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"1987. The only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus is her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance into...
2) Pure
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Pure trilogy volume 1
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In a post-apocalyptic world, Pressia, a sixteen-year-old survivor with a doll's head fused onto her left hand meets Partridge, a "Pure" dome-dweller who is searching for his mother, sure that she has survived the cataclysm.
3) How she move
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Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood. There, she defies all the rules to achieve her dreams as she re-kindles her passion for the competitive world of step dancing. She gets the chance to get out of her drug and crime infested neighborhood to attend an exclusive academy.
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Documents the exploits of a group of African-American gang members through the mean streets of South Central LA for ten years after the 1992 LA race riots. Delves into the ongoing Blood/Crip gang war to reveal the short and brutal lives of LA street gangstas and the tragic personal toll that the gang life takes on families and friends. As the years and the bodies pile up, the boys grow into men and the highwire allure of street life gives way to the...
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"Jintan, Menma, Anaru, Yukiatsu, Tsuruko, and Poppo -- six grade-school students who were the best of friends. As the "Super Peace Busters, " they always played together at their "secret base" until Menma died in a tragic accident. Five years later, Menma appeared before Jintan, now a freshman of high school. No one could see her but Jintan, and Menma told him that she wanted the Super Peace Busters to grant her a certain wish. But not even Menma...
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