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Mexican guy. White guy. Classmates and enemies from across the border and on each other’s turf. Big fight. White guy wins. Next day, he’s dead. Everyone’s a suspect. Everyone’s guilty of something.
Does what you look like or where you come from finally determine where your loyalties lie? Who’s Us? Who’s Them? Which side is your side? Is it Truth? Contemporary politics, the consequences of guys-being-guys, and questions about faith and personal responsibility pulse throughout the pages of this provocative, eloquent debut.
font face="Times New Roman">This distinctly modern vision of adolescence morphs silkily into a clever noir adaptation…. Murder, mystery, and detection pulse through this complex book, keeping readers feverishly wondering who done it and why. –Shelly Huntington, for strong>em>School Library Journal./em>/strong>/font>strong>font face="Times New Roman"> /font>/strong>
span style="color: black">font face="Times New Roman">Powers’s first novel powerfully combines timely story lines regarding illegal immigration, school violence and racial tension&helli | |  | | This Thing Called the Future
Just as 14-year-old Khosi starts falling in love, she is haunted by a witch's curse, an older man seeking sexual favors, and a mysterious disease that is killing someone she loves. A love story set in post-apartheid South Africa.
p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt" class="MsoBodyText">font size="3" face="Times New Roman">“From the first words we are drawn into Khosi’s world. It is a world of violence and hardship, but also of kindness and redemption. There can never be enough written about the experiences of people dealing with AIDS, and the ability of humanity to find joy and hope in the midst of great despair and difficulty. Young readers will easily identify with Khosi’s struggles and the way her strong character struggles to rise above all the chaos around her. A great achievem |
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Tempting Fake
by Tracey Morait
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 Cherry doesn't know him from Adam, so is he real or is he fake?
Cherry and Adam are lonely in their new, separate worlds and hook up on social media, but that's when their problems start |
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