Beneath My Mother's Feet
Amjed Qamar
Fourteen-year-old Nazia is an average Pakistani girl--until her father is injured and cannot work. Nazia is forced to drop out of school to become a maid. This shameful choice could be detrimental to her future, and she finds herself growing up much too quickly.
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a la Carte
Tanita S. Davis
Seventeen-year-old Lainey dreams of becoming a world-famous chef. But when her best friend--and secret crush--suddenly leaves town, Lainey finds solace in her cooking as she comes to terms with the past and begins a new recipe for the future.
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The Last Exit to Normal
Michael Harmon
After 17-year-old Ben's father announces he's gay and the family splits apart, Ben does everything he can to tick him off: skip school, smoke pot, skateboard nonstop, get arrested. As if it's not painful enough living in a hick town with spiked hair, a skateboard habit, and two dads, he soon realizes something's not quite right with Billy, the boy next door. He's hiding a secret about his family, and Ben is determined to uncover it and set things right.
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Mexican White Boy
Matt de la Pena
Sixteen year old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being a half-white, half-Mexican kid while spending the summer with his cousins in the baseball diamonds and back alleys of San Diego County.
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Popular Vote
Micol Ostow
In an election year, sixteen-year-old Erin Bright sets aside her familiar role as daughter of the mayor and girlfriend of the student body president to stand up for what she believes in and protect a historic park from being replaced by a gas station.
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