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Bibliographic Information:   Title: Baldwin Collected Essays   Author: James Baldwin   Publisher: The Library of America   Copyright Date: 1998   Genre: Biography, Teen, America   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: James Baldwin’s essays examine his life growing up in America. Being Black in America has fundamentally changed his life and his world views. He talks about his early life in New Jersey and growing upContinue reading “Baldwin Collected Essays”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Playing Through the Whistle   Author: S.L. Price    Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press   Copyright Date: 2016    Genre: Sports, Teen, Drama   Awards or Honors: None    Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: The book chronicles the town of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh, and its high school football team at Aliquippa High. The football team is an essential part of the small townContinue reading “Playing Through the Whistle”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Four Fish   Author: Paul Greenberg   Publisher: Penguin Books   Copyright Date: 2010   Genre: Non-fiction, environment   Awards or Honors: A New York Times Bestseller   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: This book follows the history of four species of fish important to people’s dietary habits and the environment. These four species are salmon, seas bass, cod, and tuna. All four of these speciesContinue reading “Four Fish”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Love, Hate, and Other Filters   Author: Samira Ahmed   Publisher: Soho Teen   Copyright Date: 2018    Genre: Teen, romance, drama  Awards or Honors: None    Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: The book follows the life of Maya Aziz in the city of Batavia, Illinois. Her parents make decisions for her, and she has a large group of family with who she hasContinue reading “Love, Hate, and Other Filters”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Beautiful Creatures    Author: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl   Publisher: Little Brown   Copyright Date: 2009    Genre: Romance, teen, magic, mystery   Awards or Honors: None   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: Ethan Wate, 16, is a teen from Gaitlin, South Carolina, a small southern rural town. His mother died last year, and his father spends most of his time writing alone inContinue reading “Beautiful Creatures”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Field Notes on Love   Author: Jennifer Smith   Publisher: Delacorte Press    Copyright Date: 2019   Genre: Novel, Teen, Romance   Awards or Honors: None  Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: This book follows the love lives of Hugo and Mae as they travel together. Hugo’s girlfriend Margaret Campbell breaks up with him in England the summer before she goes to Stanford. Hugo alreadyContinue reading “Field Notes on Love”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: With the Fire on High   Author: Elizabeth Acevedo   Publisher: HarperCollins    Copyright Date: 2019   Genre: Teen, cooking, novel   Awards or Honors: Best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: Emoni is a teenager going to high school while also being a mother to Emma. HerContinue reading “With the Fire on High”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Superman Dawnbreaker   Author: Matt de la Peña  Publisher: Random House    Copyright Date: 2019   Genre: Teen, Superhero, mystery   Awards or Honors: None   Reading Level: Teenager   Plot Summary: The story follows Clark Kent, or Superman, in his early teen years. He lives in Smallville, Kansas, alongside his friends and family. He is dealing with the responsibility of his powers, and he quitContinue reading “Superman Dawnbreaker”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: Five Feet Apart   Author: Rachael Lippincott   Publisher: Simon & Schuster    Copyright Date: 2019   Genre: Teen, drama, romantic,   Awards or Honors: #1 New York Times Bestseller   Reading Level: Teens   Plot Summary: Stella has cystic fibrosis, a disease that puts her life at risk and limits what she can do while in high school. She meets and gets to know Will, another teenContinue reading “Five Feet Apart”

Bibliographic Information:   Title: A Study of Charlotte   Author: Brittany Cavallaro   Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books   Copyright Date: 2016   Genre: Teen, Mystery   Awards or Honors: None  Reading Level: Teen, Young Adult   Plot Summary: The mystery story follows Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson, members of the Holmes and Watson family. Jamie is studying at Sherringford, a Connecticut boarding school, and is on the Rugby team, allContinue reading “A Study of Charlotte”