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When Kori attempts to free another teen girl Flicker from a doomsday cult, she falls under the spell of its enigmatic leader Promus as he plots his deadly scheme. In the end, Kori may have to rescue all the members of the cult.

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It’s 1967, and Joanne falls in love with a beautiful hippie Martin, while her big sister Denise questions traditional marriage during the Women’s Movement and her brother Dan dreams of becoming a war hero in Vietnam.

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Evan gets the chance to race with the pros in the 800-mile Tour of California, winning sudden fame as the youngest rider in the event. Racing in brutal conditions over California’s toughest terrain, Evan experiences spectacular triumphs and bitter disappointments, which challenge body, mind, and spirit. A Society of School Librarians International Honor Book.

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R.D. is 15, repeating the eighth grade for the second time. He’s planning on a kickback year because he will socially promoted at 16. Then his grandma splits on him and her boyfriend Earl can’t care for him anymore. R.D. is on his own, fending for himself. The last thing he wants is to be found out. An ALA Quick-Pick for Reluctant Readers and a VOYA Top of the Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers

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Rafa wants Monique at any cost, or so he thinks. He’ll fight for her and get suspended, give up his place on the wrestling team, even tolerate her going out with another guy. It’s all for the pleasure she gives him, but how much pain is she really worth?

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It’s 1958 in Berkeley, California, and McCarthyism is causing ordinary citizens to be accused of treason. Fourteen-year-old Donna is happily organizing the Richie Valens Fan Club, when her physics professor father comes under investigation by the FBI. When her big sister Alice is mysteriously whisked away, and the girls’ mother suffers a nervous breakdown, it is up to Donna to support her father’s innocence. At the San Francisco House Un-American Activities hearing, Donna is caught between angry demonstrators and militant police in a dangerous conflict that ignites a decade of protest.

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It’s 1990, and a devastating freeze wipes out all the citrus in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Worse, the US President is amassing troops in the Persian Gulf and war seems imminent. Emily, a 16-year-old citrus rancher’s daughter, cheerleader, and A student decides to stand for peace and risks losing her boyfriend, close friends and the respect of her conservative community.