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by Norah McClintock
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover Audiobook Paperback
tagged : law & crime, city & town life, violence
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There are a lot of people who can't believe that Jojo has the nerve to come back to our neighborhood. There are more people who don't want him around. Things haven't exactly been peaceful since he went away. Things are never peaceful in my neighborhood. But at least people haven't worried about Jojo for the past two years.

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Bang

Bang

by Norah McClintock
edition:Hardcover
tagged : violence
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The guy died. I'm not surprised. Also, I'm relieved.

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Baygirl

Baygirl

by Heather Smith
edition:Paperback
tagged : drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, general (see also headings under social themes)
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Before Wings

Before Wings

by Beth Goobie
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover
tagged : paranormal, occult & supernatural, death & dying, diseases, illnesses & injuries
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The spirits were moaning, a low sound that seemed to be calling the storm toward the beach where Adrien came to a halt, pushing to stay erect in the wind. She was sure the spirits were calling something specific—a short phrase, several words, repeated like the lightning that snaked in the sky. Another sheer burst of white and Adrien stepped forward into the wild lake, the call of the spirit girls, the energy of their brains dying across the sky. Into some understood sameness.

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Big Guy

Big Guy

by Robin Stevenson
edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback eBook
tagged : computers & digital media, lgbt, self-esteem & self-reliance
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That picture I sent? It was taken last year, before Mom left. Before I packed on all this fat. That was a good eighty pounds ago though: you wouldn’t even recognize me if you saw me now.

I barely recognize myself.

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