Sharon M Draper
1) Fuera de mi
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Fuera de mí cuenta con más de 33.000 ratings en Goodreads, la plataforma de lectores más grande a nivel mundial, y tiene más de 15 ediciones. Desde 2010, fecha de su publicación en los Estados Unidos, se mantiene en la listas de best-sellers de todo el mundo. Melody es la más inteligente de toda la escuela...
pero nadie lo sabe. Su memoria y capacidad son increíbles.
La mayoría de la gente –maestros y médicos incluidos–
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When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
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Hazelwood High trilogy volume 2
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Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt. A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret...
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Hazelwood High trilogy volume 1
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The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
6) Copper sun
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OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
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Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
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When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their classes. And when Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member. But as the initiation week becomes...
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Jericho trilogy volume 3
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English
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As Kofi, Arielle, Dana, November, and Jericho face personal challenges during their last year of high school, a misunderstood student brings a gun to class and demands to be taken seriously.
11) Double Dutch
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Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.