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What I wanted: Either science fiction or child abuse. This wasn't quite one or the other. The shorter lenghth makes it better for elementary school. I love this author's Under the Same Sky.
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What I wanted: A multicultural novel about an Israeli-American girl. This was more of a historical novel, because the early 80s reference were so thick. This is a fictionalized memoir of the author's life, and she does make special mention that she chose this setting deliberately to avoid the technology that students have today.
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What I wanted: Gritty, inner city novel about drug abuse. This would fit the bill, but the language is too intense. I do have this author's Black and White, which has bad language, because it addresses racial issues that other books don't. If a book has the f-word, it has to be particularly phenomenal in order for me to buy it.
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Freymann-Weyr. After the Moment (Not pictured) "Seventeen-year-old Leigh changes high schools his senior year to help his stepsister and finds himself falling in love with her emotionally disturbed friend, even though he is still attached to a girl back home. "
What I wanted: Romances. However, both of these were too sad to appeal to girls wanting light beach reads, but not sad enough to be billed as problem novels. Perhaps for high school.
great reviews - or non-reviews kind of. anyway, helpful :)
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