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Contaminated Em Garner · 2013 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for the physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc. Shares: Mothers, Children's fiction

Sisters in Sanity Gayle Forman · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Where are they taking me?""It's for your own good, Brit," Dad said.I was shoved into a small, stuffy room, and the door was locked behind me. I waited for my dad to realize he'd made a terrible mistake and come get me.But he didn't.For sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, it's hard to know who she can trust. Convinced she's out of control, her father has sentenced her to Red Rock: a center for… Shares: Fathers and daughters, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Picture Me Gone Meg Rosoff · 2000 · ★ 3.4 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Twelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit friends and family, who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her father's best friend, who has gone missing. Shares: Fathers and daughters, Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The meaning of Maggie Megan Jean Sovern · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair. Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment, she is also facing a lot of problems, such as… Shares: Fathers and daughters, Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Breaktime Aidan Chambers · 1978 · ★ 3.5 · 139p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A classmate's challenge to prove that literature is ever related to real life spurs Ditto to chronicle his amazing life-changing adventures during spring break, but he leaves it up to his friend to decide if it is true, or just a story. Shares: Authorship, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Voices Ursula K. Le Guin · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Dogsong Gary Paulsen · 1985 · ★ 4.3 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The Carrie diaries Candace Bushnell · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tells the story of Manhattan columnist Carrie Bradshaw's high school years, her relationships with her peers, and how she became a writer. Shares: Diaries, Authorship, Children's fiction

The Trouble with Mom Babette Cole · 1983 · ★ 3.9 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A young boy's mother, who is a witch, is not immediately accepted by the parents of the children in his new school. Shares: Mothers, Children's fiction

Rose And The Silver Ghost Holly Webb · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "With help from a mysterious ghostly mirror which once belonged to her mother, Rose seeks to discover who her real family is. Were they full of magic too, like her?"-- Shares: Mothers, Children's fiction

Shadow of a bull Maia Wojciechowska · 1964 · ★ 3.6 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Maia Wojciechowska's family fled Poland during World War II and emigrated to the United States after the war. She worked as an undercover detective, a motorcycle racer, a translator for Radio Free Europe, and a bullfighter before turning to writing. She was a friend of Ernest Hemingway, who said she knew more about bullfighting than any other woman. [from Amazon.com]"Manolo was only three when… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The Temptress four Gaby Triana · 2008 · ★ 3.6 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Four best friends, one graduation cruise, a week of partying. Eight days of strife and storms . . .It's supposed to be the best eight days of their lives.Bonds will be broken... But when a fortune-teller predicts trouble the night before their trip, One of you will not come home...Fiona, Killian, Alma, and Yoli are left on edge, wondering what it could all mean. Gaby Triana gets right to the… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Tintenherz Cornelia Funke · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Wenn Bücher lebendig werden ... In einer stürmischen Nacht taucht ein unheimlicher Gast bei Meggie und ihrem Vater Mo auf. Er warnt Mo vor einem Mann namens Capricorn. Am nächsten Morgen reist Mo überstürzt mit Meggie zu ihrer Tante Elinor. Elinor verfügt über die kostbarste Bibliothek, die Meggie je gesehen hat. Hier versteckt Mo das Buch, um das sich alles dreht. Ein Buch, das Mo vor vielen… Shares: Fathers and daughters, Authorship, Children's fiction

Clash of the Demons Joseph Delaney · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever. Shares: Mothers, Children's fiction

After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate D Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before he died.The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the… Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

Alice, I Think Susan Juby · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and a serious case of "outcastitis." Shares: Diaries, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

The Last Olympian Rick Riordan · 2009 · ★ 4.7 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now… Shares: Mothers, Children's fiction

The real question Adrian Fogelin · 2006 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Fisher Brown, a sixteen-year-old over-achiever, is on the verge of academic burnout when he impulsively decides to stop cramming for the SATs for one weekend and accompany his ne'er-do-well neighbor to an out-of-town job repairing a roof. Shares: Bildungsromans, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction

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