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"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents-telekinesis and telepathy-who got to this place the same way...
Author
Series
Young Spencer novels volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
169 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Spenser reflects back to when he was fourteen-years-old and how he helped his best friend Jeannie when she was abducted by her abusive father.
5) Gossamer
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
140 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future,he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--
Author
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 4
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 18 cm.
Author
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 18 cm
12) Sky ropes
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Breanna is forced to go to the team-building camp that kicks off sixth grade where she will have to face the sky ropes course and her fear of heights that is linked to her father's abuse while still keeping her fear a secret from her friends.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
373 pages
Description
Raised in seclusion by fundamentalist grandparents who claim she is an evil product of her mother's sinful mistake, teenager Elle Edwards finally learns the truth about her conception and struggles with profound feelings of insecurity while pursuing a relationship with a vacationing boy.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
241 p. ; 22 cm.
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After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
15) Nowhere special
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Stan and Elpidia find hope in an unexpected friendship as they navigate challenging family circumstances and a dangerous local gang in the desolate Southern California desert.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
422 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
17) Faith: a novel
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
318 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Sheila McGann is estranged from her complicated family. But when her older brother Art, pastor of a large suburban parish, finds himself at the center of a scandal, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him. Her strict mother lives in a state of angry denial; her younger brother Mike has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheila's questions and refuses to defend himself....
19) Lies like poison
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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
304 pages cm
Description
Three years after one secretly backed out of a plot to kill Raven's abusive stepmother, former friends Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna are drawn back together when one of them is arrested for the stepmother's murder.
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