Fallen Angels

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Fallen Angels
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers

• Set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the
  late 1960s, Fallen Angels is the story of Perry.
  Sent to the front lines, Perry and his platoon
  come face-to-face with the Vietcong and the real
  horror of warfare. But violence and death aren't
  the only hardships. As Perry struggles to find
  virtue in himself and his comrades, he questions
  why black troops are given the most dangerous
  assignments, and why the U.S. is there at all.

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Ellen Foster

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Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

• 'When I was little I would think of ways to kill
  my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and
  run it down and run it down through my head until
  it got easy.' So it begins the tale of Ellen
  Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kaye
  Gibbon's novel. The story of an eleven-year-old
  orphan, driven to desperation by some of the
  wickedest relatives in literary history, this is
  the story of her battle for survival.

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SPEAK

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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

• When Melinda Sordino's friends discover she
  called the police to quiet a party, they
  ostracize her, turning her into an outcast --
  even among kids she barely knows. But even worse
  than the harsh conformity of high-school cliques
  is a secret that you have to hide.

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The Chocolate War

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The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

• A high school freshman discovers the devastating
  consequences of refusing to join in the school's
  annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath
  of the school bullies.

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Nothing But The Truth
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Nothing But The Truth by Avi

• Students, teachers, parents, and the national
  media become involved when ninth-grader Philip
  Malloy is suspended from school for singing "The
  Star Spangled Banner." A remarkable novel, told
  in documentary style, by the award-winning author
  of many contemporary young adult novels.