You Don’t Know Me: Stories & Poems about Boys by Sharon F. Flake Presents a collection of short stories and poems about African American teenage boys and the issues they must deal with, including HIV, teen pregnancy, and homelessness.

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Rikers High by Paul Volponi Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island, as he waits for his case to go to court.

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Ashes by Kathryn Lasky In 1932 Berlin, 13-year-old Gaby Schramm witnesses the beginning of Hitler’s rise to power, as soldiers become ubiquitous, her beloved literature teacher starts wearing a jewelled swastika pin, and the family’s dear friend, Albert Einstein, leaves the country while Gaby’s parents secretly bury his books and papers in their small yard.

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