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Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship — the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be. Emily Yates. "Book Trailer - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" YouTube. YouTube, 26 Mar 2014. Web.25 Aug 2015.
Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her mother, and her young brother make their way to a Siberian work camp, where they are forced to fight for their lives. Lina finds solace in her art, documenting these events by drawing. Risking everything, she imbeds clues in her drawings of their location and secretly passes them along, hoping her drawings will make their way to her father's prison camp. But will strength, love, and hope be enough for Lina and her family to survive? Winnie Sam. "Between Shades of Gray book trailer." YouTube. YouTube, 17 Feb 2013. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works nights, and Finley is left to take care of his disabled grandfather alone. He's always dreamed of getting out someday, but until he can, putting on that number 21 jersey makes everything seem okay. Russ has just moved to the neighborhood, and the life of this teen basketball phenom has been turned upside down by tragedy. Cut off from everyone he knows, he won't pick up a basketball, but answers only to the name Boy21 --taken from his former jersey number. As their final year of high school brings these two boys together, a unique friendship may turn out to be the answer they both need. matthewquick21's channel. "BOY21 by Matthew Quick - Official Book Trailer." YouTube. YouTube, 30 Jan 2012. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the Internet-and everyone is invited to watch. When he first makes the announcement online to his classmates, Butter expects pity, insults, and possibly sheer indifference. What he gets are morbid cheerleaders rallying around his deadly plan. Yet as their dark encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide deadline? Can he live with the fallout if he doesn't go through with his plans? bloomsburykids. "Butter by Erin Jade Lange Book Trailer." YouTube. YouTube, 8 Oct 2012. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected — particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can't resist the pull of her sworn enemy — who's gotten in her way by stealing her heart. Harper Teen. "Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge." YouTube. YouTube, 13 Nov 2013. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
After being held for six years, Ruby breaks out of a government-run “rehabilitation camp” for teens, contained in camps because they have dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children. Joining a band of other teens on the run, Ruby begins to search for the elusive “Slip Kid,” who may be able to help the group return to their families. hyperionteens. "The Darkest Minds." YouTube. YouTube, 19 Dec 2012. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
Cath is a popular fanfiction author of a best-selling series, but no one knows except her twin sister. It’s what has helped Cath cope after her mother abandoned them at a young age. But now that Cath is starting college without her sister, she’s having difficulty adjusting to everything new in her life, including her cynical roommate and Levi, the roommate’s friend who won’t leave her alone. Fran Gulick. "Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - Book Trailer)." YouTube. YouTube, 18 May 2014. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life -- like the staggering degree of her poverty, the weight of her family's future resting on her shoulders, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition -- Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles Penguin Books USA. "Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok - 9781594487569." YouTube. YouTube, 4 Mar 2010. Web. 25 Aug 2015.
Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends and doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone to die -- of "natural causes." Mission accomplished, Boy Nobody disappears, moving on to the next target. But when The Program assigns him to the mayor of New York City, things change. Somewhere deep inside, Boy Nobody is somebody: the kid he once was; the teen who wants normal things, like a real home and a girlfriend; a young man who wants out. And who just might want those things badly enough to sabotage The Program's mission Vivlios. "Boy Nobody, Allen Zadoff, Orchard Books, Booktrailer." YouTube. YouTube, 23 Apr 2013. Web.25 Aug 2015.
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