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Patty is really fast, but she’s
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on her track team and in her
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pressure to keep up with her Williams-Garcia
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Patina, by Jason Reynolds
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with her dad,
but she can’t get
over her
mother’s affair
and the divorce.
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Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

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team, but he will need to Peterson Haddix Kwame Alexander
stay out of trouble if he is
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Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. New York: HMH Books, 2014.

Print.

Dessen, Sarah. What Happened to Goodbye?. New York: Viking

Books, 2011, Print.

Grimes, Nikki. Planet Middle School. New York: Bloomsbury,

2011. Print.
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Game Changer. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2012. Print.

Jones, Traci L. Silhouetted by the Blue. New York: Square Fish,

2015. Print.

Reynolds, Jason. Ghost. New York: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy,

2016. Print.
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Reynolds, Jason. Patina. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's,

2017. Print.

Van Draanen, Wendelin. The Running Dream. Alfred A. Knopf,

2011. Print.

Williams-Garcia, Rita. P.s. Be Eleven. New York: Amistad, 2015.

Print.
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"2013 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Top Ten", American Library Association,
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“2016 National Book Awards”, National Book Foundation, 2016. Web. 26. Jan 2018.
<http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2016.html#.WmvBR4U-AgQ.>

“2018 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.” Young Adult Library
Services Association. ALA, 2018. Web. 24 Jan. 2018. <

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www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-quick-picks-reluctant-young-adult-readers>.

"Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present", American Library
Association, April 5, 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2018.
<www.ala.org/rt/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present>.

"Edwards Award", American Library Association, February 27, 2012. Web. 26. Jan,
2018.
<http://www.ala.org/yalsa/edwards-award >

H.W. Wilson. Wilson’s Middle and Junior High Core Collection. EBSCO Industries,
Inc. 2018. Web. 24 Jan. 2018.
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“Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present.” Association for Library Service to
Children. ALA. 2018. Web. 24 Jan. 2018.

NoveList, EBSCO Industries, Inc. 2018. 24 Jan. 2018.

"Schneider Family Book Award", American Library Association, November 26, 2012.
Web. 26 Jan. 2018.<
http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/
Schneiderfamilybookaward>

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<http://www.slj.com/2013/11/reviews/best-of/slj-best-books-2013-fiction/#_>