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When a Hero Dies
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1989)Tony Gibbs is devastated when Mr. Jefferson, the elderly grocer who was well respected in their rundown inner city neighborhood, is found murdered, since Tony loved him more than the father who left years before.
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Haunting of Hawthorne
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1978)When bad things happen to the troublemakers at her rundown high school after newcomer Basil Harris predicts that they might, Valerie Moran wonders who he could be, as she works hard even though some people believe that, since she has epilepsy, she shouldn't even try.When things happen to the troublemakers at her rundown high school after Basil Harris predicts that they might, Valerie wonders who he could be, as she works hard even though some say that, since she has epilepsy, she shouldn't even try.
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Vandal
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1978)When Michelle Dennis talks to Damon, a new student and a loner, he hints that he is the vandal who damaged the art room at school, and when she lets him know she has no romantic interest in him, things start to get dangerous.
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Boy from Planet Nowhere
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1998)After years of living in foster homes Gilberto feels lost and neglected but tries, with the help of his drama teacher, to fit in with his peers at school.
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Please Don't Ask Me to Love You
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1987)After a fight with her hard-drinking mother's latest boyfriend, Tina Hayes leaves home and makes her way to California with a travelling musician, where her attempts to survive on her own lead her into risky situations.
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To Slay the Dragon
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1995)When a motorcyclist known as Zuma tells Kathy Benedict she looks like Diane, a young woman who died, she wonders if there is any connection to the fire that scarred her boyfriend while he was trying to rescue someone named Diane.
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Power of the Rose
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1995)None
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Sparrow's Treasure
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1989)Nobody ever pays any attention to mousy Rachel Dorr until Mr. Whelan, a new teacher with a crusty temper but a great reputation as a scholar, offers her a job as his assistant on an archaeological dig.
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Gingerbread Heart
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1999)Jelena had learned one thing from the war in her Bosnian homeland: that friends can become your worst enemies, so how can she learn to trust her new American classmates?
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Don't Blame the Children
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1989)When two school troublemakers disappear, Kathy Benedict wonders if they ended up in the river, and if her friend Todd Macon, who is badly scarred from a fire that killed a young woman, has anything to do with it.
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Song to Sing
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1989)Reina Valdez is running for student vice president, but she does not want to be on the ticket with Efren Mora, who must win at any cost, even as she worries about her underachieving younger brother, Oscar.
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Shining Mark
Anne E. Schraff
Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1995)When his new girlfriend, Soroya, is left in a coma by a hit-and-run driver, Tony Gibbs finds it hard to concentrate on school, running, and events in his inner city neighborhood.