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Emily Smucker
EMILY     (the Louder Than Words series)
A girl’s inside glimpse of living with chronic illness. What is it like when there is no end in sight? Told in quirky, insightful, and poignant blog and journal entries, Emily tells the story of one girl’s struggle with West Nile virus and takes readers on her roller-coaster journey detailing what happens when your life doesn’t turn out the way you expect.
192pp (Health Communications)
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Marni Bates
MARNI     (the Louder than Words series)
Marni Bates has battled a stress-related disorder known as trichotillomania for roughly six years. The impulse to pull out all her hair (including her eyelashes and eyebrows) has been a source of much pain and frustration. In Marni, author Marni Bates powerfully shares her journey, from the roots of her anxiety, which was caused by her parents’ messy divorce when she was eight.
192pp (Health Communications)
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Chelsey Shannon
CHELSEY     (the Louder Than Words series)
A girl’s experience of the unthinkable - the death of her mother and murder of her father - and how she grew and flourished despite the odds. Seventeenyear-old Chelsey Shannon shares her story. It begins with the death of her father and follows her very personal journey of grief and healing.
192pp (Health Communications)
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Hannah Friedman
EVERYTHING SUCKS
Everything Sucks details the teenage years in all of their cringe-worthy absurdity - from getting homeschooled in a tour bus with hippie musicians, to attending one of New York’s most prestigious private schools on full scholarship, to developing a drug addiction and eating disorder, to nearly getting kicked out of Yale University before she even gets to attend. In the end, it’s Friedman’s spirit that keeps her afloat.
224pp (Health Communications)
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Karen Bass
SUMMER OF FIRE
Sixteen-year-old Delora has been shipped off to Hamburg, Germany to live with her sister for the summer. Through her sister, she meets an English professor who asks her advice on a book she is working on. Reading the manuscript, Del encounters 16-year-old Garda, whose journals make up the professor’s story. Del is drawn back to Nazi Germany in the Fall of 1941 and the riveting story of Garda.
300pp (Coteau Books)
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Wendy Phillips
FISH TAILING
The dark world of 4 high school teens. Natalie, whose alcoholic parents, years of neglect and ultimate rape by her father’s friend has shaped her into a cruel and manipulative teen; Tricia, dealing with her blended family is drawn into Natalie’s forbidden world of partying and rebellion; Kyle, a would-be musician is in love with Tricia and Miguel who lusts for Natalie while hiding the secrets of his family.
176pp (Coteau Books)

Cora Taylor
CHAOS IN CHINA
Twins Maggie and Jennifer Arnold are off to China to see the Terra Cotta Warriors with “Grand,” their daring grandmother. Their best friend, Sam, is also along with his digital camera. And that gets them all into trouble with a gang seeking something deadly.
192pp (Coteau Books)
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Linda Smith
THE BROKEN THREAD
Fifteen-year-old Alina comes from a long line of women who have gone to serve on the Isle of the Weavers, and she has always dreamed of doing the same. A girl must be chosen to be a weaver, and Alina is already older than others were when they were called. Then the weavers come. Finally her dreams come true, and she’s taken to the Isle of Weaving, where the destiny of the world is born ...
304pp (Coteau Books)
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Karen Bass
RUN LIKE JÄGER
Kurt’s grandfather has never been willing to talk about his time as a German soldier, so Kurt has some deep concerns about what he might have done during the war. He's seen the movies, like "Schindler’s List", and he hopes and prays his grandfather couldn’t have been involved in atrocities. Spending a year in Germany to do language training seems like a good chance to find out more ...
288pp – (Coteau Books)
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Patrick Doud
THE HUNT FOR THE EYE OF OGIN - The Winnitok Tales, Book One
This will appeal to adults and teens alike as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter". The Hunt for the Eye of Ogin follows thirteen-year-old Elwood Pitch as he suddenly finds himself entrusted with a sacred mission to restore peace in the far-off world of Winnitok. Ellwood, his dog Slukee, and their newfound traveling companions, warrior Drallah Wehr and her talking raven Booj, set out on a dangerous quest to find the missing immortal.
352pp - 1 b/w map; PubDate: March 2010 (North Atlantic Books)
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