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7th Grade
7 Days at the Hot Corner
7 Days at the Hot Corner by Terry Trueman
Varsity baseball player Scott Latimer struggles with his own prejudices and those of others when his best friend reveals that he is gay.
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A Long Way from Chicago
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Joey and his sister, Mary Alice, travel from their home in Chicago to their grandmother's small town. They certainly don't expect the crazy adventures they encounter in Chicago. Each summer trip to grandma's gets funnier and more surprising than the year before.
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A Long Way from Chicago
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Joey and his sister, Mary Alice, travel from their home in Chicago to their grandmother’s small town. They certainly don’t expect the crazy adventures they encounter in Chicago. Each summer trip to grandma's gets funnier and more surprising than the year before.
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Caramelo
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
On her family vacation from Chicago to Mexico City, Celaya ("Lala") Reyes begins her journey from girl to young adult as she weaves together wild, beautiful, cruel, and tender stories of ancestors and family members and especially her connections with her papa and the Awful Grandmother.
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Catalyst
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.
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