This Means War!

Ellen Wittlinger

October 1962. Juliet Klostermeyer's world is turning upside down. All she hears from her parents and teachers and on the news is the Russian threat and the Cuban Missile Crisis. And things aren't much better at home. Her best friend, Lowell, doesn't seem interested in being her friend anymore--he'd rather hang out with the new boys instead. When Patsy moves in, things are looking up. Patsy is fearless, and she challenges the neighborhood boys to see who's better, stronger faster: a war between the boys and the girls. All the talk of war makes Juliet uneasy. As the challenges become more and more dangerous, Juliet has to decide what she stands for--and what's worth fighting for. This is a powerful middle-grade coming of age novel from teen powerhouse Ellen Wittlinger.

scholastic

Gracie's Girl

Bt Bound

Lombardo's Law

Teen & Young Adult

One Hot Second

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Literature & Fiction

SARAH DESSEN

Rich Wallace

Emma Donoghue

JACQUELINE WOODSON

Norma Fox Mazer

Nancy Garden

Víctor Martínez

Rachel Vail

Angela, Johnson

jennifer-armstrong

Short Stories & Anthologies

Tandem Library

What's in a Name

Through a long night of terror comes a dawn of new understanding and new beginnings. On the anniversary of his sister's brutal murder, Leo has to get out of the house, away from his mother, half crazy ever since it happened, away from the images in his mind of the horrific police pictures of her stabbed and bloody body. Escaping, he drives through the streets in a rage and spots Bree...Bree is "slumming it" in the next town over from her posh and affluent one. She wants an evening to herself, without either her mother or her boyfriend telling her what to do or where to go. Seeing Bree with her leather jacket and short skirt, Leo wonders why she should be alive when his sister isn't - it should have been her - angry and upset Leo grabs Bree and holds her hostage. Through a long night of terror and fear, honesty and emotion, Leo and Bree bare their souls, face some truths and respond to each other in unexpected ways.

The Long Night of Leo and Bree

Pocket Childrens Books

Zigzag

Children's Books

SIMON SCHUSTER CHILDRENS BOOKS

Hard Love

LGBTQ+ Books

Listening Library

""I might as well tell you before you hear it someplace else...My mother is dying. She has leukemia and she came here to die.""Nathan and his adorable little sister just moved in across the street from Liz Scattergood, and both of them could use a friend. Liz just isn't sure she's the right person. What do you say to someone whose mother is dying? Liz has been coping with tough questions like this all summer. Ever since Liz's grandmother Bunny died, Liz's mother hasn't been the same; she's even started attending a spiritualist church that claims it can contact Bunny on the Other Side. Liz isn't sure she believes it, but she does know the service gives her mother comfort -- something no one else can seem to do at all.As Liz and Nathan become closer, and the summer draws nearer to its bitter end, questions of faith, mortality, and spirituality come to the forefront of their intimate friendship. There are no easy answers, but together they may nonetheless find hope, comfort, and love.

Blind Faith

Perfection Learning

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