YA's Go To College

A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind, about the difficult voyage from the inner city to the Ivy League by a very bright young man.
Bennett, James. The Squared Circle.
Boylan, James. Getting In.
Cart, Michael. My Father’s Scar.
Conroy, Pat. The Lords of Discipline.
Coupland, Douglas. Shampoo Planet.
Efaw, Amy. Battle Dress.
Farina, Richard. Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me.
Hanauer, Cathi. My Sister’s Bones.
Langton, Jane. Paper Chains.
Munroe, Jim. Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask.
Nichols, John. The Sterile Cuckoo.
O’Connell, Rebecca. Myrtle of Willendorf.
Perrotta, Tom. Joe College.
Smith, Betty. Joy in the Morning.
Soto, Gary. Buried Onions.
Taylor, Julie. Franco American Dreams.
Thompson, Julian. Simon Pure.
Wieler, Diana. RanVan: Magic Nation.
Williams Garcia, Rita. Fast Talk on a Slow Track.

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