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2) Skyscraping
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1993 in New York City, high school senior Mira uncovers many secrets, including that her father has a male lover.
4) Like Vanessa
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn,drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mary Lennox didn’t think about death until the day it knocked politely on her bedroom door and invited itself in. When a terrible accident leaves her orphaned at fifteen, she is sent to the wilderness of the Georgian Bay to live with an uncle she's never met. At first the impassive, calculating girl believes this new manor will be just like the one she left in Toronto: cold, isolating, and anything but cheerful, where staff is treated as staff...
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