Friday, August 12, 2011

New Realistic Fiction

She Loves You, She Loves You Notby Julie Anne Peters

Seventeen-year-old Alyssa had family, friends, and, most important, her girlfriend Sarah. But once cut off from those she loves, she moves hundreds of miles away to live with the biological mother she barely knows. As Alyssa struggles to forget her past and come to terms with her future, will she be able to build a new life and believe in love again?

Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams

Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother’s ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control....

The Queen of Water: A Novel Based on a True Story by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango

Born in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of ind genas, it is not uncommon to work in the fields all day, even as a child, or to be called a longa tonta-stupid Indian-by members of the ruling class of mestizos, or Spanish descendants. When seven-year-old Virginia is taken from her village to be a servant to a mestizo couple, she has no idea what the future holds.

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