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A List of Cages by Robin Roe

A List of Cages by Robin Roe (9781484763803) Julian just wants to get through high school without attracting anyone’s attention. He has a secret spot to hide during lunch where he feels safe,...

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Blood Family by Anne Fine

Blood Family by Anne Fine (9781481477734, Amazon) At age seven, Edward was saved from his abusive stepfather, Harris, when a neighbor saw him peeking out of their apartment through a boarded-up...

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Review: The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (9781524715953) After brothers Caleb and Bobby Gene get into trouble for trading their baby sister for a bag of fireworks, they are sentenced to a summer of...

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Review: Extraordinary Birds by Sandy Stark-McGinnis

Extraordinary Birds by Sandy Stark-McGinnis (9781547601004) 11-year-old December has moved from one foster family to another over the past several years. As she moves, she has learned not to have many...

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Review: Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos (9780525646570) Nova’s big sister, Bridget, taught her all about space exploration and the planets. She is the person who has protected and defended Nova all...

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Review: Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes

Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes (9781629798813) Grimes writes a searing verse memoir of her years growing up with a mother suffering from alcoholism and schizophrenia. Removed from her mother at a...

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Tune It Out by Jamie Sumner

Tune It Out by Jamie Sumner (9781534457003) Lou loves to sing, but she hates to perform. Truly hates it, complete with panic attacks. A large part of it is that she doesn’t deal well with loud noises,...

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Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Cover image for Fighting Words Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (9781984815682) Della has always been taken care of by her older sister, Suki. The two of them stayed together after their...

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Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

Cover image for Watch Over Me Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour (9780593108970) Mila has aged out of the foster care system and has found a job teaching at a remote farm in Northern California. The farm is...

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The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf

Cover image The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf (9780593302279) Aniyah and her brother are new in the foster-care system. At ten-years-old, Aniyah grew up in a family where they worked hard...

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