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I'll Be Right There

Kyung-Sook Shin, singyeongsug · 288 pages

KoreaFirst LoveComing of AgeFemale Lead
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Snow Drop, Volume 1

Kyung-ah Choi, Sarah Dyer · 192 pages

The Snow Drop nursery is So-Na's safe haven, but when the young girl's father forces her to enroll in a new high school, she is reminded that life in the outside world is no Garden of Eden. Luckily for her, her bad-boy friend, Ha-Da will be there to keep her company. But when So-Na sets eyes on the hunky Hae-Gi, her world gets turned upside down. As beautiful as he is moody, Hae-Gi might either be

KoreaFirst LoveGraphic Novel & MangaFemale Lead
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Dumplin'

Julie Murphy · 400 pages

Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.

Mother and DaughterComing of AgeFirst LoveSeries
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Unearthly

Cynthia Hand

Sixteen-year-old Clara Gardner's purpose as an angel-blood begins to manifest itself, forcing her family to pull up stakes and move to Jackson, Wyoming, where she learns that danger and heartbreak come with her powers.

Mother and DaughterComing of AgeFirst LoveSeries
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Crank

Ellen Hopkins · 537 pages

Kristina is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. Then she meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ride turns into a struggle for her mind, her soul---her life.

Coming of AgeMother and DaughterFirst LoveSeries
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The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah · 504 pages

It is 1974 when Leni Allbright's impulsive father Ernt decides the family is moving to Alaska. But the Alaskan winter is just as unforgiving as Ernt, and life quickly becomes a struggle for survival.

Mother and DaughterFirst LoveComing of AgeFemale Lead
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Sand Chronicles, Volume 8

Hinako Ashihara · 180 pages

As Ann revisits places and people from her past, she is driven to an impulsive act and wonders who will stand by her now and if she will ever find peace.

First LoveGraphic Novel & MangaComing of AgeSeries
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KoreaGraphic Novel & MangaSeriesFemale Lead
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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 321 pages

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, *Little Women*. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War. It is no

Mother and DaughterFirst LoveComing of AgeFemale Lead
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하백의 신부 [Bride of the Water God], Volume 10

Mi-Kyung Yun

"Trapped in a luxurious castle on the moon, Soah's still separated from her husband, Habaek, who's dealing with his own troubles in the Emperor's fortress on Earth. Cursed to live in the body of a child during the day--when his elemental powers are weaker--Habaek is also being manipulated by the Emperor of the gods, who wishes to use Habaek's powers over water to turn the tide in an escalating civ

KoreaGraphic Novel & MangaSeriesFemale Lead
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This Lullaby

Sarah Dessen · 345 pages

When it comes to relationships, Remy Starr doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to get him out of her head. Could it be that Remy's starting

Mother and DaughterComing of AgeFirst LoveFemale Lead
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Love Letters to the Dead

Ava Dellaira · 327 pages

When Laurel starts writing letters to dead people for a school assignment, she begins to spill about her sister's mysterious death, her mother's departure from the family, her new friends, and her first love.

First LoveComing of AgeMother and DaughterLyrical Prose
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Looking for Alibrandi

Melina Marchetta · 256 pages

During her senior year in a Catholic school in Sydney, Australia, seventeen-year-old Josie meets and must contend with the father she has never known.

Mother and DaughterFirst LoveComing of AgeFemale Lead
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The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Ann Brashares · 373 pages

Can't wait for the next installment of the Pants? Check out the SPECIAL EDITION of The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, in stores now!Inside you'll find an exclusive "Who's Your Soul Mate Quiz" and a sneak peak at the third book, Girls in Pants.With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer.Bridget: Impulsively s

First LoveComing of AgeMother and DaughterSeries
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What My Mother Doesn't Know

Sonya Sones · 259 pages

Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

Coming of AgeFirst LoveMother and DaughterSeries
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Trickster's Choice

Tamora Pierce · 464 pages

Tamora Pierce brings readers another Tortall adventure! Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly follows in the quieter footsteps of her father, however, delighting in the art of spying. When she is captured and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Islands, it is this skill that makes a difference in a world filled

Coming of AgeMother and DaughterFirst LoveSeries
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Louise Rennison · 247 pages

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

First LoveComing of AgeMother and DaughterSeries
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The Summer I Turned Pretty

Jenny Han · 304 pages

This book is fresh fun and exciting. 15 year Belly Conklin is enjoying another summer with the people that she loves in Cousins, a place she's been going to since she was a baby! The fishers, Aka Jerimiah and Conrad, are finally grown up, and Belly feels like she can fit in aswell. Belly would be turning 16 this year, as now she feels as if she can fit in with the boys. She thinks the summer will

Coming of AgeFirst LoveMother and DaughterSeries
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Marjane Satrapi · 187 pages

187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmGN500L Lexile

Coming of AgeMother and DaughterGraphic Novel & MangaSeries
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Comfort Woman

Nora Okja Keller · 224 pages

Possessing a wisdom and maturity rarely found in a first novelist, Korean-American writer Nora Okja Keller tells a heartwrenching and enthralling tale in this, her literary debut. Comfort Woman is the story of Akiko, a Korean refugee of World War II, and Beccah, her daughter by an American missionary. The two women are living on the edge of society—and sanity—in Honolulu, plagued by Akiko's period

KoreaMother and DaughterLyrical ProseHistorical Fiction
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Summer Sisters

Judy Blume · 400 pages

A poor girl overcomes temptation and succeeds in life. It happens when she befriends a rich girl whose father offers to pay her college tuition. It is not easy, the rich one, now turned playgirl, tempting her away from studies with boys.

Coming of AgeFirst LoveMother and DaughterFemale Lead
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Chocolat, Volume 1

Ji-Sang Shin, GEO · 180 pages

Kum-Ji's trip to Miami Beach ends up being a stay in the country. She's attacked by water snakes and passes out. When she opens her eyes, she's in E-Wan's arms. Her heart beats fast with embarassment while E-Soh gets jealous.

KoreaGraphic Novel & MangaSeriesFemale Lead
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Totally Captivated, Volume 1

Hajin Yoo · 184 pages

KoreaGraphic Novel & MangaSeriesRomance
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 443 pages

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchant

Mother and DaughterComing of AgeFirst LoveFemale Lead

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