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<title><![CDATA[Girls of Summer  2011]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[Girls of Summer is a summer reading list that Meg Medina and I created. It includes 18 of our personal favorites that we think speak to girls uniquely and help them understand the journey. ]]></description>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.indiebound.org/user/17524/list/2]]></link>

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<title><![CDATA[Before We Were Free]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780440237846</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship.Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind.From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Before We Were Free]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Alvarez]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Laurel Leaf]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780440237846]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship.Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind.From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Shark Girl]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780763646271</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now in paperback— A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive.On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything — absolutely everything — changed. Now she’s counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That’s her — that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it’s like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Shark Girl]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly Bingham]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Candlewick]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780763646271]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Now in paperback— A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive.On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything — absolutely everything — changed. Now she’s counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That’s her — that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it’s like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Calling]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780763633738</link>
<description><![CDATA["This promising first novel treats questions of religious faith with wisdom, humor, and affection."  — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)During the annual family reunion and pie competition at Beulah Land Healing and Holiness Church, twelve-year-old Esther Lea Ridley is suddenly drenched by a baptism of fire. "Esta Lea," she says to herself, "you are called to the Lord." And so begins her healing crusade from church to church, from revival tent to revival tent, through the backwater towns of South Carolina, traveling with her boy-crazy sister and her newly saved uncle. A bold and hilarious novel, THE CALLING marks Cathryn Clinton’s debut as an outstanding talent in middle-grade fiction.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Calling]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cathryn Clinton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Candlewick]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780763633738]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["This promising first novel treats questions of religious faith with wisdom, humor, and affection."  — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)During the annual family reunion and pie competition at Beulah Land Healing and Holiness Church, twelve-year-old Esther Lea Ridley is suddenly drenched by a baptism of fire. "Esta Lea," she says to herself, "you are called to the Lord." And so begins her healing crusade from church to church, from revival tent to revival tent, through the backwater towns of South Carolina, traveling with her boy-crazy sister and her newly saved uncle. A bold and hilarious novel, THE CALLING marks Cathryn Clinton’s debut as an outstanding talent in middle-grade fiction.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805082074</link>
<description><![CDATA[The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China.Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated surgeons at the best hospital in Wuhan, and her father teaches her English as they listen to Voice of America every evening on the radio. But when one of Mao’s political officers moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust and hatred, Ling fears for the safety of her neighbors, and soon, for herself and her family. For the next four years, Ling will suffer more horrors than many people face in a lifetime. Will she be able to grow and blossom under the oppressive rule of Chairman Mao? Or will fighting to survive destroy her spirit—and end her life? Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ying Chang Compestine]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Square Fish]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805082074]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China.Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated surgeons at the best hospital in Wuhan, and her father teaches her English as they listen to Voice of America every evening on the radio. But when one of Mao’s political officers moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust and hatred, Ling fears for the safety of her neighbors, and soon, for herself and her family. For the next four years, Ling will suffer more horrors than many people face in a lifetime. Will she be able to grow and blossom under the oppressive rule of Chairman Mao? Or will fighting to survive destroy her spirit—and end her life? Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-29T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Us Women]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780064430562</link>
<description><![CDATA["No boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers can do exactly as they please.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Just Us Women]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeannette Caines; Pat Cummings]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[HarperCollins]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780064430562]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["No boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers can do exactly as they please.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1984-05-23T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[First Person Fiction]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439373005</link>
<description><![CDATA[First Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. In "Behind the Mountains" Edwidge Danticat tells the story of Celiane and her family's struggles in Haiti and New York.It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York.   The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents' struggle to earn a living, her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[First Person Fiction]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edwidge Danticat]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scholastic Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439373005]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[First Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. In "Behind the Mountains" Edwidge Danticat tells the story of Celiane and her family's struggles in Haiti and New York.It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York.   The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents' struggle to earn a living, her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Bink and Gollie]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780763632663</link>
<description><![CDATA[Winner of the 2011 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award!In a brilliant collaboration, best-selling authors Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, along with acclaimed illustrator Tony Fucile, introduce an outrageously funny pair of friends.Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. No matter where their roller skates take them, at the end of the day they will always be the very best of friends. Full of quick-witted repartee, this brainchild of Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and award-winning author Alison McGhee is a hilarious ode to exuberance and camaraderie, imagination and adventure, brought to life through the delightfully kinetic images of Tony Fucile.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Bink and Gollie]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Dicamillo; Alison Mcghee; Tony Fucile]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Candlewick]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780763632663]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Winner of the 2011 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award!In a brilliant collaboration, best-selling authors Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, along with acclaimed illustrator Tony Fucile, introduce an outrageously funny pair of friends.Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. No matter where their roller skates take them, at the end of the day they will always be the very best of friends. Full of quick-witted repartee, this brainchild of Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and award-winning author Alison McGhee is a hilarious ode to exuberance and camaraderie, imagination and adventure, brought to life through the delightfully kinetic images of Tony Fucile.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-09-14T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Mockingbird]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142417751</link>
<description><![CDATA[Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon has died, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. Then she comes across the word closure- and she realizes this is what she needs. And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be black and white after all.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Mockingbird]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathryn Erskine]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Puffin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142417751]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon has died, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. Then she comes across the word closure- and she realizes this is what she needs. And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be black and white after all.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-02-03T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780763647605</link>
<description><![CDATA[In masterful prose, the author of SURRENDER tells a quiet but powerful tale about the shifting bonds and psychological perils of adolescence.Plum Coyle is on the edge of adolescence. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching, when her old life and her old body will fall away, and she will become graceful, powerful, and at ease. The strength of the objects she stores in a briefcase under her bed —a crystal lamb, a yoyo, an antique watch, a coin —will make sure of it. Over the next couple of weeks, Plum’s life will change. Her beautiful neighbor Maureen will begin to show Plum how she might fly. The older brothers she adores will court catastrophe in worlds that she barely knows exist. And her friends, her worst enemies, will tease and test, smelling weakness. They will try to lead her on and take her down. BUTTERFLY is a gripping, disquieting, beautifully observed coming-of-age novel by an acclaimed author at the top of her form.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonya Hartnett]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Candlewick]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780763647605]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In masterful prose, the author of SURRENDER tells a quiet but powerful tale about the shifting bonds and psychological perils of adolescence.Plum Coyle is on the edge of adolescence. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching, when her old life and her old body will fall away, and she will become graceful, powerful, and at ease. The strength of the objects she stores in a briefcase under her bed —a crystal lamb, a yoyo, an antique watch, a coin —will make sure of it. Over the next couple of weeks, Plum’s life will change. Her beautiful neighbor Maureen will begin to show Plum how she might fly. The older brothers she adores will court catastrophe in worlds that she barely knows exist. And her friends, her worst enemies, will tease and test, smelling weakness. They will try to lead her on and take her down. BUTTERFLY is a gripping, disquieting, beautifully observed coming-of-age novel by an acclaimed author at the top of her form.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-08-24T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Girl, Stolen]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805090055</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sixteen–year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, their car is being stolen. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne, but once his dad finds out that Cheyenne’s father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes—now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? Because she’s not only sick with pneumonia—she’s also blind.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Girl, Stolen]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[April Henry]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Square Fish]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805090055]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Sixteen–year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, their car is being stolen. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne, but once his dad finds out that Cheyenne’s father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes—now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? Because she’s not only sick with pneumonia—she’s also blind.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Olive's Ocean]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060535452</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes life can change in an instant Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren't. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie connections between the two girls, former classmates who both kept the same secret without knowing it. Now, even while on vacation at the ocean, Martha can't stop thinking about Olive. Things only get more complicated when Martha begins to like Jimmy Manning, a neighbor boy she used to despise. What is going on? Can life for Martha be the same ever again?]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Olive's Ocean]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Henkes]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Greenwillow Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060535452]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Sometimes life can change in an instant Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren't. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie connections between the two girls, former classmates who both kept the same secret without knowing it. Now, even while on vacation at the ocean, Martha can't stop thinking about Olive. Things only get more complicated when Martha begins to like Jimmy Manning, a neighbor boy she used to despise. What is going on? Can life for Martha be the same ever again?]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142405444</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thirteen-year-old Bird runs away to convince her stepfather to return home, and becomes entwined in the lives of three people. In this ALA Notable Book, Coretta Scott King Award winner Johnson shows how one individual's warmth and kindness can heal so many hurts.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Bird]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Johnson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Puffin Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142405444]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Thirteen-year-old Bird runs away to convince her stepfather to return home, and becomes entwined in the lives of three people. In this ALA Notable Book, Coretta Scott King Award winner Johnson shows how one individual's warmth and kindness can heal so many hurts.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Huntress]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316040075</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people's survival hangs in the balance.To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeen-year-old girls, are picked to go on a dangerous and unheard-of journey to Tanlili, the city of the Fairy Queen. Taisin is a sage, thrumming with magic, and Kaede is of the earth, without a speck of the otherworldly. And yet the two girls' destinies are drawn together during the mission. As members of their party succumb to unearthly attacks and fairy tricks, the two come to rely on each other and even begin to fall in love. But the Kingdom needs only one huntress to save it, and what it takes could tear Kaede and Taisin apart forever.The exciting adventure prequel to Malinda Lo's highly acclaimed novel Ash is overflowing with lush Chinese influences and details inspired by the I Ching, and is filled with action and romance.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Huntress]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malinda Lo]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little, Brown Books for Young Readers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316040075]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people's survival hangs in the balance.To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and Kaede and Taisin, two seventeen-year-old girls, are picked to go on a dangerous and unheard-of journey to Tanlili, the city of the Fairy Queen. Taisin is a sage, thrumming with magic, and Kaede is of the earth, without a speck of the otherworldly. And yet the two girls' destinies are drawn together during the mission. As members of their party succumb to unearthly attacks and fairy tricks, the two come to rely on each other and even begin to fall in love. But the Kingdom needs only one huntress to save it, and what it takes could tear Kaede and Taisin apart forever.The exciting adventure prequel to Malinda Lo's highly acclaimed novel Ash is overflowing with lush Chinese influences and details inspired by the I Ching, and is filled with action and romance.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Other Side of Blue]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780547552156</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother’s favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father’s death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they’re returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father’s mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi—who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Other Side of Blue]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Valerie O. Patterson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Graphia]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780547552156]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother’s favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father’s death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they’re returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father’s mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi—who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Poetry Speaks Who I Am]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781402210747</link>
<description><![CDATA[Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems about you, who you are, and who you are becoming. Dive in-find the poem you love, the one that makes you angry, the one that makes you laugh, the one that knocks the wind out of you, and become a part of Poetry Speaks Who I Am by adding your own inside the book. Poetry can be life altering. It can be gritty and difficult. It can be hilarious or heart-breaking. And it's meant to be experienced, so we've included a CD on which you'll hear 44 poems, 39 of which are original recordings-you'll only find them here. You'll hear poets both classic and contemporary, well-known and refreshingly new, including:  --Dana Gioia expresses the hunger of a "Vampire's Serenade" --Elizabeth Alexander waits for that second kiss in "Zodiac" --Langston Hughes flings his arms wide in "Dream Variations" --Marilyn Nelson reads to her class in "How I Discovered Poetry" --Paul Muldoon's poem "Sideman," brought loudly to life by the band Rackett --And 39 more poems that are immediate and vibrant From Lucille Clifton's "Here Yet Be Dragons" to Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" to "Tia Chucha," by Luis J. Rodriguez, Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a collection that is dynamic, accessible, challenging, classic, edgy, and ultimately not quite perfect. Just like you. If you're lucky, it'll serve as a gateway to a lifetime lived with poetry. At the very least, it'll be a good time. Dive in, and happy hunting.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Poetry Speaks Who I Am]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elise Paschen; Dominique Raccah; Elizabeth Alexander]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sourcebooks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781402210747]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Poetry Speaks Who I Am is filled with more than 100 remarkable poems about you, who you are, and who you are becoming. Dive in-find the poem you love, the one that makes you angry, the one that makes you laugh, the one that knocks the wind out of you, and become a part of Poetry Speaks Who I Am by adding your own inside the book. Poetry can be life altering. It can be gritty and difficult. It can be hilarious or heart-breaking. And it's meant to be experienced, so we've included a CD on which you'll hear 44 poems, 39 of which are original recordings-you'll only find them here. You'll hear poets both classic and contemporary, well-known and refreshingly new, including:  --Dana Gioia expresses the hunger of a "Vampire's Serenade" --Elizabeth Alexander waits for that second kiss in "Zodiac" --Langston Hughes flings his arms wide in "Dream Variations" --Marilyn Nelson reads to her class in "How I Discovered Poetry" --Paul Muldoon's poem "Sideman," brought loudly to life by the band Rackett --And 39 more poems that are immediate and vibrant From Lucille Clifton's "Here Yet Be Dragons" to Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" to "Tia Chucha," by Luis J. Rodriguez, Poetry Speaks Who I Am is a collection that is dynamic, accessible, challenging, classic, edgy, and ultimately not quite perfect. Just like you. If you're lucky, it'll serve as a gateway to a lifetime lived with poetry. At the very least, it'll be a good time. Dive in, and happy hunting.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[One Crazy Summer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060760885</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to take care of her sisters, as usual, and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past.   When the girls arrive in Oakland in the summer of 1968, Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them eat Chinese takeout dinners, forbids them to enter her kitchen, and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with them, Cecile sends Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to a summer camp sponsored by a revolutionary group, the Black Panthers, where the girls get a radical new education.   Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, one crazy summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them—an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[One Crazy Summer]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Williams-Garcia]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Amistad]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060760885]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to take care of her sisters, as usual, and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past.   When the girls arrive in Oakland in the summer of 1968, Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them eat Chinese takeout dinners, forbids them to enter her kitchen, and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with them, Cecile sends Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to a summer camp sponsored by a revolutionary group, the Black Panthers, where the girls get a radical new education.   Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, one crazy summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them—an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[What Comes After]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780763642501</link>
<description><![CDATA[A gripping portrait of a teen’s struggles through grief and abuse - and the miraculous power of animals to heal us.After her veterinarian dad dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris, a vegetarian and animal lover, immediately clashes with Aunt Sue, who mistreats the livestock, spends Iris’s small inheritance, and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Things come to a head when Iris sets two young goats free to save them from slaughter, and an enraged Aunt Sue orders her brutish son, Book, to beat Iris senseless - a horrific act that lands Book and his mother in jail. Sent to live with an offbeat foster family and their "dooking" ferrets, Iris must find a way to take care of the animals back at the farm, even if it means confronting Aunt Sue. Powerful and deeply moving, this compelling novel affirms the redemptive power of animals and the resilience of the human spirit.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[What Comes After]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Watkins]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Candlewick]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780763642501]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A gripping portrait of a teen’s struggles through grief and abuse - and the miraculous power of animals to heal us.After her veterinarian dad dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris, a vegetarian and animal lover, immediately clashes with Aunt Sue, who mistreats the livestock, spends Iris’s small inheritance, and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Things come to a head when Iris sets two young goats free to save them from slaughter, and an enraged Aunt Sue orders her brutish son, Book, to beat Iris senseless - a horrific act that lands Book and his mother in jail. Sent to live with an offbeat foster family and their "dooking" ferrets, Iris must find a way to take care of the animals back at the farm, even if it means confronting Aunt Sue. Powerful and deeply moving, this compelling novel affirms the redemptive power of animals and the resilience of the human spirit.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-04-12T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[If You Come Softly]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142406014</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new love is special and rare, but the world around Ellie and Miah doesn't see it like that. All they see is race: Miah is black and Ellie is Jewish. Will their love survive? An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[If You Come Softly]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacqueline Woodson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142406014]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A new love is special and rare, but the world around Ellie and Miah doesn't see it like that. All they see is race: Miah is black and Ellie is Jewish. Will their love survive? An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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