#26 :: Teen Fiction (5 Paperbacks)The Song Reader (Lisa Tucker)Sure, we ...

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Teen Fiction (5 Paperbacks)The Song Reader (Lisa Tucker)Sure, we were a small family, but it wasn''t lonely. We had the endless stream of my sister''s customers and, of course, the music. Every day, all day, our stereo would play and Mary Beth would talk about the lyrics, what they really meant. Leeann lives with her beautiful older sister -- the world''s first and only "song reader." Everyone in their small town thinks Mary Beth is special, and Leeann does, too. Mary Beth helps people figure out how they really feel by using the songs they can''t get out of their minds. And her advice is always right. But when Mary Beth makes a terrible mistake and half the town -- including the family of the one boy Leeann cares about -- turns against Mary Beth, Leeann will have to rethink everything she knows about her own family. She will have to be the stronger sister for a change. But she will also have a chance to discover that even an "ordinary" girl like herself can sometimes figure out what the music really means...Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (Lensey Namioka)Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. But Ailin loves to run away from her governess and play games with her male cousins. Knowing she will never run again once her feet are bound, Ailin rebels and refuses to follow this torturous tradition. As a result, however, the family of her intended husband breaks their marriage agreement. And as she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family is no longer willing to support her. Chinese society leaves few options for a single woman of good family, but with a bold conviction and an indomitable spirit, Ailin is determined to forge her own destiny. Her story is a tribute to all those women whose courage created new options for the generations who came after them.The Watcher (James Howe)PERFECT STRANGERS Every day, she sits at the top of the stairs leading to the beach. Always writing in her little notebook. Always watching. Watching the loving big brother, so caring and attentive to his little sister. Watching the handsome lifeguard with his golden tan. But no matter how closely she watches, she can''t begin to know the secrets behind the perfect facades of their lives. And they can''t begin to know the truth about the strange, sad girl who each day sits alone -- and watches.Whirligig (Paul Fleischman)Brent Bishop longs to have the popular Brianna strolling around school on his arm. But when she rejects him at a classmate''s party, Brent''s hopes for popularity are instantly shattered. Devastated, he tries to destroy himself in a car crash... but instead kills an innocent girl named Lea.Instead of sending him to jail, Lea''s parents challenge Brent to create four whirligigs modeled on a picture of Lea and position them at the four corners of the United States. Lea''s mother hopes that the whirligig that used to delight Lea will be a fitting memorial for her precious daughter. She sends Brent off with an unlimited bus ticket, a few pieces of wood, and the tools to memorialize Lea. On his mission to preserve his victim''s memory, Brent ultimately rediscovers his own love of life.If I Should Die Before I Wake (Han Nolan)Hilary hates Jews. As part of a neo-Nazi gang in her town, she''s finally found a sense of belonging. But when she''s critically injured in an accident, everything changes.She slips into a coma and begins to relive the harrowing memories of Chana-a Jewish girl whose family was brutalized in the wartime ghettos and Nazi death camps of Poland. At the same time, Hilary begins to come to terms with difficult memories of her own. When she wakes, she finally finds herself on the path to recovery from a lifetime of rage and resentment.

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