School Tales for Teens
Is it already time for school? Then it must be time for these great novels about school life. (Created August 2022)
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Ace of Spades
An anonymous student known only as Aces shares secrets about two Black students at their school in order to keep them from truly succeeding in the white establishment.
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Home Field Advantage
Amber's ambition to become cheerleader captain stumbles when she meets and starts falling for the new quarterback, Jac, short for Jaclyn.
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Debating Darcy
Leela and Firoze compete against each other in high school forensics, and Firoze is really condescending. Can Leela outmatch him?
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The Problem With the Other Side
The growing romance between a white girl and a Black boy is threatened by their sisters' competition to become class president while fighting on the opposite side of whether more teens of color should be admitted to their school.
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Why We Fly
Two cheerleaders have always been good friends, but when they take a knee during the national anthem, the fallout threatens their entire relationship.
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This May End Badly
Two rival schools - one for boys, one for girls - have played pranks on each other for decades, but now that they plan to merge into one big school for all, several students have plans to thwart the merger and keep their pranking traditions alive.
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Millionaires for the Month
After Benji and Felix find a billionaire's wallet, she challenges them to spend five million dollars in a month in order to win ten million dollars to keep. Her rules force them to spend the money on others, so pizza day at school becomes a regular event, but how long can they keep this going?
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Better Than the Movies
The only way for Liz to get her longtime crush, Michael, to go with her to the prom involves her working with her next-door neighbor, who has always been a huge pain.
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The (un)popular Vote
Mark is the transitioning son of a politician who prefers he keep himself out of the public eye, until Mark decides to run for class president to make sure all students have a safe and welcoming school. Will he go public with who he really is?
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The Assignment
High school seniors protest when their teacher assigns the class a debate topic: Hitler's final solution, pro or con.
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