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YA Bell        Death Wind When Allie fears she is pregnant, she leaves home with Razz, a skateboard champion.  On her attempt to return she is caught up in a tornado that threatens to destroy everything.  92 p.

 

YA Butcher     The Trouble with Liberty  Liberty is the new girl at school, and everyone wants to be her friend .  When she accuses a teacher of assault, doubts start to surface about her motives.  88 p.

 

YA Butcher     Zee’s Way Zee is torn between making a statement with graffiti and making art.  104 p.

 

YA Choyce      Thunderbowl  Who needs school when you’re going to be a rock star?  102 p.

 

YA Goobie      Kicked Out Dime can’t get along with her parents, so she moves in with her older brother.  She finds out that if she starts believing in herself, other people will too.

 

YA Goobie      Who Owns Kelly Paddik?  After attempting suicide, Kelly is sent to a “secure facility.”  As she tries to find a way out she has to come to terms with her memories of abuse.

 YA Goobie      Sticks and Stones  After developing an unearned reputation as a slut, Jujube finds a novel way to take on her tormentors and help a group of girls win back their self-esteem.

 

YA Halvorson   Blue Moon Can Bobby Jo take a beat-up old horse and turn her into a champion barrel racer?  109 p.

 

YA Halvorson   Bull Rider   In spite of his mother’s orders not to ride, Lane is determined to be a bull rider like his father—who was killed by a bull.

 

YA Walters     Overdrive When Jake is involved in a street-racing accident, he struggles to do the right thing.

 

 

 

 

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