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Wave Warrior

Wave Warrior

by Lesley Choyce
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover
tagged : self-esteem & self-reliance, water sports
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My mouth was open. I know that because when I did the face-plant into the bottom of the wave, I was gargling salt water, thinking that maybe I was about to die. The wave drove me deep into the water. I flapped my arms around, thinking that going back up to the surface was a good idea.
But it wasn't. At least not then.
I surfaced just in time to open my eyes and see my airborne surfboard eclipsing the morning sun. And aimed straight for my head. Wham.

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Way to Go

Way to Go

by Tom Ryan
edition:eBook
tagged : dating & sex, friendship, lgbt
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Maybe Lisa had appeared out of nowhere for a reason. I was kind of like a frog in a fairy tale who needed a kiss from a princess so he could turn into a prince. Only, instead of a frog, I was a might-be-gay kid who needed straightening out, and instead of a princess, she was a cigarette-smoking tattooed city girl with a bag full of mix tapes. I figured that was close enough.

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What Happened this Summer

What Happened this Summer

by Paul Yee
edition:Paperback
tagged : short stories, friendship, assimilation
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What Is Real

What Is Real

by Karen Rivers
edition:Paperback
tagged : drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, coming of age, general (see also headings under social themes)
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My life used to be a glass pitcher of white, pure, clean, delicious milk just bubbling over with goddamn wholesomeness. My entire life. My whole family was shiny and perfect, snipped right out of the stereotype catalogue: Mom, Dad, me, Chelsea, and our loyal dog, Glob...
I'm seventeen now, and that's all gone. Seventeen doesn't sound old. But it is. Trust me.

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What World is Left

What World is Left

by Monique Polak
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : holocaust, values & virtues, general (see also headings under social themes)
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Whatever Doesn't Kill You

Whatever Doesn't Kill You

by Elizabeth Wennick
edition:eBook
tagged : law & crime, death & dying, emotions & feelings
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Whisper

Whisper

by Chris Struyk-Bonn
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : class differences, dystopian, music
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