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by Melanie Crowder
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Published Aug 2014
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by Ruta Sepetys
Published Mar 2014
Read ReviewsWith characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny.
by Jennifer Bradbury
Published Jun 2013
Read ReviewsAgainst the backdrop of the nearly forgotten history of the partition of India, Jennifer Bradbury, as if with strands of silk, weaves together the heart-pounding tale of three teenagers on wildly different paths, on the verge of changing each other's lives forever.
by Brandon W. Jones
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsThis spellbinding debut, reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, depicts, with chilling accuracy, life behind North Korea's iron curtain.
by Laura Resau, Maria Virginia Farinango
Published Mar 2012
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by Conor Grennan
Published Dec 2011
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by Deborah Ellis
Published Sep 2011
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by Laurie Halse Anderson
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsIn her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores a girl's descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.
by E. Benjamin Skinner
Published Mar 2009
Read ReviewsTo be a moral witness is perhaps the highest calling of journalism, and in this unforgettable, highly readable account of contemporary slavery, author Benjamin Skinner travels around the globe to personally tell stories that need to be told -- and heard.
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Published May 2008
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by Hisham Matar
Published Feb 2008
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by Louise Brown
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsWith beautiful understatement, Louise Brown turns a novelist's eye on a true story that beggars the imagination - the lives of the 'dancing girls' of Lahore, Parkistan.
by Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsA shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before making a courageous escape to freedom.
by Aimee E. Liu
Published Feb 2004
Read ReviewsAn extraordinary novel of love and loyalty, intrigue and survival set against the turbulent backdrop of post-World War II India and China, introducing two singular heroines: a strong-minded American woman and a mesmerizing young Indian girl.
by Nancy Hersage
Published Apr 2000
Read ReviewsA fictionalized thriller that explores the very real social, economic and political questions surrounding today's global trade in sex slaves.
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