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Accountable : the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed / Dashka Slater.
Slater, Dashka.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 371.829 Sla Collection: TX
ISBN: 0374314349 (trade)
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2023.
Target Audience: 014-018. BTSB. Grades 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux. 1000 Lexile.
A young adult nonfiction book on how Albany High School handles a racist social media incident that incurs lasting and devastating consequences.
Slater, Dashka.
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 371.829 Sla Collection: TX
ISBN: 0374314349 (trade)
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2023.
Target Audience: 014-018. BTSB. Grades 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux. 1000 Lexile.
A young adult nonfiction book on how Albany High School handles a racist social media incident that incurs lasting and devastating consequences.
Spare parts : the true story of four undocumented teenagers, one ugly robot, and am impossible dream / Joshua Davis ; adapted for young readers by Reyna Grande ; afterword by the author.
Davis, Joshua,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 629.892 Dav Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374388614 :
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8. 820 Lexile.
Adaptation of: Spare parts / Joshua Davis. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2014.
In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much-until two inspiring high school science teachers convinced the boys to enter the competition. Up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, this team of underdogs from Phoenix, Arizona, scraped together spare parts and a few small donations to astound not only the competition's judges but themselves, too. Adapted by Reyna Grande-author of the acclaimed memoir The Distance Between Us about her experience as an undocumented child immigrant-this young readers� edition of Joshua Davis�s New York Times bestseller showcases these students� ingenuity and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Timely and empowering, Spare Parts is an accessible introduction to STEM, immigration, and the reality of the American Dream.
Davis, Joshua,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 629.892 Dav Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780374388614 :
Pub. Info: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023.
Target Audience: Ages 10-13. Grades 5-8. 820 Lexile.
Adaptation of: Spare parts / Joshua Davis. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2014.
In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much-until two inspiring high school science teachers convinced the boys to enter the competition. Up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, this team of underdogs from Phoenix, Arizona, scraped together spare parts and a few small donations to astound not only the competition's judges but themselves, too. Adapted by Reyna Grande-author of the acclaimed memoir The Distance Between Us about her experience as an undocumented child immigrant-this young readers� edition of Joshua Davis�s New York Times bestseller showcases these students� ingenuity and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Timely and empowering, Spare Parts is an accessible introduction to STEM, immigration, and the reality of the American Dream.
When I grow up : the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers / Ken Krimstein.
Krimstein, Ken,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 741.5 Kri Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781635573701 :
Pub. Info: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Target Audience: Ages 14-17. Grades 9-12.
"From the prize-winning author of The three escapes of Hannah Arendt, a stunning graphic narrative of newly discovered stories from Jewish teens on the cusp of WWII. When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII--found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in Eastern Europe in the 1930s, just before the horror of the Holocaust forever altered the lives of the young people who wrote them. In When I Grow Up, Krimstein shows us the stories of these six young men and women in riveting, almost cinematic narratives, full of humor, yearning, ambition, and all the angst of the teenage years. It's as if half a dozen new Anne Frank stories have suddenly come to light. He frames the book with the dramatic story of the documents' rediscovery. Beautifully illustrated, heart-wrenching, and bursting with life, Ken Krimstein's newest work reveals how the tragedy that is about to befall these young people could easily happen again, to any of us, if we don't learn to listen to the voices from the past"--Provided by the publisher.
Krimstein, Ken,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 741.5 Kri Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781635573701 :
Pub. Info: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Target Audience: Ages 14-17. Grades 9-12.
"From the prize-winning author of The three escapes of Hannah Arendt, a stunning graphic narrative of newly discovered stories from Jewish teens on the cusp of WWII. When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII--found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in Eastern Europe in the 1930s, just before the horror of the Holocaust forever altered the lives of the young people who wrote them. In When I Grow Up, Krimstein shows us the stories of these six young men and women in riveting, almost cinematic narratives, full of humor, yearning, ambition, and all the angst of the teenage years. It's as if half a dozen new Anne Frank stories have suddenly come to light. He frames the book with the dramatic story of the documents' rediscovery. Beautifully illustrated, heart-wrenching, and bursting with life, Ken Krimstein's newest work reveals how the tragedy that is about to befall these young people could easily happen again, to any of us, if we don't learn to listen to the voices from the past"--Provided by the publisher.
Chlorine : a novel / Jade Song.
Song, Jade,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Son Collection: TX
ISBN: 0800060784
Pub. Info: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.
Target Audience: 9+ Perma-Bound Books. 6.0 Perma-Bound Books.
"Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life. But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with legs. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Ones that called sailors to their doom. Ones that dragged them down and drowned them. Ones that feasted on their flesh. Ones of the creature that she's always longed to become: mermaid. Ren aches to be in the water. She dreams of the scent of chlorine, the feel of it on her skin. And she will do anything she can to make a life for herself where she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter what anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill."--Book jacket flap.
Song, Jade,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Son Collection: TX
ISBN: 0800060784
Pub. Info: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.
Target Audience: 9+ Perma-Bound Books. 6.0 Perma-Bound Books.
"Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life. But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with legs. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Ones that called sailors to their doom. Ones that dragged them down and drowned them. Ones that feasted on their flesh. Ones of the creature that she's always longed to become: mermaid. Ren aches to be in the water. She dreams of the scent of chlorine, the feel of it on her skin. And she will do anything she can to make a life for herself where she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter what anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill."--Book jacket flap.
The reappearance of Rachel Price / Holly Jackson.
Jackson, Holly,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Jac Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780593374214 :
Pub. Info: New York : Delacorte Press, [2024]
Target Audience: Ages 15 & Up. Grades 10 & Up.
When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
Jackson, Holly,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Jac Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780593374214 :
Pub. Info: New York : Delacorte Press, [2024]
Target Audience: Ages 15 & Up. Grades 10 & Up.
When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
She loves you, she loves you not-- : a novel / by Julie Anne Peters
Peters, Julie Anne
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Pet Collection: TX
ISBN: 0316078743
Pub. Info: New York : Little, Brown, 2011
Target Audience: For grades 9-12
When seventeen-year-old Alyssa is disowned by her father for being a lesbian, she is sent off to a small town in Colorado to live with the mother she has never known, where she is forced to come to terms with herself and her family
Peters, Julie Anne
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Pet Collection: TX
ISBN: 0316078743
Pub. Info: New York : Little, Brown, 2011
Target Audience: For grades 9-12
When seventeen-year-old Alyssa is disowned by her father for being a lesbian, she is sent off to a small town in Colorado to live with the mother she has never known, where she is forced to come to terms with herself and her family
The Chandler legacies / Abdi Nazemian.
Nazemian, Abdi,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Naz Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063039322 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2022
Target Audience: Ages 16-17. Grades 11-12.
"Beth Kramer is a 'townie' who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there's more to that story. Amanda Priya 'Spence' Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah. Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a transfer student to escape the dangers of being gay in Iran, only to suffer brutal hazing under the guise of tradition in the boys' dorms. And Freddy Bello is the senior who's no longer sure of his future but knows he has to stand up to his friends after what happened to Ramin. At Chandler, the elite boarding school, these five teens are brought together in the Circle, a coveted writing group where life-changing friendships are born--and secrets are revealed. Their professor tells them to write their truths. But is the truth enough to change the long-standing culture of abuse at Chandler? And can their friendship survive the fallout?"--From the publisher's web site.
Nazemian, Abdi,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Naz Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063039322 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2022
Target Audience: Ages 16-17. Grades 11-12.
"Beth Kramer is a 'townie' who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there's more to that story. Amanda Priya 'Spence' Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah. Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a transfer student to escape the dangers of being gay in Iran, only to suffer brutal hazing under the guise of tradition in the boys' dorms. And Freddy Bello is the senior who's no longer sure of his future but knows he has to stand up to his friends after what happened to Ramin. At Chandler, the elite boarding school, these five teens are brought together in the Circle, a coveted writing group where life-changing friendships are born--and secrets are revealed. Their professor tells them to write their truths. But is the truth enough to change the long-standing culture of abuse at Chandler? And can their friendship survive the fallout?"--From the publisher's web site.
Allegedly : a novel / Tiffany D. Jackson.
Jackson, Tiffany D.,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Jac Collection: TX
ISBN: 0780403355
Pub. Info: copyright 2017
Target Audience: HL620 Lexile. 9-12 Perma-Bound Books. 4.2 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 4.2 12.0
When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.
Jackson, Tiffany D.,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Jac Collection: TX
ISBN: 0780403355
Pub. Info: copyright 2017
Target Audience: HL620 Lexile. 9-12 Perma-Bound Books. 4.2 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 4.2 12.0
When Mary, a teenager living in a group home, becomes pregnant, authorities take another look at the crime for which Mary was convicted when she was nine years old.
I will always write back : how one letter changed two lives / Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda ; with Liz Welch.
Alifirenka, Caitlin,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Ali Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605947368
Pub. Info: copyright 2015
Target Audience: 790 Lexile. 7-12 Perma-Bound Books. 5.6 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 5.6 13.0
Chronicles the friendship between an American girl and her pen pal from Zimbabwe, discussing how a class assignment was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.
Alifirenka, Caitlin,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: 920 Ali Collection: TX
ISBN: 0605947368
Pub. Info: copyright 2015
Target Audience: 790 Lexile. 7-12 Perma-Bound Books. 5.6 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG 5.6 13.0
Chronicles the friendship between an American girl and her pen pal from Zimbabwe, discussing how a class assignment was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.
Like a love story / Abdi Nazemian.
Nazemian, Abdi,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Naz Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062839367 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2019
Target Audience: Ages 16-17. Grades 11-12.
"It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating. Art is Judy's best friend, their school's only out and proud teen. He'll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs. As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won't break Judy's heart--and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known"--From the publisher's web site.
Nazemian, Abdi,
Branch: 0018
Call Number: F Naz Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780062839367 :
Pub. Info: copyright 2019
Target Audience: Ages 16-17. Grades 11-12.
"It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating. Art is Judy's best friend, their school's only out and proud teen. He'll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs. As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won't break Judy's heart--and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known"--From the publisher's web site.