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2010-2019 All Available For Free (Open Access) eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Online Print

Pride

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Contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice starring characters of colour. Zuri and her four sisters try and hold onto their cultural identity as they adjust to their rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, circumstance which is highlighted by the wealthy Darcy family moving in right across the street.

Year of Release: 2018

Author(s): Ibi Zoboi

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Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068632-pride?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wEFTKZDcub&rank=1

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.it/Pride-English-Ibi-Zoboi-ebook/dp/B0727TNDX8/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=Pride+ibi+zoboi&qid=1639073648&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

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Online text: https://booksvooks.com/fullbook/pride-pdf-ibi-zoboi.html?page=1

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Also available here https://booktree.ng/pride-by-ibi-zoboi-pdf/

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2010-2019 All eBook English High school (grades 9+) Other Text Formats Print

I am Malala

The story of the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban.

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When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala’s miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Year of Release: 2014

Author(s): Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

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Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17851885-i-am-malala?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=O6JQ8WvupA&rank=1

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.it/Am-Malala-Education-Taliban-English-ebook/dp/B00E6X4GAW

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Can be borrowed for 14 days on Open Library: https://archive.org/details/iammalalagirlwho0000yous?view=theater

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2020-today All eBook English High school (grades 9+) Novel Print

The Short Knife

The Short Knife is a historical novel set at the beginning of the Dark Ages, after the Romans have left Britain to its fate, which means marauding Saxon tribes. It charts the progress of two ‘British’ speaking sisters – the language which will develop into Welsh – who get separated, one ending up as a slave in an invading tribe, who has to learn the saxon language to survive. Chance brings them together at the end, in a surprising – but violent – situation.

Year of Release: 2020

Author(s): Elen Caldecott

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Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53007562-the-short-knife

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.it/Short-Knife-English-Elen-Caldecott-ebook/dp/B0875TWM1L/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=the+short+knife&qid=1639073368&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

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The target is 14+, but it is likely to appeal to an adult readership too.
Also in Kindle format.

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

Pigeon

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Pigeon relates the life of a disaffected teenager in a north wales village who is accused of killing his mother’s new (English and therefore foreign) partner. It is a story of loss, but also friendship (through Pigeon’s relationship with Iola, who is the narrator in alternate chapters), about language loss, but also language discovery.

Year of Release: 2016

Author(s): Alys Conran

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Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28194710-pigeon

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.it/Pigeon-English-Alys-Conran-ebook/dp/B01GQJIN84/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=pigeon&qid=1639073218&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

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Aimed at a market of 15+ years, but is likely to appeal to an adult readership too.
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2010-2019 All CEFR B1 CEFR B2 eBook English High school (grades 9+) Print Short Story

Don’t Call Me Crazy

Don’t Call Me Crazy is a collection of texts, essays and illustrations that focus on mental health issues. It raises the question of what it means to be crazy or whether the word crazy might even be offensive?

Year of Release: 2018

Author(s): Kelly Jensen, Victoria Schwab, Adam Silvera, Libba Bray, Esmé Weijun Wang, Yumi Sakugawa, Mike Jung, Meredith Russo, Stephanie Kuehn, S.E. Smith, Emery Lord, Sarah Hannah Gómez, Nancy Kerrigan, MILCK, Reid Ewing, S. Zainab Williams, Lisa Jakub, Hannah Bae, Monique Bedard, Gemma Correll, Heidi Heilig, Christine Heppermann, Shaun David Hutchinson, Ashley Holstrom, Mary Isabel, S. Jae-Jones, Susan Juby, Emily Mayberry, Amy Reed, Jessica Tremaine, Clint Van Winkle, Dior Vargas, Kristen Bell

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33803157-don-t-call-me-crazy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=h6RWhF6EM9&rank=1

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7068370.Kelly_Jensen

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Dont-Call-Me-Crazy-Conversation-ebook/dp/B079VZS8F9

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

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Black enough is a collection of short stories that deal with the daily struggles of black teenagers across America. It shows diversity within diversity: immigrants, mixed race, poor and wealthy, rural and urban. From a high-class girl dating a boy who her family would never approve of to two girls kissing in Ireland – the collection includes captivating stories about what it means to be black in America.

Year of Release: 2019

Author(s): Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37819089-black-enough?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=KgnDEpX7kE&rank=1

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ebook URL: https://www.buecher.de/shop/ebooks/black-enough-ebook-epub/zoboi-ibi-johnson-varian-magoon-kekla-onyebuchi-tochi-reynolds-jason-stone-nic-tamani/products_products/detail/prod_id/54883714/

Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Enough-audiobook/dp/B07HPBVF7H

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

None of the Above

When Kristin finds out she is intersex, she has to deal with many difficulties concerning her body. However, not only her body but especially her identity is soon to be questioned. Although she was voted homecoming queen, got a scholarship for her dream college and is truly in love with her boyfriend, Kristen has to deal with unexpected twists and turns in her life.

Year of Release: 2015

Author(s): I.W. Gregorio

Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22896551-none-of-the-above

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7374721.I_W_Gregorio

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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/None-Above-I-W-Gregorio-ebook/dp/B00MEJP33E

Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/None-of-the-Above/dp/B00V58Q1B8

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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

Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4381088.Ren_e_Watson

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

Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Rise-audiobook/dp/B07PSKLRW3

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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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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Are-Here-Jenny-Torres-Sanchez-ebook/dp/B07WYVBJPW

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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

Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Stay-Gold/dp/B07Z44BX6W/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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