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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth.
Author
Series
Make lemonade trilogy volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother.
In this coming of age story, a seventeen-year-old unwed mother of two kids by two different, absent fathers hires fourteen-year-old Vera to help baby-sit her children. Book #1.
8) Precious
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2009], p1996
Language
English
Description
In this harrowing tale, sixteen-year-old Precious Jones has endured a broken home under the most horrific circumstances. Impregnated by her rapist father, Precious prepares for the birth of her second child as she runs away from home and befriends a counter-culture teacher who whisks her away on a soul-searching journey.
Author
Language
English
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Description
-- New York Times -- The Orphan’s Tale Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep… When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course...
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