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2010-2019 All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Watch us Rise

The two girls Chelsea and Jasmine want their voices to be heard. They start a Women’s Rights Club since they do not like how women are treated in their high school in NYC. With poetry, videos and responses to racial segregation they go viral and have to deal with online trolls. As if this wasn’t bad enough, the director of the school wants to shut the club down, when the girls try to do everything in their power to let their voices be heard.

Year of Release: 2019

Author(s): Ellen Hagan, Renee Watson

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40025175-watch-us-rise

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Rise-Ren%C3%A9e-Watson-ebook/dp/B07MZM8LJT

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2020-today All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel

We are not from here

“We are not from here” is about three boys who take on a dangerous journey from Guatemala through Mexico in the hope of reaching the U.S. one day. After realizing that their hometown is not safe anymore, they follow the route of a freight train called La Bestia. All they have is one another when facing the dangerous unknown.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Jenny Torres Sanchez

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52419786-we-are-not-from-here

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4857300.Jenny_Torres_Sanchez

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) LGBTQI* Novel Print

Stay Gold

For his senior year of high school, Pony switches schools after coming out as transgender and hopes for a new, fresh start. For her senior year, Georgia promised herself to not date anybody as it might interfere with her future after high school. When they meet on the first day of school, they lock eyes and everything changes.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Tobly McSmith

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52696771-stay-gold

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19100469.Tobly_McSmith

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Stay-Gold-English-Tobly-McSmith-ebook/dp/B07X1K27HS

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2010-2019 All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Hearts Unbroken

Louise Wolfe finds herself in difficult situations for being a Native teenager in a mostly white, middle-class town. Her first boyfriend disrespects Native people, the inclusive approach of their school musical drastically fails and she considers dating while being Native extremely hard. Will she and Joey, her co-editor of the school newspaper, be able to fall in love?

Year of Release: 2018

Author(s): Cynthia Leitich Smith

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2020-today All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Meet Cute Diary

Noah, a trans boy, believes to be an expert when it comes to romance. With his blog, the Meet Cute Diary, he invents stories about transgender love and helps trans readers all around the world to come out. However, when his blog is revealed to only include fictious stories, he gets himself into a fake relationship, which turns out to be very different from what he expected. He realizes that dating in real life is not quite the same as the love stories on his blog.

Year of Release: 2021

Author(s): Emery Lee

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53180089-meet-cute-diary

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2000-2009 All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Every Time a Rainbow Dies

Ever since Thulani’s mother passed away, he has been reserved and quiet. Thulani spends most of his time on the roof of their house where he takes care of his doves. While of the roof one day, he sees a young woman being assaulted in the alley next to their house. Thulani rescues her and takes her home. The girl explains that she doesn’t need him anymore, but Thulani can’t stop thinking about her.

Year of Release: 2002

Author(s): Rita Williams-Garcia

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2010-2019 All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Driving by Starlight

Leena and Mishie, sixteen-year-old best friends, get excitement in their small rebellions against the Saudi cultural police by wearing forbidden clothing, flirting, and listening to prohibited music. Leena wants to go to university and experience being independent, she wants a different life.

Year of Release: 2018

Author(s): Anat Deracine

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2000-2009 All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

The Rock and the River

This novel tells the story of 13-year-old Sam, who is the son of civil rights activist, Roland Childs. Set in Chicago in 1968, Sam is torn between believing his father of his best friend – can you change things without violence?

Year of Release: 2009

Author(s): Kekla Magoon

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5612052-the-rock-and-the-river

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Rock-River-Coretta-Scott-King/dp/1416978038

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2010-2019 All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Two high school students, Sasha and Richard, take the same bus everyday. Even though they take the same bus, they live in different worlds. Sasha grew up in a middle-class white family and attended a private school. Richard, a black teenager, went to a public school and lived in a dangerous area. One day, a fire occurred on the bus which left Sasha badly burned while Richard was accused of hate crimes and is now facing a life sentence.

Year of Release: 2017

Author(s): Dashka Slater

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/57-Bus-Story-Teenagers-Changed/dp/0374303231

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2010-2019 All Audiobook CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

Frankly in Love

Frank falls in love for the first time with a girl named Brit. However, Frank’s parents disapprove and want him to marry a Korean girl. Frank comes up with a plan to “fake” date Joy so his parents would be satisfied. What could go wrong?

Year of Release: 2019

Author(s): David Yoon

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Frankly-Love-David-Yoon/dp/1984812203

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