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While almost all of our students know what the word “bootleg” means in contemporary slang, few, if any, know of prohibition, the eigh...

Ashley Rhodes-Courter has met the President of the United States, spoken in front of groups of hundreds of people around the country,...

Vicious: True Stories by Teens About Bullying Edited by Hope Vanderberg Bullying seems to be a universal experience to the students...

While desperately trying to discover the secrets of the universe outside of himself, a boy called Ari stumbles upon the secrets within ...

What will the Bronx be like in 2035?  In this posthumously published novel, Walter Dean Myers takes readers on a journey into a vision...

Chess Rumble is the story of a young teen named Marcus who, after the death of his sister and the absence of his father, finds himself u...

“Miss, what kind of dog is it that has those wrinkles/a purple tongue/lion fur/any number of interesting or odd characteristics?” These...

Engaging short stories written in African American voices for teens are always in demand and not always easy to find.  Enter Sharon...

Sanger Rainsford is a celebrated hunter from New York City.  He travels the world in search of big game.  When he falls off a yacht in ...

The journey to become a doctor is not an easy path for anyone, let alone for a young person growing up in a crime-ridden neighborhood sur...

Bizarre sports initiation rituals, dating, fathers, brothers - the list of topics expounded on in this nonfiction collection goes on an...

For Passages Academy it seems that Latino History Month and our ELA short story curricular unit are destined to occur at the same tim...

For young people who were not born yet or may have been newly born, and for older readers who want to remember or enrich their memor...

Welcome back!  I hope you had a wonderful summer.  I’m excited to start the new year and this new year has brought a new principal at Pa...

Dear Readers, Happy summer!  We will continue to provide school library services this summer, but we'll be taking a break from posting...

Autumn is the only girl on her high school wrestling team, and she’s good.   A younger boy, Roland, would like to get to know her bet...

From the early days of brute force football to the contemporary high-flying dynasties, Fourth Down and Inches provides readers with a...

Acknowledging in his introduction that the graffiti scene is split into two groups:  illegal sprayers and legal sprayers, and noting ...

Which titles are the most popular and essential reference print items in your library?  In ours, they seem to be: 1) Hip Hop Rhym...

Which are the most popular and essential biographies, memoirs, and autobiographies in your collection?   Here are Passages Academy Libr...