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(0)G. Neri
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* "In a bold but rewarding gambit, Neri imagines the childhood friendship of Harper Lee and Truman Capote, sprinkling in bits of To Kill a Mockingbird and foreshadowing such adult events as their collaborative work on In Cold Blood-yet still making it entirely Neri's own…. The children's symbiotic relationship holds center stage. Neri doesn't shy away from their attributes: Nelle can be a bully and Tru is seen as a "sissy." But their ability to...
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For Kalvin Barnes, the only thing that comes close to the rush of playing the knockout game is watching videos of the knockout game. Kalvin's crew always takes videos of their KOs, but Kalvin wants more-something better. He thinks if someone could really see the game for what it was, could appreciate it, could capture the essence of it-that would be a video for all time. The world would have to notice. That's where Erica comes in. She's new in town....
3) Surf Mules
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All Logan wants from the future is sun, good surf, and his friends, but reality looks a lot less pleasant. Maybe just one cross-country run for the local marijuana dealer can change his fortunes.
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"This sequel [to Tru & Nelle] stands on its own. The writing is gorgeous-not one false stroke. Neri's uneasy peer into a piece of Americana squeezes dribs of hope from precious blood. Totally brilliant. Bravo!" -Rita Williams-Garcia, 3-time Coretta Scott King Award-Winner and Newbery honoree for One Crazy Summer ? "An absorbing story of true friends in troubled times." -Kirkus, starred review "As in Neri's first book about the real-life...
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Candlewick Press
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2018.
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Long before they became one of the most beloved and successful duos of all time, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were just two kids growing up in Queens, New York -- best friends who met in a sixth-grade production of Alice in Wonderland and bonded over girls, baseball, and rock'n'roll.
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Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
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2023.
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"From David Levithan's story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people's collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez's tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri's piece about 1970s skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical -- anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and best-selling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written...
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Candlewick Press
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2011
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A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way.
When Cole's mom dumps him in the mean streets of Philadelphia to live with the dad he's never met, the last thing Cole expects to see is a horse, let alone a stable full of them. He may not know much about cowboys, but what he knows for sure is that cowboys aren't black, and they don't live in the inner city. But in his dad's 'hood, horses are