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

Little bee: a novel

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Little Bee, an illegal Nigerian refugee, seeks the help of Sarah and her husband Andrew, whom she met a few years prior. As the story unfolds, and as they try to navigate the situation, we learn more about the circumstances that brought them together in the first place.

Year of Release: 2010

Author(s): Chris Cleave

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Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6948436-little-bee?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=5WKk8NfSve&rank=1

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Online text: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5845214W/Little_Bee?edition=littlebee00clea

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

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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.
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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 B2 English High school (grades 9+) Medium Length (up to 8 hrs) Novel

Eleanor & Park

An adorably relatable teenage love story laden with quirks of teenage life and pop culture.

Year of Release: 2012

Author(s): Rainbow Rowell

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2000-2009 All CEFR B2 Drama English High school (grades 9+) Medium Length (up to 8 hrs) Novel

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)

A dystopian tale following two contestants in a battle for survival overshadowed by their corrupted societal system.

Year of Release: 2008

Author(s): Suzanne Collins

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2000-2009 All CEFR B1 English High school (grades 9+) Medium Length (up to 8 hrs) Novel

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1)

A worthy challenger of the Harry Potter series, The Lightning Thief follows Percy, who gets recruited to a summer camp for demi-gods.

Year of Release: 2005

Author(s): Rick Riordan

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2010-2019 All CEFR B2 Drama English High school (grades 9+) Medium Length (up to 8 hrs) Novel

We Were Liars

A coming of age story in the aftermath of a mysterious family tragedy.

Year of Release: 2014

Author(s): E. Lockhart

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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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