magnet possibly have incommon with his glam rocker, DJ uncle who lives ina trailer in upstate New York? More than you'd think.

fathers and sons, uncles, self-esteem, behavior

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Dirty Little Secrets by C.J.

Omololu212 pages

Everyone has a secret. But Lucy¶s isone she¶s been hiding for years² that her mom¶s out-of-control

hoarding has turned their lives into aworld of garbage and shame. She¶skept her home life hidden from her

best friend and her crush, knowing they¶d bedisgusted by the truth. So, when her mom diessuddenly, Lucy hesitates to call 911 because revealingtheir way of life would be unbearable²and she

begins her plan to set her life right.

compulsive behavior, death, mothers and daughters,self-reliance

House Rules by Jodi Picoult532 pages

Emma Hunt's son Jacob, who hasAsperger's syndrome andoccasionally tries helping the

police with his unique forensicanalysis abilities, falls under suspicion when a murder occurs in

town, reminding Emma of society's--and the legal system's--misunderstanding with regard to the behavioral cuesassociated with Asperger's.

Asperger¶s, forensic science, homicide

Maus by Art Speigelman159 pages

A memoir about Vladek Spiegleman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about hisson, a cartoonist who tries tocome to terms with his father, hisstory, and with history itself.Cartoon format portrays Jews as

mice and Nazis as cats.

graphic novel, holocaust survivor biography

Three Little Words by AshleyRhodes-Courter 304 pages

Ashley Rhodes-Courter provides an account of her life,focusing on the nine years she

spent in Florida's foster caresystem after being removedfrom her mother at the age of three, and explaining how her

life changed after she was adopted.

non-fiction, adopted children, foster children, foster home care