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25) Bog child
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In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles, " eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog.
26) Half bad
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Half bad trilogy volume 1
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In modern-day England, where witches live alongside humans, Nathan, son of a White witch and the most powerful Black witch, must escape captivity before his seventeenth birthday and receive the gifts that will determine his future.
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"For as long as she can remember Rumaysa has been locked away in her tall, tall tower, forced to use her magic to spin straw into gold for the evil Witch and unable to leave. Until one day, after dropping a hijab out of her small tower-window, Rumaysa realizes how she might be able to escape. Join Rumaysa as she adventures through enchanted forests and into dragon's lairs, discovers her own incredible magical powers and teams up with Cinderayla and...
28) Visiting day
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A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.
29) Missing daddy
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"A little girl who misses her father because he's away in prison shares how his absence affects different parts of her life. Her greatest excitement is the days when she gets to visit her beloved father. With gorgeous illustrations, this book depicts a little girl's love for her father from whom she is separated because of incarceration." -- Provided by publisher
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Children of exile volume 3
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Kiandra Watanaboneset reluctantly takes charge when she, her brothers Enu and Edwy, and some young friends are captured by Enforcers and sent to a prison on the planet Zacadi.
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The year is 2147. Chago, twenty-four, is a prisoner in a world made up only of prisoners and those who guard them. The only bright spot in Chago's life is his son, Jim-Jim, whose mother is a guard. In an effort to resolve overcrowding in the prison, the warden introduces the Innocence Device, a high-tech machine he claims can determine innocence or guilt. Prisoners are encouraged to walk through the Innocence Device and experience its rewards: immediate...
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We the weirdos volume 2
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Quick-tempered Jayden Jackson and rule-following Eli Michaels find common ground in the music they love, but Jayden can't tell Eli the truth behind his anger, that his dad is in jail.
34) Ebb and Flow
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A powerful story of betrayal, forgiveness and self-discovery. One summer, after a long plane ride and a rotten bad year I went to Grandma Jo's. Ebb & Flow is the captivating story of eleven-year-old Jett's summer back home on the coast after "a rotten bad year" in a new town. When his father went to jail, Jett and his mother moved away, and Jett quickly learned that fresh starts aren't all they're cracked up to be. He returns to spend the summer with...
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Former high school football star Matt Barnes attempts to prove a convicted murderer's innocence while adjusting to a permanent injury.
When a freak snowboarding accident ends his promising football future, Matt Barnes was left him with a permanent limp. Depressed and isolated, he faces a summer job at the local golf club. Then Matt lands an internship at the Justice Project, an organization that defends the wrongly convicted. The other intern is...
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The Jane Doe chronicles volume 2
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"Jane Doe races to save her imprisoned father and to stop the villainous Roth from achieving ultimate power, while every soul in every world hangs in the balance"--Provided by publisher.
39) Bullet point
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The only thing seventeen-year-old Wyatt knew about his biological father was that he was serving a life sentence, but circumstances and a new girlfriend bring them together and soon Wyatt is working to prove his father's innocence.
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Werepenguin volume 2
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Twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt Waddle, washed-up pirate Blackburn, and plucky were-gull Gentoo help Annika the bandit to rescue her imprisoned father from the ruthless Earl of Sphen.