Gail O. Dellslee
1) Falling Out
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Fifteen-year-old Kori is an outcast in both her family and her school. Her only friends are her pets-birds, cats, a dog, and a horse. After her parents and brother tragically die, she and her younger sister Sera are sent from their rural home to live in the suburbs with their aunt and uncle who they have never met before. Kori hopes to start a new life-to be loved by friends, a cute boy named Robin, and a new family. However, her sister takes all...
2) Hapless Hapa
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#OwnVoices - Based on a true story. Most people know about how Chinese females are devalued in China. But what about the Chinese male in America? 18-year-old Harvey may only be half-Chinese, but like many hapas, he looks fully Asian. As such, he experiences the racism and discrimination Asian males experience. It's hard for him to make friends in college and impossible for him to get a girlfriend. His parents are no help; they are racist as well....
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Piper is just starting her freshman year of high school in West Virginia. She is neither pretty nor smart. She has never felt like she fit in anywhere. That changes when she begins to make friends with the kids at school who dress in all black. They help her discover herself-her politics, her religion, even her gender. But as she gets deeper and deeper into the clique, she feels like she is getting in over her head. Is Piper truly finding herself,...
4) El Fib
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El Fib is the second book in the Mij's Testament trilogy. Jesse is born to a single mother in Los Angeles who claims he is the son of God. He takes pride in being different from other kids, until he finds out that he is different in another way: he is intersex. Once a popular leader of a gang, Jesse suddenly finds himself without friends. His mother often tells him that his destiny is to help people and save the world. But how can he do that when...
5) Ōgidni
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Ōgidni is the third book in the Mij's Testament trilogy. Fifteen-year-old Fil and his friends are a species called kin living peacefully on their planet Ōgidni before the humans arrive and turn their world upside down. Kin are an ancient species, yet they are neither technologically advanced nor primitive. The humans attempt to conquer each continent on their planet one by one while one traitor among them secretly tries to stop them. Fil befriends...
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Sixteen-year-old Bertha is a gray-haired tomboy who moves with her rich family from New York to live in the small town of Charleston where her goody-two-shoes sister is attending college. There, Bertha meets the local gang, The Black Cats, which rules Charleston by fear and the drug trade. After the gang is caught off guard in a fist fight with Bertha, they naturally become enemies with her. Despite their disdain for each other, however, they actually...
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What do an eight-year-old, a martial artist, a suicidal punk goth, a nerd, a lonely Internet newbie, a teacher, an anorexic snob, and the most beautiful girl in school have in common? They were each raped by the same man: Luis. Based on true events, this is the story of each of these very different girls and how they get involved with him. Caught in the middle are David and his friends, Sada and Monica. What should they do about Luis? Should they...
8) Ailand
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The first book in the Mij's Testament trilogy takes place in the mid-1960s. A honeymoon cruise goes horribly wrong when the captain insists that his 17-year-old son take over the helm, and the ship gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle. One lifeboat full of 12 people, including the captain and his son, washes up on an island. At first they think it is deserted, but they soon discover that a young woman named Aileen lives there. She claims to have arrived...
9) Abandoned
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Mary is a timid young girl who lives in the coastal town of Hampton, California. Her overprotective mother keeps her in the attic, safe from ghosts and monsters. Mary's father disappeared, and apparently so did someone named Laura who no one likes to talk about. Mary used to be content with being kept in the dark . . . until an abandoned rabbit gives her the courage to defy her family. Of course, courage inevitably leads to trouble. Her cruel brother...