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Albert is a young Indigenous man who is the best player in the local Aussie Rules team in his small fictional town of Duneldin. For the first time in most people's living memory, the team makes the grand final of the local footy competition with high hopes of winning, especially if Albert and some of his teammates are playing at their best on the day.
One of Albert's teammates, Tom, sees Albert getting racially abused, and knows Albert won't...
42) Flame of Truth
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Only the Shadow Chasers, with their magical knives, can save the world from the evil that lives in the dream world. The powerful Oyo has a Shadow Chasers knife � and only the cleverest and bravest can withstand the Flame of Truth to win it back from her. With the guidance of Zulaika, a helpful ghost, Nom, Zithembe and Rosy travel through the unknown terrors of the dream world to find Oyo and regain the knife.
43) Teen Scriptures
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This devotional was created to help young adults spiritually maneuver through life with biblically with scripture. Navigating through life is already challenging as an adult. Head start MSG.
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Sam reached into her bag to pull out the manga from the series she had just started. However, she put it back in her bag after seeing a side glance from her father that very clearly stated, "Talk with people. You don't get to see them very often." Sighing for the second time in less than five minutes, she zipped her bag back up, and walked over to join the audience watching corn hole out in the yard.
Join Samantha, a teen stuck in her head, as...
45) The Rules of Me
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Gabe keeps lists: why he's real, reasons he's not, and the rules that seem to dictate his strange existence. Danny says he's her imaginary friend and that's always been enough for the pair of them. But when, she enters high school and a world of stress, turbulent emotions, and surprising first crushes, he finds himself asking questions and wanting things he never has before. His search for answers about where he comes from and why he's here becomes...
46) Planet Larene
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The title of the book Planet Larene comes from my short stories about a man in his midtwenties who has bipolar disorder. And he is explaining his chaotic thought process. And his journey of human settlement on Planet Larene. In these stories, topics on colorism, mental health, human nature, and the supernatural will be discussed.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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Ted Dunagan, named 2009 Georgia Author of the Year in the young adult category for his debut novel A Yellow Watermelon, continues the saga of two adventuresome boys in this sequel, Secret of the Satilfa. Both books are set squarely in the Southern literary tradition as they reveal the lives of young Ted and Poudlum, friends despite the racial divide in rural Alabama in the late 1940s. In the fall of 1948, Ted and Poudlum have their post-Thanksgiving...
48) Breast Ghost
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Breast Ghosts is a collection of ghost stories. Malaysian and Indonesian traditions and superstitions pertaining to ghosts are skillfully revealed to the reader as the narrator author relates personal experiences and second hand accounts. A fascinating aspect is that these are contemporary stories set in real places in Singapore and Indonesia. We visit both the Singaporean metropolis and the remote jungles of Java. This collection will be enjoyed...
49) Dear Divya
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"I still can't believe I survived my first year of high school without you. We had so many plans. I do think about you and hope you know I haven't forgotten you. I miss laying in bed pretending to do our makeup because now I actually wear makeup..."
After a challenging year, 14-year-old Anjali Singh is determined to change her reputation and social status as she enters her first year of high school. Growing up in a midtown Toronto "Tkaronto"...
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Tara has waited patiently to become a teenager and eagerly wants to be included in family matters. At her age, she believes she should be privy to the world of adults. When her parents are not forthcoming in including her in family matters, Tara embarks on a course of action with near-disastrous results. Not able to fully comprehend the magnitude or repercussions of a long-held family secret she overhears while eavesdropping on her parent's private...
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The son of a village blacksmith, Mithron never expected that the path of wizardry would be an option, for it is well-known that the profession is reserved for the wealthy elite. That is until a traveling wizard recognizes his latent talent, and offers to teach him, much to the chagrin of his family. He proves to be an able student, but uncomfortable with the niceties of society.
When tragedy results in him crossing paths with Glitter, a fellow mage...
52) Land of Nebra
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You have never heard of Lemuria? It is also, called Mu. It is the legend of the Hawaiian great island, where there once, was beauty, peace and great cities. In the greatest city, there was a park with a blue crystal planted deep into the ground. It reached high into the sky. Then I saw some children, a pair of twins.
The story is set 3500-years ago, before the time of any religions that are around today.
Their names were Kaylah and Kalub, they were...
53) Teenage Dream
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Emily is an agent of the Preservation Team that supposedly works for the government. After being threatened by ex-agent Kate, who seeks to reveal the true purpose of the Preservation Team, Emily begins to suspect that there are more things hidden than open about the organization and its leader, Chief. While going on missions and fighting her own family problems, her desire to find out the truth pulls her into a conflict that began twenty-seven years...
54) Ward Nine
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Najma wakes up one morning to the horror of her mentally ill mother's gruesome murder on the streets. She is horrified and shocked that someone would kill a sick woman so brutally. Her mother had suffered a mental break down after Najma's birth due to postpartum stress. Najma's life is definitely in danger, but there is a young man who remains by her side throughout the ordeal. On the morning of her mother's death, it is, revealed that this young...
55) Luna
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When Romulus killed Remus, the wolf clans swore enmity to one another ever after.
Seventeen-year-old Jess has survived an upbringing in care. Diagnosed with rage blackouts, people look at her with pity and fear. The solution? Brutal workouts, Art, oh, and staying the hell away from others. Easily done in backwater Maine.
Yet one night, she wakes to find herself by a lake, her clothes covered in blood, with no memory of what happened. Soon the water...
56) Pieces
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As if track practice, yearbook meetings, and tumultuous friendships weren't enough, sisters Hannah and Noreen are catapulted into a disorienting new reality when their dad returns home from his medical mission in Syria a haunted and broken man.
All of a sudden, their once tight knit family is falling to pieces. Little do they know, things will become a lot more crazy and unpredictable as each of them fights a different battle.
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Walti the Alien is twelve years old. He is from Planet Muran and has a dream to visit Planet Earth. He is faced with many challenges but has to depend on a very special person to help him achieve his goals. Pre-teen and young teen readers will enjoy learning about true friendships, determination and motivation to reach levels of life that may seem impossible.
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Callee is a young teenage girl who is finally just starting to fit in after moving to a new town over a year ago. When out of nowhere a gray-eyed stunning young man named Ian flies in and sweeps her off her feet. Callee can see there is something special about this heavenly creature. Although she tries to live a normal life. Something keeps pulling her closer and closer to Ian. Who is he? Where did he come from? Can Callee figure out Ian's deepest...
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When the news breaks that the man opposite has died, Lucy, the storyteller, and her friends decide that now is the time to take the late George up on his promise that they can visit the pond to see his newts.
As Giselle caresses the long, luxuriant grass in George's garden, her fingers come across a severed finger and they are now on the trail of a suspected murderer. George's ghost assists them in this thriller.
With the majestic sweeping sloping...
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Having hit rock bottom in their career as artists, Lucy and Desmond are mere shadows of their former selves when they cross paths. Her dreams shattered by misfortune and loss, Lucy moves from job to job trying to scrape a living, but despite her desperate circumstances, she can't help but hope that she will someday catch her big break. Desmond's dark past and the mounting pressure from his wealthy family has him spiraling out of control, and although...
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