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The Smell of Other People's Houses
A few years after Alaska becomes a state, four teens will grapple with difficult situations. Ruth is pregnant, and her devout Catholic grandmother with whom she lives takes her to an Abbey to live until she can give birth and give up the child for adoption. Dora leaves her alcoholic and abusive parents to live with her best friend who is Native American. Hank also runs away from an abusive parent and stows away on a boat, and Alyce's father has a fishing business he wants Aly

Suzanne Severns
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The Fall of Whit Rivera
Fall is Whit Rivera's favorite time of year, and she's especially looking forward to it now that she's been selected to organize the fall formal dance, but her personal life is falling apart when she should be enjoying herself. Her boyfriend who moved away no longer seems to have any time for her, she's struggling with PCOS which is causing weight gain and facial hair, and her first love who stood her up on their first and only date has been appointed to work with her on the

Suzanne Severns
Dec 71 min read
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The Brighwood Code
As the end of World War II approaches, Edda is struggling as a switchboard operator in Washington D.C. The room she rents is a mess, and she regularly shows up for work late and unkempt. She is struggling and with good reason. Only seven months earlier, she worked near the battle front in France, memorizing many new codes each day and connecting urgent calls that could mean the difference between life and death for troops at the front. She tries not to think about the past an

Suzanne Severns
Nov 301 min read
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Braiding Sweetgrass
In this adaptation of an adult nonfiction book of the same title by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, attributes and uses of various plants as well as biomes and subtypes of biomes such as estuaries and marshes are provided. Kimmerer, who is a professor of forestry and environmental science and Patowatomi, also shares stories about interesting people she has met over the years who have made an impression on her as well as Native American tales with valuable lessons and Indigenous trad

Suzanne Severns
Nov 151 min read
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A Night to Die For
Mario hadn't planned to go to prom, and he certainly never thought he would end being named prom king, but he is after he ends up taking out a quiet, reserved girl from his class at the request of his mother, but as he's crowned, he realizes there are worms on the crown. After driving around with his date afterward, he ends up being arrested and accused of murdering the prom queen, Maribel Starr, a girl he had once dated and who probably put the worms on the crown. Her long-t

Suzanne Severns
Nov 91 min read
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Only She Came Back
When Kiri Dunsmore emerges from the desert wearing her boyfriend's sweatshirt covered in blood, she's the main suspect in his disappearance, but there's no body to be found. Under a cloud of suspicion, she retreats to her wealthy parents' home. Her boyfriend wasn't just any boy, though. He was Callum Massey, a famous survivalist influencer, so there are plenty of rumors and accusations spreading online. Kiri's former classmate Sam, a true-crime fan, decides to investigate and

Suzanne Severns
Nov 21 min read
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Under the Surface
A fun-filled class trip to Paris turns into a nightmare when Ruby and three others decide to go to a party in the catacombs without...

Suzanne Severns
Oct 261 min read
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The Narrow
When Eden White can't afford her boarding school tuition, she agrees to move into a nearby house to look after a remote learning student...

Suzanne Severns
Oct 121 min read
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Stay Dead
Sixteen-year-old Milan is having trouble coping with the sudden death of her father, a senator, in a car accident. She keeps getting in...

Suzanne Severns
Oct 51 min read
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Bluebird
In 1946 Germany, Eva has just discovered a startling secret about her father, a Nazi working on a top secret project. She is tasked with...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 281 min read
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Panic
Sixteen-year-old Shur is sitting in class when she suddenly sees what looks like a large butterfly outside the window hovering over the...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 211 min read
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That's Not My Name
A teenager wakes up in the dirt on the side of the road with no memory. Fortunately, a police officer sees her and brings her to the...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 141 min read
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All That's Left to Say
When Hannah MacLaren winds up in the principal's office on prom night for pulling the fire alarm, she knows she's in huge trouble. She's...

Suzanne Severns
Sep 71 min read
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Six Truths and a Lie
Six teenagers are enjoying 4th of July fireworks at a beach when an explosion suddenly blows apart a nearby oil derrick. As people begin...

Suzanne Severns
Aug 181 min read
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The Dark Becomes Her
Ruby Chen genuinely cares about her little sister, Tina, though she is slightly jealous of her natural talent for dance while she herself struggles to master the piano. When Ruby starts seeing disturbing behaviors coming from her sister, she suspects that something sinister is at work, especially when she has flashes of an evil being within Tina. Ruby has always had "the sight", which has allowed her to see restless spirits roaming the earth, but this hasn't prepared her for

Suzanne Severns
Jul 281 min read
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Sunrise on the Reaping
Sunrise on the Reaping takes place twenty-four years before Katness left District 12 for the Hunger Games. It tells the story of her...

Suzanne Severns
Apr 291 min read
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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
You don't know the story or perhaps you think you do. You saw the photos of Black teenagers being shouted at as they tried to integrate...

Suzanne Severns
Apr 291 min read
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Blood at the Root
17-year-old Malik Barron has been caught in the foster care system ever since his mother died in a tragic incident he feels responsible...

Suzanne Severns
Apr 271 min read
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A Tempest of Tea
Arthie Casimir runs a tearoom during te day that serves some of the finest tea, but at night, it serves blood to vampires. When her...

Suzanne Severns
Mar 131 min read
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Elatsoe
When Elatsoe's cousin appears to her in order to reveal that he was murdered and not actually killed in a car accident, Elatsoe is...

Suzanne Severns
Feb 241 min read
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