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2.  Children of the River
FIC CRE
 Having fled Cambodia four
years earlier to escape the
Khmer Rouge army,
seventeen-year-old
Sundara is torn between
remaining faithful to her
own people and adjusting
to life in her Oregon high
school as a "regular"
American.

3.  The Battle of Jericho
FIC DRA
 A high school junior and his
cousin suffer the
ramifications of joining
what seems to be a
"reputable" school club.

4.  Funny in Farsi
92 DUM
 Firoozeh Dumas recounts
the experiences she had
after her family moved from
Iran to Southern California,
discussing how her family
adapted to life in America.

5.  Son
FIC LOW
 Unlike the other
Birthmothers in her
utopian community,
teenaged Claire forms an
attachment to her baby,
feeling a great loss when
he is taken to the
Nurturing Center to be
adopted by a family unit.

6.  The Warrior’s Heart
92 GRE
 Eric Greitens shares his life
journey from being an
average kid to working to
make a difference in the
world's trouble spots and
joining the Navy SEALS to
protect the weak, and
encourages readers to reflect
on the power of choice and
acts of courage.

7.  I Pledge Allegiance
◦ FIC LYN
Best friends Morris, Rudi, Ivan,
and Beck, having been either
drafted or enlisted in the
military during the Vietnam
War, pledge they will come
home together, and Morris, a
sailor on the USS "Boston,"
relies on that promise to stay
strong while his courage and
resolve are tested under
attack.

8.  The Slayer Chronicles:
Second Chance
◦ FIC BRE
◦ Joss is summoned by
Abraham to New York City
and told he must prove his
loyalty to the Slayer Society
by successfully leading a
team in hunting a
murderous Manhattan
vampire, or his life will be
forfeit.

9.  The Last Thing I
Remember
◦ FIC KLA
High school student Charlie
West awakens bloody and
bruised in a concrete bunker
only to discover that he has
lost a year of his life and
remembers nothing about
escaping from prison after
being convicted of
murdering his former best
friend, or why he is being
pursued by both the law and
a group of terrorists trying to
bring down the government
of the United States.

10.  Hereafter
◦ FIC HUD
◦ Amelia, long a ghost,
forms a strong bond with
eighteen-year-old Joshua,
who nearly drowned where
she did and who awakens
in her long-forgotten
senses and memories even
as Eli, a spirit, tries to draw
her away.

11.  Booms and Busts : an
encyclopedia of economic
history from Tulipmania of
the 1630s to the global
financial crisis of the 21st
century
 REF 330 BOO
 Contains articles that provide
accounts of economic booms and
busts from the 1630s to the late
2000s, covering all the major
economies of the world, with an
emphasis on the United States, as
well as biographies of important
thinkers in economics, and profiles
of financial and economic
institutions; arranged alphabetically.