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Evvy's Civil War by Miriam Brenaman | Scholastic.com

In 1860's Virginia, society expects Evvy Chamberlyn to dress, speak, and act the part of the proper Southern belle. She has no intention of living up to their expectations. Evvy knows she can do whatever men do and still be a true woman?if only the rest of the world would give her a chance. When the Civil War breaks out, battle looms close to the family's plantation, and Evvy begins to discover just how strong she really is. For when her father goes off to war and a long-hidden family secret is uncovered, it's Evvy who must keep her world from falling apart.

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen | Scholastic.com

Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt's tenant Norman, and her friends at the Last Chance Diner&150teaches her some important lessons about friendship and learning to love yourself.

Bird by Angela Johnson | Scholastic.com

When Bird's stepfather leaves her and her mother without saying good-bye, she decides to go where she knows he'll end up. On the way, she befriends two boys and an elderly woman living alone, and learns exactly what it was she thought she was looking for.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin | Scholastic.com

Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?
Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.

Boy2girl by Terence Blacker | Scholastic.com

Is he a girl? Is she a boy?
Matthew's American cousin, Sam, has come to London to live with the family. Sam is a charismatic, funny kid, but can he be trusted to be a reliable friend? Matthew and his "mates" decide that Sam must undertake a challenge in order to prove himself: he must start off his new year at their school posing as a girl. It turns out that Sam makes a great girl. He fools everyone and has an electrifying effect at Bradbury Hill School. And the longer the prank goes on, the more hilarious -- and serious -- the repercussions.
This brilliant novel shines a laser-sharp beam into the perilous territory of early-teen life, in an unforgettable story of chaos, confusion, and cross-dressing.

Ever After by Rachel Vail | Scholastic.com

I wish I had a friend," Molly Garnett writes in her journal, "a real friend with her own line, and I could just call her up and tell I'm feeling so low, so sad and alone, and she would say, 'Hold on, I'll be right over.'"

But Molly has no one to call. Vicky, whose devotion is matched only by her cruelty, has been Molly's best friend practically from birth. But since the wayward and daring Grace arrived on Leeward Island for the summer, everything has changed.

With nobody to confide in, Molly admits what's happening only in her journal: shoplifting, which makes her feel like a rebel; the strange attachment she still feels for Jason; her crush on Vicky's older brother; and the torture of being torn apart by her two best friends.