Laurie Halse Anderson
1) Fever, 1793
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
2) Speak
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"'Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say.' From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
4) Wintergirls
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
5) Chains
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Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
6) Twisted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
7) Speak: the
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: "Speak up for yourself?we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless?an outcast?because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened...
8) Forge
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Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
9) Prom
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.
10) Ashes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
11) Teacher's pet
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Adjusting to middle school becomes easier for twelve-year-old Maggie when she finds that her biology teacher, who is blind, can learn a few things from her about working with his guide dog.
12) Fight for life
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
With the help of her veterinarian grandmother and the other volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, eleven-year-old Maggie rescues sick puppies from an illegal puppy mill.
13) Say good-bye
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Seeing Jane's dog, Yum-Yum, help cheer up children in a cancer ward makes Zoe think about having her puppy, Sneakers, trained to do therapy, too, especially when Yum-Yum becomes very ill.
14) Storm rescue
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane hits her town, Suniata must face her fears in order to help a stranded cat.
15) Trapped
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Brenna, one of the volunteers at the Dr. Mac's Place animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
18) Homeless
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sunita and her fellow volunteers at the Wild at Heart veterinary clinic become involved in efforts to save a bunch of feral and abandoned cats with the help of Dr. Mac.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Princess Diana of Themyscira believes that her 16th birthday will be one of new beginnings-namely, acceptance into the warrior tribe of the Amazons. But her birthday celebrations are cut short when rafts carrying refugees break through the barrier that separates her island home from the outside world. When Diana defies the Amazons to try to bring the outsiders to safety, she finds herself swept away by the stormy sea. Cut off from everything she's...
20) Manatee blues
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals.