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Young Adult Read-A-Likes
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Caroline B. Cooney. Burning Up
When a girl from an inner-city church is murdered, Macey Clare, 15,
discovers prejudice in her grandparents and their wealthy Connecticut
community.
HCPL | BCLS | FBCL | Sterling |
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Chris Crowe. Mississippi Trial, 1955
A 16-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues
surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old African-American from Chicago.
HCPL | FBCL | Sterling |
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Christopher Paul Curtis. The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an
African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically
changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of
1963.
HCPL | Bellaire | BCLS | FBCL | Sterling |
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Lorri Hewett. Lives of Our Own
After her parents divorce, Shawna returns to her father’s hometown and
discovers a surprising connection with one of the popular white girls at
school.
HCPL | FBCL | Sterling |
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Paul Volponi. Black and White
Story of two friends, one black, one white, who make a bad mistake, and
the realties of the urban criminal justice system.
HCPL | Bellaire | BCLS | FBCL | Sterling |
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