Teens (ordered by Publication Year and Title)

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Copper Sun by Sharon Draper; Illustrated by None Topics: Social Situations, Prejudice & Racism, Slavery Published in 2006 Comments:   Hush by Jacqueline Woodson; Illustrated by None Topics: Girls, Women Published in 2006 Miracles Boys by Jacqueline Woodson; Illustrated by None Topics: Orphans, Foster Homes Published in 2006 Color of Fire by Ann Rinaldi; Illustrated by None Topics: Historical Fiction Published in 2005 Comments: Someone is setting fires in New York City. It is 1741 and, as a colony of Britain, America is at war with Spain. The people in New York City are on a heightened state of alert, living in fear of Catholics acting as Spanish secret agents. Phoebe, an enslaved girl, watches as the town erupts into mass hysteria when the whites in New York City convince themselves that the black slaves are planning an uprising. Her best friend, Cuffee, is implicated in the plot, and the king's men promise to let him go if he names names. Several people are hanged and many more are burned at the stake, but the mob won't rest until they find a mastermind behind the plan, someone Catholic and white-and there's suspicion that Phoebe's teacher Mr Ury is a priest. New Boy by Julian Houston; Illustrated by None Topics: Fiction, Social Situations Published in 2005 Comments: Fifteen-year-old Rob Garrett wants nothing more than to escape the segregated South and prove himself. But in late 1950s Virginia, opportunity doesn Played by Dana Davidson; Illustrated by None Topics: Teens, Sex, Relationships Published in 2005 Comments: When one of Ian's boys dares him to get plain-faced Kylie Winship to sleep with him in just three weeks, he thinks it'll be a breeze. Tall and fine, with honey- colored skin and eyes, Ian is used to getting what he wants from girls. And if he succeeds in playing Kylie, he'll be down with most popular crew in his high school. But this girl who everyone considers a nobody is turning out to be more surprising than he ever could have imagined. Time Pieces by Virginia Hamilton; Illustrated by None Topics: November Published in 2005 Dear One by Jacqueline Woodson; Illustrated by None Topics: Single Parents, Family, Teens Published in 2004 Comments: Feni has had her mother to herself for a long time. So when her mother takes in Rebecca, the pregnant fifteen-year-old daughter of an old friend, Feni is furious. Rebeccas just as unhappy; she feels like a charity case. But as much as they resist it, Feni and Rebecca might just become friends. After all, Rebecca needs someone to confide in, and Feni might discover she has room in her life for one more personor even two. This is a touching story about families of all sorts, even the unrelated kinds, and the love that holds them together. I Wish I Had Waited by Sylvia Lett; Illustrated by None Topics: Social Situations, Dating, Sex Published in 2004 A Lova Like No Otha by Stephanie Perry Moore; Illustrated by None Topics: Christian Fiction, Young Women, Weddings Published in 2003