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Young adult novel about a French girl orphaned upon her arrival in America. Follows her through the loss of her family, her adaptations to servitude, and her coming-of-age in the New World. Winner of a Newbery Honor Award for youth literature in…

Young adult novel about the violence of peer pressure and the search for adolescent identity. From Laurel Leaf Books: "Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual Trinity School fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry…

From Dell Publishing: "Tommy Bartin is 70 years old, retired, and lives in an infirmary. When he receives a windfall of $63.00, he heads downtown to resume his former existence and learns that life still holds many surprises--even for someone who…

Cormier's first novel, partly inspired by the death of his father, chronicles the life changes that come with the illness and potential death of his protagonist, Alph LeBlanc.

A back-and-forth between third- and first-person narration, "I Am The Cheese" is Adam's journey to visit his ailing father, as well as our own trip through Adam's returning memories as they are laid out in psychiatric therapy. From Knopf Publishing:…

From Delacorte Press: "Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but this power soon leads to death and destruction."

From Laurel Leaf Books: "Already a widow with three kids, Gracie Adams is pregnant again. Things are bound to be tough, but Gracie never gives up hope of finding a love that will once again pull everyone together as a real family. A strikingly honest…