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   Romiette and Julio

   Sharon M. Draper · 1999

   A sweet, high-stakes teenage romance that balances the giddy thrill of first love with the harsh realities of prejudice and gang violence.

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   • tense
   • earnest
   • dramatic
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   Brothers in Arms

   Paul Langan and Ben Alirez

   A tense, emotionally charged exploration of grief and the heavy cost of revenge.

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   • emotionally charged
   • earnest
   • gritty
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   Homeboyz

   Alan Lawrence Sitomer

   A gritty, emotionally charged journey through grief, revenge, and the unexpected healing found in guiding someone else out of the darkness.

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   • intense
   • gritty
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   Son of the mob

   Gordon Korman

   A wry, high-stakes teenage comedy where typical high school awkwardness collides with organized crime.

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   Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass

   Meg Medina

   A tense, deeply empathetic exploration of how the looming threat of high school violence can shrink your world, and what it takes to expand it again.

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   • earnest
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   Crank

   Ellen Hopkins

   A visceral, free-falling descent into addiction told through sharp, breathless verse that refuses to look away.

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   • intense
   • loss of innocence
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   Perfect chemistry

   Simone Elkeles

   A high-stakes, opposites-attract romance that crackles with tension and the desperate ache of trying to be someone you are not.

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   • emotionally charged
   • high-stakes
   • earnest
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   Hate list

   Jennifer Brown · 2009

   A raw, unflinching exploration of guilt, grief, and the agonizingly slow journey toward self-forgiveness in the wake of unimaginable tragedy.

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   • tense
   • earnest
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   Seventeen and in Between

   Barthe DeClements · 1984

   An earnest, nostalgic journey through the messy intersection of lingering childhood insecurities and the complicated dawn of young adulthood.

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   • earnest
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    If I Grow Up

    Todd Strasser

    A gritty, unflinching look at the impossible choices forced upon a boy trying to survive systemic poverty and neighborhood violence.

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    • tense
    • gritty
    • loss of innocence
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    Crush

    Svetlana Chmakova

    A sweet, funny, and deeply relatable exploration of the butterflies and blunders that come with a first middle-school crush.

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    • earnest
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    No Way Out

    Peggy Kern

    A tense, high-stakes descent into the dangerous realities of urban survival and desperate choices.

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    • tense
    • earnest
    • gritty
    • loss of innocence

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