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Listen to the beginning of 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher!

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The Clique by Lisi Harrison

Wealthy Massie is determined to exclude middle class Claire, the daughter of her father's old friend, from her seventh-grade clique at a very exclusive private school in Westchester, New York, but after Massie steals her only friend, Claire strikes back.

Call number: F HAR (LA IMC)

Harrison, Lisi. The Clique. New York: Little Brown, 2004.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

High school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

Call number: F ASH (LA IMC)

Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why. New York: Razorbill, 2007.

And a Hard Rain Fell by John Ketwig

A memoir of the author's time as a platoon sergeant during the Vietnam War after enlisting to avoid the draft, and covers his experiences upon returning to the U.S. and trying to acclimate to civilian life.

Call number: B KET (LA IMC)

Ketwig, John. And a Hard Rain Fell. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008.

Jimi Hendrix: "Kiss the Sky" by Edward Willett

Examines the life and career of electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix, discussing his rise to fame, the mysteries surrounding his death, and his musical influence and legacy.

Call number: B HEN (LA IMC)

Willett, Edward. Jimi Hendrix: kiss the sky. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2006.

Fire in the Rock by Joe Martin

Bo and Pollo, white and black, watch as their idyllic sixteenth summer turns dark and violent due to the Jim Crow laws and small-mindedness of the 1950s, and years later they are forced to confront their shared history in order to save their friendship.

Call number: F MAR (LA IMC)

Martin, Joe. Fire in the Rock. Charlotte, NC: Novello Festival Press, 2001.

The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate.

Latin instructor Jerome Washington, the only African-American teacher at an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, finds his ideals about race challenged by a promising young African-American student who responds to Jerome in an unexpected way.

Call number: F SOU (LA IMC)

Southgate, Martha. Fall of Rome. New York: Scribner, 2002.