Candace Thaxton
1) The Diabolic
Author
Series
Diabolic trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senator's daughter. Raised side by side, Nemesis would give her life for Sidonia-- and take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe. When the power-mad Emperor learns Sidonia's father is participating in a rebellion, he summons her to the Galactic court to serve as a hostage. Nemesis must become Sidonia to save her. It's a nest of vipers-- and Nemesis finds within herself...
4) Roxy
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother's former nurse, the little half-brother isn't allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there's Merit. Merit Voss...
6) Fallout
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Elena, the first scientifically confirmed virgin birth, acquires the ability to heal by touch at age sixteen, the same year that people start disappearing in beams of light, causing her to wonder if she is bringing about the Apocalypse.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
With both joy and fear, seventeen-year-old Ariel begins to explore her sexuality, while living with her controlling, abusive father who has told Ariel that her mother deserted her years ago.
9) The empress
Author
Series
Diabolic trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Nemesis, the Diabolic, and Tyrus face new challenges and old enemies as Tyrus ascends to the throne, and the two struggle to prove Nemesis' humanity to those who oppose her position as Empress and keep them from full power over the galaxy"--
10) Out of reach
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.
11) Evercrossed
Author
Series
Kissed by an angel volume 4
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a car crash ends Ivy's life, her great love Tristan, who died last year and became an angel, breathes life back into her with a passionate kiss, but love may not be enough to save her.
12) Smoke
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperately seeking peace, as her younger sister, a sophomore in high school, also tries to put the pieces of her life back together.
13) Losing the field
Author
Series
Field party novels volume 4
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Told in separate voices, seventeen-year-old Tallulah Leddel, overweight, insecure, and angry at being ridiculed by football star Nash, and Nash, lost and bitter after an accident, unexpectedly find themselves falling in love.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sasha, desperate to save her best friend Xavier from more heartache, creates a social media trap for his ex-girlfriend with the hopes of exposing her cheating ways, but Sasha's plan takes a dangerous turn that dramatically changes the course of everyone's life.