Search Results: JUVENILE FICTION - Social Issues - Violence Books

Starfire. PAPERBACK. 0553290207 Fair Paperback has name on 1st page and very light moisture contact along bottem edge, cover bend, still a sturdy reading copy . Fair.

Avon Tempest, 2005. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine creased/ several page tips creased

New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Book. Very Good-. Mass Market Paperback. 5th Printing. Very good - mass market paperback. May be some rubbing or minor shelfwear but overall a nice clean tight copy..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Very nice clean Book Club edition.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Seastar Books, 2001, 2001. Pb. VG. 111 pp. Illustrated. Very light wear.. Pb. VG.

New York: Viking Childrens Books, 2000. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Pictorial Soft Cover. Near Fine. Octavo.

New York, New York: Jump At The Sun, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Nearly As New, VERY clean tight copy. From a great but of unread titles of local book reviewer. Many contain promo material tipped in from publisher..

Alfred A Knopf New York, 2000. c.33pp. oblong hardback with glossy boards, DJ, VG, Beautifully illustrated story of a young boy who hides in a Karate school and learns that intelligence is far more powerful than strength, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Faulkner, Matt.

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. A gorgeous, pristine copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped (16.99). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Intended for young adults, ages 10 up. Summary: "Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws." From the Dust Jacket: "For almost fifty years apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and 'Coloreds.' This unique and dramatic collection of stories -- by native South African and Carnegie Medalist Beverley Naidoo -- is about young people's choices in a beautiful country made ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the last half of the twentieth century and into the… Read More

Painted Pony, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. Good. Jon Cox. Signed by author on title page****Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. slightly creased; a few small tears; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine bumped/ slight readers slant

New York: Balzer + Bray , 2018. Second printing. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Signed without inscription by the author on the first blank in black sharpie marker. White hardcover, 2nd printing of the collector's edition, in dustjacket. A good plus copy with scuffing and light soil to the white covers and shelfwear and bending at the spine tips. Interior is clean, bright and unmarked. Sturdy binding, lightly read. The gold jacket is very good with matching wear at the tips of the spine panel, bright and crisp. 444pp., plus additional content at rear, not available in the regular edition - a note from the author, short stories that inspired the work, and a sneak preview of On the Come Up. The story of Starr, the murder of her friend Khalil during a police stop, and her activism and struggle to try to find justice.

Scribners, 1993. Very light edge wear to jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Goffe, Toni.

Niles, Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Light edge wear. A teenager visiting Catfish Bay gets caught in the middle of the turmoil between local and Vietnamese refugee fishermen that leads to violence and murder. 136 pages. Inscribed by the author to fellow children's author, and four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon: "To my dear friend Joan Lowery Nixon with oodles of affection. Love, Mary Blount Christian, April 1985." Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of association copies from fellow children's authors See our other listings from this collection..

New York: Viking, 1994. A gorgeous, pristine copy. As New condition in As New Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp. Novel for young adult readers. "First published in 1994 by Viking" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on copyright page. The Dust Jacket features an arresting painting by Laurie McGaw. It depicts a teen-age boy, Molotov cocktail in hand, climbing a brick wall topped with barbed-wire, while fleeing an armored British Troop carrier. "Join Sinn Fein" graffiti appears on a building in the background. Summary: "Forcibly deported to Canada because of his terrorist activities in Northern Ireland, thirteen-year-old Declan must choose between his revolutionary past and a new life with his Canadian relatives." Keywords: Northern Ireland. IRA. Irish Republican Army. Belfast. Gasoline Bombs.… Read More