Books set in United States of America (552)
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class, but when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. Even though she runs faster than him, Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay - she's clever and funny and not a bit soppy. And it is Leslie who invents Terabithia, the secret country on an island across the creek where he can escape his troublesome family.The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess and Leslie become King and Queen, defeating giants, sharing stories and dreams, and plotting against their enemies. They are invinci... continue
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Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
January 1978. Tallahassee. When sorority president Pamela Schumacher is startled awake at 3 a.m. by a strange sound, she's shocked to encounter a scene of implausible violence - two of her friends dead and two others, maimed
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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for... continue
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut—a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones. In Falls Landing, Florida—a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers—something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she... continue
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Documents and personal narratives record the experiences of Native Americans during the nineteenth century.
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Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lai EN
VietnamDescription:
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and Erika L. Sanchez, this gorgeously written and deeply moving own voices novel is the YA debut from the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again. 4 starred reviews! In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms--and Hằng is left behind in the war-torn country. Six years later, Hằng has made the brutal journey from Việt Nam and is now in Texa... continue
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as ‘Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightning ... A masterpiece’.
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Caraval by Stephanie Garber EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Publisher Annotation: Welcome, welcome to Caraval?Stephanie Garber?s sweeping tale of two sisters who escape their ruthless father when they enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game. 416pp.
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Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh EN
FijiDescription:
The author of Shards of Hope and Shield of Winter presents a Psy/Changeling novel in which two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts… As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now a defector, his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins—cold, pitiless, unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna… Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted—and had her mind violated—by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep, she fears she could become a kil... continue
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Carrie by Stephen King EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Carrie is a 16 year-old girl who is repressed by her fanatical mother. She is humiliated by her classmates for her ignorance of the facts of life. However, she possesses terrifying telekinetic powers that could make inanimate objects move. After being humiliated once too often, her inner rage erupts.