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Rapp, Adam.
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A homeless boy, running from the police with a fifteen-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute, her boyfriend who just killed his own parents, and a baby, gets the chance to make a better life for himself.| Year: | c2003. |
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| Subject: | Homeless persons -- Fiction. Child sexual abuse -- Fiction. Infants -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | ya, young adult, homelessness, teen, child sexual abuse, racism, sexual abuse, young adult fiction, adolescent, friendship, illness, juvenile crime, kidnapping, male, pedophilia, runaway, runaways, teen fiction, ya novel |
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Rapp, Adam.
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Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide. Steve Nugent is in a facility called Burnstone Grove. It's a place for kids who are addicts, like Shannon Lynch, who can stick $1.87 in change up his nose, or for kids who have tried to commit suicide, like Silent Starla, whom Steve is getting a crush on. But Steve doesn't really fit in either group. He used to go to a gifted school. So why is he being held at Burnstone Grove? Keeping a journal, in which he recalls his confused and violent past, Steve is left to figure out who he is by examining who he was.| Year: | 2004. |
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| Subject: | Depression, Mental -- Fiction. Dysfunctional families -- Fiction. Grief -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | death, mental illness, suicide, ya, young adult, depression, grief, cancer, drugs, high school, realistic fiction, teen, young adult fiction, american author, blindness, boy, children's, depressing, diary, disability, drug abuse, family, family problems, family relationships, girl, graphic language, guys read, homosexuality, male, mental health, mental hospital, realism, realistic, recovery, special needs, substance abuse, teen fiction, troubled teens, youth fiction |
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Rapp, Adam.
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c2007. |
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction.
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1990s, american author, authors, contemporary american fiction, disappointing, english, new york, new york city, poverty, realistic fiction, roommates |
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Rapp, Adam.
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"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.| Year: | c2009. |
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| Subject: | Runaway teenagers -- Fiction. Methamphetamine abuse -- Fiction. Brothers -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | brothers, road trip, teen, young adult, cancer, letters, runaway, tag, young adult fiction, boarding school, bus, death, drug abuse, drugs, epistolary, epistolary novel, family, hitchhiking, homelessness, homosexuality, kids, lgbtq, military school, punk, runaways, siblings, star, trans, transsexual, ward, ya |
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Rapp, Adam.
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When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.| Year: | 1994. |
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| Subject: | Boarding schools -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | realistic fiction, young adult, boarding school, family, friendship, prejudice, race, young adult fiction, young adult literature |
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Downloadable books and videos |
| Authors: |
Rapp, Adam.
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"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.| Year: | 2010. |
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| Subject: | Runaway teenagers -- Fiction. Methamphetamine abuse -- Fiction. Brothers -- Fiction. |
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A hilarious black and white comedy. A reporter bangs out his column on an old manual typewriter and is blissfully unaware that he sticks out like a sore thumb. His girlfriend is fed up because he hasn't even kissed her, and the local mob wants to bump him off because he's hot on their trail ...| Year: | 2002, c1999. |
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| Subject: | Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. DVD-Video discs. |
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