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• #NeverAgain

  a New Generation Draws the Line

  Hogg, David, 2000-

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  A nonfiction book about the movement that started with two teenage survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.

• Drowned City

  Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  Brown, Don,

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  This graphic novel is a window into the chaos that engulfed New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.

• Goodbye Days

  a Novel

  Zentner, Jeff,

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  The story of a friend left behind to deal with grief and loss when his closest friends are killed in a car accident.

• Violent Ends

  a Novel in Seventeen Points of View

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  Young adult writers came together in this books to imagine viewpoints of different students during a school shooting.

• We Are Okay

  LaCour, Nina,

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  A short and poetic read about a girl running from the tragedy in her life and the best friend who won't let her go.

• Silent Alarm

  Banash, Jennifer,

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  A school shooting through the eyes of the shooter's sister.

• Boy in the Black Suit

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Amazing author Jason Reynolds weaves this tale of a boy finding hope with a new friend after the loss of his mother.

• Underwater

  Reichardt, Marisa,

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  A teenager grapples with agoraphobia after a school shooting at her high school.

• All We Have Left

  Mills, Wendy, 1973-

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  Interwoven stories of teens dealing with the aftermath and the immediate threat of 9/11.

• That's Not What Happened

  Keplinger, Kody,

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  A teen girl struggles with a secret she's kept since her friend died in a school shooting.

• Up From the Sea

  Lowitz, Leza,

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  The survival story of a Japanese teen who must find a way forward after a devastating tsunami.

• Crash and Burn

  Hassan, Michael

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  Two boys with a shared history follow different paths in a school shooting—one becomes the hero and one the villain.

• Hold Tight, Don't Let Go

  a Novel of Haiti

  Wagner, Laura Rose

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  A teen girl must get her bearings following a Haitian earthquake.

• This Is Where It Ends

  Nijkamp, Marieke,

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  54 minutes inside a school shooting.

• Salvage the Bones

  a Novel

  Ward, Jesmyn

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  Teens in Mississippi face poverty, abandonment, teen pregnancy and more leading up to Hurricane Katrina.