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\"Eran Sharon knows nothing of his father except that he left when Eran was a baby. Now a senior in high school and living with his protective but tight-lipped mother, Eran is a passionate young man deeply interested in social justice and equality. When he learns that the Houston police have launched a program to increase traffic stops, Eran organizes a peaceful protest. But a heated moment at the protest goes viral, and a reporter connects the Sharon family to a tragedy fifteen years earlier--and asks if Eran is anything like his father, a supposed terrorist\"-- Publisher's description.
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Houston noir
\"Zepeda's introduction notes her hometown's unique features, including the absence of any zoning laws, making Houston 'culturally diverse, internally incongruous, and ever-changing'...Noir aficionados will be pleased.\" -- Publishers Weekly.
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Go-for-gold gymnasts
In Winning Team, twelve-year-old Britt's family moves to Houston so she can train at an elite gym. She looks forward to being part of a team, but after alienating the other girls and failing to impress her coaches, she begins to figure out what teamwork really means. In Balancing Act, twelve-year-old Noelle Onesti has everything it takes to be an elite gymnast, as was her mother--except the money required to travel and compete since her family's store is not doing well and their house may be going into foreclosure.
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One small step
In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.
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Piper Perish
Piper Perish and her two friends Kit and Enzo have long planned on getting out of Houston and going to art school in New York City together, but halfway through their senior year Enzo breaks up with her at a dance in the most public, spectacular, and embarrassing manner possible--and suddenly Piper's faced with a series of life and relationship-changing events that threaten her dream.
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Not the girls you're looking for
A Muslim-American teen goes into denial mode about her role in an out-of-control party that occurred during Ramadan, a situation that escalates until she incurs damage that is harder to repair, forcing her to come to terms with her true self. --Publisher.
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Count me in : a novel
Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.
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