Allan Stratton
1) The Dogs
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This place is full of secrets. And they won't leave him alone.
When I look, it disappears. Wait. There it is again, at the cornfield.
Some movement, some thing.
Mom and I have been on the run for years. Every time he catches up with us, we move to a new place and start over.
But this place is different.
"Brilliant, page-turning, and eerie. Had me guessing to the very end." —Joseph Delaney, author
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IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
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A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic, Chanda, is an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HIV/AIDS emerges, Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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Hans, a foundling raised by a grave robber, and Countess Angela Gabriela, nearly thirteen, embark on a quest to discover Hans' true identity end to save Angela's parents from the evil archduke whose castle Angela has escaped.
5) Borderline
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The truth is closing in.
Life's not easy for Sami Sabiri since his dad stuck him at a private school where he's the only Muslim kid. But it's about to get a lot worse.
When Sami catches his father in a lie, he gets suspicious. . . . He's not the only one. In a whirlwind, the FBI descends on his home, and Sami's family becomes the center of an international terrorist investigation. Now Sami must fight to keep his world from unraveling.
An explosive...
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Faith healers, movie moguls, and social-climbing fraudsters collide in Depression-era Los Angeles. It's the Great Depression and Mary Mabel McTavish is suicidal. A drudge at the Bentwhistle Academy for Young Ladies (aka Wealthy Juvenile Delinquents), she is at London General Hospital when little Timmy Beeford is carried into emergency and pronounced dead. He was electrocuted at an evangelical road show when the metal cross on top of the revival tent...