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Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been
synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of
days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school,...Read more
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"Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World
State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in
laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a...Read more
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Anne Frank's diaries have always been among the most moving and eloquent documents of the
Holocaust. This new edition restores diary entries omitted from the original edition,
revealing a new depth to Anne's dreams, irritations, hardships, and...Read more
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According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc
(short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has
an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand,...Read more
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William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked
on a deserted island is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published
in 1954. At first, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather...Read more
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Does Jerry Renault dare to disturb the universe? You wouldn't think that his refusal to
sell chocolates during his school's fundraiser would create such a stir, but it does; it's
as if the whole school comes apart at the seams. To some, Jerry is a...Read more
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In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled
with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a
young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a...Read more
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"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the
street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though
the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in...Read more
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Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom, or generosity than this tale of two boys, their
fathers, their friendship, and the chaotic times in which they live. Though on the surface
it explores religious faith--the intellectually committed as well as the...Read more
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The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this
classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure
from her "perfect" parents, "Anonymous" swings...Read more
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Alfred's life is going nowhere fast. He's a high-school dropout working at a grocery
store. His best friend is drifting behind a haze of drugs and violence, and now some
street punks are harassing him for something he didn't do. Feeling powerless and...Read more
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"Going all the way" is still a taboo subject in young adult literature. Judy
Blume was the first author to write candidly about a sexually active teen, and she's been
defending teenagers' rights to read about such subjects ever since. Here,...Read more
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Dope. Smack. Junk. Heroin. No matter what you call it, you can't change the fact that
13-year-old Benjie is on it. Oh no ... he's not hooked, though. He could stop anytime ...
really. But why is a young kid like Benjie using at all? Originally...Read more
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For sophomores John and Lorraine, the world feels meaningless; nothing is important. They certainly
can never please their parents, and school is a chore. To pass the time, they play pranks
on unsuspecting people. It's during one of these pranks that...Read more
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In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future,
firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly
painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place...Read more
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