The Boy from Earth

Total Knockout: Tale of an Ex-Class President (mix)

Standing By Emma (Red Rhino Books)

Take My Word for It

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.

Water Balloon

Cousins: Not Quite Sisters

Mia's Life: Best Friends for Never

Seventeen-year-old Tony Antioch lives in Pleasant Meadows, a trailer park where questions aren't asked since everyone already knows the answers from their own experience. He dreams of rescuing his mother from her constant stream of abusive boyfriends but in reality can barely duck the punches that are aimed at himself.When Tony is coerced into joining his friend Rob's Mixed Martial Arts class, he is surprised to find that he has a talent that he actually wants to develop. But with a meth-dealing biker gang that is hungry for recruits and a vicious cycle of poverty and violence that precedes him, Tony is going to need a lot more than blood and guts to find a way out.Gritty, powerful, and unapologetic, Tap Out explores what it takes to stay true to oneself and the consequences of the choices made along the way in order to do so.

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The Boy from Earth

Richard Scrimger, 2004

Total Knockout: Tale of an Ex-Class President (mix)

Taylor Morris, 2008

Standing By Emma (Red Rhino Books)

Jeff Gottesfeld, 2014

Take My Word for It

John Marsden, 1992

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.

David Levithan, 2021

Water Balloon

Audrey Vernick, 2011

Cousins: Not Quite Sisters

Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna, 1993

Mia's Life: Best Friends for Never

Stephanie Yue, Mia Fizz, Lidia Fernández Abril, 2022