Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (YA F ALB) With prom and graduation around the corner, senior Leah Burke struggles when her group of friends start fighting. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (YA F ALB) Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wing man for his classmate or else […]
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Author: Adele Loria
WWII Fiction & Nonfiction for Teens
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (YA F BAR) In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hubener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people. Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and […]
Historical Fiction
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel (Prehistory) PHPL Call Number: GENERAL F AUE After Ayla’s entire tribe dies, members of the Clan of the Cave Bear find her and mistrust her because of her blonde hair and blue eyes. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Ancient Canaan) PHPL Call Number: GENERAL F DIA […]