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The Bully
Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Jan. 7, 2002)A new life. A new school. A new bully. That's what Darrell Mercer faces when he and his mother move from Philadelphia to California. After spending months living in fear, Darrell is faced with a big decision. He can either keep on running from this bully or find some way to fight back.
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A Matter of Trust
Anne E. Schraff, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Dec. 1, 2002)The sequel to Lost and Found. this book centers on Darcy's growing conflict with her old friend, Brisana Meeks. Amid jealousy and competition, Darcy fights for her relationship with Hakeem Randall and struggles with her fears over her own family's future.
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Bluford Series 20-Book Boxed Set
Ben Alirez, D.M. Blackwell, Karyn Folan, Peggy Kern, John Langan, Paul Langan, Anne Schraff
Paperback (Townsend Press, Feb. 25, 2013)The Bluford Series is a collection of high-interest novels that have captivated teens nationwide. Set in fictional Bluford High, a tough but nurturing inner city high school, the novels speak to the interests, struggles, and concerns of today's young adults. Praised by faculty, parents, and students alike, the Bluford Series has transformed entire classrooms into reading zones. A frequent choice for school- and city-wide reading initiatives, the series has been widely reviewed in the Journal for Adolescent and Adult Literacy (JAAL) and repeatedly endorsed by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). This complete boxed set includes all twenty novels in the Bluford Series: Lost and Found, A Matter of Trust, Secrets in the Shadows, Someone to Love Me, The Bully, The Gun, Until We Meet Again, Blood is Thicker, Brothers in Arms, Summer of Secrets, The Fallen, Shattered, Search for Safety, No Way Out, Schooled, Breaking Point, Pretty Ugly, The Test, Promises to Keep, and Survivor. **Six titles in this collection were selected as Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association (ALA) / Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Several other titles were designated by the ALA as Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults.
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann Wyss
Mass Market Paperback (Townsend Press, March 1, 2006)This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading.
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Lost and Found
Anne E. Schraff, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Oct. 1, 2001)This, the first book in the Bluford Series, centers on the life of Bluford sophomore Darcy Wills. Darcy contends with the return of her long-absent father, the troubling behavior of her younger sister Jamee, and the beginning of her first relationship.
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann Wyss
Mass Market Paperback (Townsend Press, March 1, 2006)This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading.
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Search for Safety
John Langan, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, June 15, 2006)There is no escape for Ben McKee. For weeks, he's covered the bruises on his body. He's even lied to his teachers and new friends at Bluford High School. But the trouble in Ben's house isn't going away. And if he doesn't act soon, it could swallow him and his mother forever.
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Someone to Love Me
Anne E. Schraff, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Dec. 1, 2001)This story is about Cindy Gibson, a Bluford freshman who first appears in Lost and Found. Cindy struggles with a stormy relationship with her mother, ongoing trouble at school, a dangerous boyfriend, and worse. Will her fragile family survive?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Paperback (Townsend Press, March 1, 2006)This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading.
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Secrets in the Shadows
Anne E. Schraff, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Dec. 1, 2001)This book focuses on Roylin Bailey, a Bluford sophomore who appears in A Matter of Trust. Roylin makes a terrible mistake: He steals money to buy a gift for the girl of his dreams— and finds himself in a nightmare he cannot escape.
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Until We Meet Again
Anne E. Schraff, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Jan. 1, 2002)Sequel to A Matter of Trust, this story continues the tale of the Wills family. Darcy learns that Hakeem, her first boyfriend, is moving out of the state. Then her grandmother's health declines and a mysterious new person comes into her life.
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No Way Out
Peggy Kern, Paul Langan
Paperback (Townsend Press, Sept. 22, 2008)Bluford High freshman Harold Davis is trapped. Medical bills for his sick grandmother are piling up, and a social worker has threatened to put him in a foster home. Desperate for money, he reluctantly agrees to work for Londell James, a neighborhood drug dealer. The choice leads him into a world of dangerous streets where no one is safe. Will Harold escape the violence that surrounds him, or will he become its next victim?