Breathing Fire
Running away from her foster home, Ally finds herself on the busking circuit, performing as a juggler and fire breather.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: runaway teenagers, street entertainers, runaways, foster children, teenage girls, coming of age [X], teenagers, girls, bildungsromans, electronic books
Skylark
Living in an old car with her brother and mother after her father leaves to find work, Angie struggles to cope with the difficulties of life as a homeless person until she discovers slam poetry as a vehicle for expressing herself.
FIC
year:
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: family life, slam poetry, homeless persons, homelessness, coming of age [X], domestic fiction, electronic books, bildungsromans
Homecoming
Fiona struggles to come to terms with accusations that her father inappropriately touched a classmate of Fiona's named Morgan.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
The Way Back
Pregnant teen Colby Wyatt, abandoned by her father and addicted to meth, moves in with her friend Gigi's family, who makes a living stealing and reselling goods in a pawn shop.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
Hey Jude
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, a teen tries to balance the last year of high school, a new romance and looking after her sister with mental health issues"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: high school students, sisters, mental illness, interpersonal relations, teenage girls, coming of age [X], bildungsromans, young adult fiction, electronic books
Kryptonite
Jackson finds himself in over his head when he tries to save Abby from her drug-dealer boyfriend.
FIC
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: man-woman relationships, drug abuse, coming of age [X], man-woman relationship, bildungsromans, electronic books