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• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  Smith, Betty, 1896-1972

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  A classic focusing on the life of young Francie Nolan in the slums of Williamsburg. A heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, story about family and poverty.

• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra

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  A story of Esperanza Cordero, a girl growing up in Chicago. We follow Ezperanza as she navigates her family and the world around her, trying to discover who she is and who she will grow up to be.

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Based on the author’s own experiences and follows Junior, a teen living on a reservation with aspirations of becoming a cartoonist.

• Their Eyes Were Watching God

  Hurston, Zora Neale

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  A story that follows a girl, Janie, as she finds her way to happiness. When she is just 16, she gets caught kissing the wrong kind of boy.

• The Chocolate War

  Cormier, Robert

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  A story set in an all-boys school, and examines the perils of conformity and corruption among young men.

• Go Tell It On the Mountain

  Baldwin, James

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  This is the story of a 14-year-old stepson of a minister who has to come to terms with his own sexuality and identity.

• The Kite Runner

  Hosseini, Khaled

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  This story transports readers to Afghanistan to follow the heartbreaking relationship of a boy and the son of his father’s servant.

• The Namesake

  Lahiri, Jhumpa

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  We watch the lives of the Ganguli family from their tradition-bound life in Calcutta through their fraught transformation into Americans.

• Forever . . .

  Blume, Judy

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  This is the story of Katherine and Michael, who fall into an intense love their senior year of high school.

• Salt to the Sea

  a Novel

  Sepetys, Ruta

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  Set against the backdrop of World War II, the novel follows refugees from Prussia trying to find their way to safety and freedom.