Camryn Garrett
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English
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"After not being able to have a sweet sixteen party, Mahalia decides to throw a coming out party to celebrate love and herself"--
Mahalia Harris wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend Naomi. She wants the cute new girl Siobhan to like her back. She wants a break from worrying about money, snide remarks from white classmates, and pitying looks from church ladies. It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen-- but what about a Coming Out Party? A singing,...
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English
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Simone, seventeen, HIV-positive and in love for the first time, decides that facing potential bullies head-on may be better than protecting her secret.
Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school, making real friends, making a name for herself as student director of Rent, and making a play for Miles. The last thing she wants is for word to get out that she's HIV-positive, because last time things got ugly. As Simone and Miles start going...
3) Off the Record. Unsere Worte sind unsere Macht: Ein Roman über Gerechtigkeit und Mut ab 14 Jahren
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Language
German
Description
Schweigen bedeutet Unrecht.
Reden bedeutet die Gefahr, alles zu verlieren.
Für was würdest du dich entscheiden?
Schreiben ist Josies Leben. In Texten kann sie ihre Gedanken fliegen lassen und ihr inneres Sorgenkarussell anhalten. Als die 17-Jährige einen Schreibwettbewerb gewinnt, darf sie ein Filmteam auf eine Pressetour durch die USA begleiten. Doch auf der Reise erfährt Josie etwas Ungeheuerliches: Ein gefeierter Regisseur belästigt Mädchen...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of metoo in this story of a teen journalist who uncovers the scandal of the decade.
Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember, writing has been her identity, the thing that grounds her when everything else is a garbage fire. So when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she's equal parts excited and scared,...
Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember, writing has been her identity, the thing that grounds her when everything else is a garbage fire. So when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she's equal parts excited and scared,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Josie Wright wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she's ready. Jetting off on a multi-city tour, rubbing elbows with celebrities, frenetic handlers, stone-faced producers, and eccentric stylists, her world is expanding rapidly. She even finds herself catching feelings for the subject of her profile, dazzling young newcomer Marius Canet. But when a young actress lets her in on a terrible secret, she's in over her...
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English
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A collection of stories told over the course of one academic year and set on the same fictional campus features students from different cultures, genders, and interests learning more about who they are and who they want to be. From new careers to community to (almost) missed connections, these interconnected tales explore the ways university life can be stressful and confusing and exciting and fulfilling.
