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"1939. In the small, rural community of Augusta Falls, Georgia, twelve-year-old Joseph Vaughan learns of the brutal assault and murder of a young girl, a classmate he knew better than anyone in his class, a girl he quietly loved. The murder is the first in a series of killings that will plague the community over the next decade. Compelled by fear and duty, Joseph gathers a group of friends to form 'The Guardians,' who vow to watch over the young girls...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
197 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a new girl at the private school Alex attends starts rumors about Alex's favorite teacher, Alex and her eighth-grade classmates are not sure how to act around him or with each other.
Author
Publisher
Illumination Arts
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a way of teaching her little boy about sexual abuse, a mother tells him the story of a child who was lured into the neighbor's house to see some non-existent kittens.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
242 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Clare flees an unhappy home life and tries to survive on the streets of Atlantic City with a small gang of homeless kids, each of whom has his own secret reason for distrusting society.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute, unless she does as he says. This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically...
Author
Series
Rainey Paxton volume 1
Publisher
Paige Dearth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vii, 439 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rainey Paxton was born addicted to heroin. In the fragile first hours of Rainey's life, hospital doctors and nurses fight to keep her alive. Several months later she is released into her parents' custody, where the baby is forced to live on neglect and tainted breast milk. Constrained in her home, infested with drug addicts and drifters, Rainey's drug-addicted parents leave little hope for her protection. While Rainey is still an infant, her aunt...
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