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Fade
Fade by Robert Cormier
Thirteen-year-old Paul Moreaux inherits the ability to become invisible, but the power soon leads to death and destruction.
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Flipped
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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Gentlehands
Gentlehands by M.E. Kerr
Buddy's world is turned upside-down, first when he falls in love with a rich and beautiful girl, and then, catastrophically, when he discovers that his refined and cultured grandfather is the notorious Nazi war criminal Gentlehands.
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Gone Fishing
Gone Fishing by Walter Mosley
In the beginning...there was Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and Raymond "Mouse" Alexander -- two young men setting out in life, hitting the road in a "borrowed" '36 Ford headed for Pariah, Texas. The volatile Mouse wants to retrieve money from his stepfather so he can marry his EttaMae. But on their steamy bayou excursion, Mouse will choose murder as a way out, while Easy's past liaison with EttaMae floats precariously in his memory.
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Hoops
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
Seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson prepares for a big tournament. Cal, his coach, tries to prepare him for the pressure of big-time basketball - and he should know. Years ago, Cal had to quit because of a point-shaving scandal. (Young Adult)
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