Fiction for Young Adults
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All books listed in Braille Books Acquired that also have an equivalent Electronic Braille version will now have both the BR and the EB number listed in the entry.
General fiction
BR73699, EB73699 Breakout by Paul Fleischman. 1 v. of braille. A young woman presents a play, based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam. This gives her the time to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003.
Science fiction
BR74023, EB74023 Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. 3 v. of braille. Tally's transformation to perfect and popular including her totally hot boyfriend is everything she always wanted. But beneath the fun and freedom something is wrong and now Tally has to fight for her life because what she knows has put her in danger with the authorities. For senior high readers. Sequel to "Uglies" (BR73997); followed by "Specials" (BR73996). 2005.
Supernatural fiction
BR73681, EB73681 Bras & broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski. 3 v. of braille. Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father's wedding. For junior high readers. 2005.
War stories
BR72862, EB72862 Camp 30 by Eric Walters. 2 v. of braille. Jack and George have barely recovered from their ordeal in Camp X when they are relocated to Bowmanville, Ontario, where their mother has been offered a clerking job in a prisoner of war camp holding the highest ranking German officers. Soon the boys are offered the after-school job of delivering the camp's mail, and Canadian agents ask them to keep their eyes and ears open for possible escape plans. It is a matter of loyalty to their homeland that the German prisoners must try to escape, even if it costs them their lives - and the lives of two boys in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Camp X" (BR69765). For junior high readers. 2004.
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