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Material appropriate for young adults

Dare Truth Or Promise

Louie Angelo, a high school senior who plans to be a lawyer, falls in love with a girl who lives in a pub and just wants to get through her exams so she can become a chef.

Published: 1997,
Tags: Friendship, Voyages and travels
Categories: FictionFiction, New ZealandFiction, New Zealand, OceaniaFiction, New Zealand, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Montmorency And The Assassins

After twenty years as a gentleman, Montmorency is glad to be free of Scarper, his wretched alter-ego, but when a young friend is caught in the middle of a murderous political plot, Montmorency may have no choice but to call upon Scarper for help.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Food and cooking, Siblings
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Dizzy: A Novel

After an eight-year absence, Dizzy’s ‘New Age traveler’ mother suddenly shows up on her twelfth birthday and whisks her away to a series of festivals throughout Scotland in her rattletrap van.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Wisdom
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

River Boy

Knowing that he is dying, Jess’s grandfather insists on returning to the river he had known as a boy to finish a special painting and fulfill a life-long dream.

Published: 1997,
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

White Time

Presents ten short stories, both dark and hopeful, that journey into the past, the future, and altered versions of the present.

Published: ,
Tags: Choices and decisions, Responsibility and duty
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Teenage Refugees From Cambodia Speak Out

Introduces the history and political situation in Cambodia, and presents a variety of young refugees, who describe the reasons why they had to leave, their travels as refugees, and their experiences adjusting to a new country.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Friendship, History, Refugees
Categories: AsiaAsia, NonfictionAsia, Nonfiction, VietnamAsia, Nonfiction, Vietnam, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Naughts And Crosses

In a world where the pale-skinned Naughts are discriminated against by the politically and socially powerful dark-skinned Crosses, two teenagers test whether their love is strong enough to survive their society’s racism.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Orphans, Quests
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Coming-Of-Age: Traditions And Rituals Around The World

An anthropological perspective on coming-of-age rituals in societies around the world examines elements unique to specific rituals as well as elements common to all.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Adolescence
Categories: NonfictionNonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Seeker

Having been rejected by the Nomana–the revered warrior-monk order they long to join–sixteen-year-olds Seeker and Morning Star, along with a curious pirate named Wildman, attempt to prove that they are worthy of joining the community, after all.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Art and artists, Social life and customs
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Winter Door

When her own world and Valley are threatened with an endless winter, Rage and her friends seek to stop the powerful Stormlord from using the despair of others to create the bleak weather.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Parties and celebrations
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, OceaniaAustralia, Fantasy, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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