Born Blue
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Having been raised according to a set of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle is unable to cope in the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among lit candles, Miracle sets herself afire and is hospitalized. There, she undertakes a painful struggle to take charge of her life.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Booklist Editors' Choice
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
*"Masterful."
—School Library Journal (starred review)
*Intense, exceptionally well-written."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
*"Compelling."
—Booklist (starred review)
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
Send Me Down a Miracle
Visions from heaven make all hell break loose.
Things used to be normal in Casper, Alabama. Charity Pittman was a regular fourteen-year-old, the perfect daughter, destined to follow in her preacher father's footsteps. But then Adrienne arrived, with her big-city ways and artsy ideas. Reverend Pittman thinks she's the devil incarnate. Charity thinks she's amazing.
But no one knows what to think of Adrienne when she claims she's seen Jesus.
Adrienne's vision splits the God-fearing community between believers and nonbelievers, and Charity is stuck in the middle, questioning her father, her religion—and herself.
This small town is praying for a miracle, but heading for disaster.
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
A Parents' Choice Award Winner
A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults
*"Hilarious."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
*"Thought-provoking."
—School Library Journal (starred review)
*"The plot is intricate, sharp, and invigorating."
—Booklist (starred review)
A Face in Every Window
Life spins out of control in an instant.
JP's once safe and secure world quickly unravels with the death of his beloved grandmother. Grandma Mary had always been the guiding hand of the O'Brien family, lovingly raising his mentally challenged Pap and allowing Mam to remain free of adult responsibility.
Without Grandma Mary, nothing goes smoothly. Things only get worse when Mam wins a farmhouse in an essay contest and insists on sharing her good fortune with the neighborhood outcasts. As JP sees both Pap and himself being replaced in mother's life, his anger takes over.
National Book Award-winning author Han Nolan skillfully draws readers into JP's life and challenges them to experience both his loneliness and his strength as he struggles to learn what it means to forgive.
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
*"Uplifting, intriguing, and memorable."
—Booklist (starred review)
*"Poignant ... An emotional roller-coaster."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
*"Satisfying."
—School Library Journal (starred review)
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Beware of what you see behind closed eyes.
Hilary hates Jews.
As part of a neo-Nazi gang in her town, she's finally found a sense of belonging. But when she's critically injured in an accident, everything changes.
Lying near death in a Jewish hospital, Hilary finds herself bombarded by memories of a life in Poland. A life she never lived. Somehow, Hilary has become Chana, a Jewish girl fighting for her own life in World War II.
Forced from their home by the Nazis, Chana and her family struggle in the terrible Lodz ghetto, where starvation drives people to desperate acts and the streets are smeared with filth. Those strong enough to survive are shipped out—to the slaughterhouse at Auschwitz.
How can Chana—or Hilary—survive?
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults
An Iowa Teen Award Winner
*"Bold ... deeply felt and often compelling."
—Kirkus Reviews
*"Page-turning ... An interesting and moving story."
—VOYA
*"Brilliandy rendered."
—Booklist
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