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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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It is 1970. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister Liz is fifteen when their artistic mother Charlotte, a woman "who flees every place she's ever lived at the first sign of trouble," takes off to "find herself." She leaves her girls enough money for food to last a month or two. But when Bean gets home from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz board a bus from California to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley...
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English
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"In this stunning debut novel, Esi, a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid political upheaval in postcolonial Ghana, begins to question the hypocrisy of the patriarchal society that surrounds her, and the restrictions and unrealistic expectationsplaced on women"--
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English
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"Giovanna¿́¿s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is. Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities...
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English
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In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty--and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.
Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum,...
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English
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"Griffin Watts is 13 years old in 1974 New York, a city which, at the brink of financial collapse, seems to crumble around him at roughly the same rate as his family. Desperate to forge a connection to his father, Griffin gets co-opted into his illicit and dangerous architectural salvage business, which allows him to discover the centuries old sculptures (gargoyles) carved into buildings all over the city by immigrant artisans. As his father's obsession...
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Series
Montague siblings volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Vowing to make his yearlong escapade across Europe his last hurrah before taking over the family estate, Henry "Monty" Montague and his best friend Percy find themselves in the middle of a dangerous manhunt involving pirates and highwaymen.--
8) Hope ablaze
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Nida has always been known as Mamou Abdul-Hafeedh's niece--the poet who will fill her uncle's shoes after he was wrongfully incarcerated during the war on terror. But for Nida, her poetry letters are her heart and sharing so much of herself with a world that stereotypes her faith and her hijab is not an option. When Nida is illegally frisked at a Democratic Senatorial candidate's political rally, she writes a scathing poem about the politician, never...
10) Me (Moth)
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
11) How to be brave
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Georgia has always lived life on the sidelines: uncomfortable with her weight, awkward, never been kissed, terrified of failing. Then her mom dies and her world is turned upside down. But instead of getting lost in her pain, she decides to enjoy life while she still can by truly living for the first time. She makes a list of ways to be brave--all the things she's always wanted to do but has been too afraid to try: learn to draw, try out for cheerleading,...
12) Letchworth days
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Publisher
Seedy Road Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Repressed, alienated, and deeply unhappy, high school student Seth Rosenfeld hopes to find meaning and connection by helping others at a nearby institution for the mentally retarded. There he encounters new sources of fear and uncertainty, but also humor, tenderness, and even the capacity for love, not only in his charges, but within himself as well. Yet just as his confidence is growing and his defenses are falling, old specters return in new guises...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A promising and popular student in middle school, Leon Harris has become a committed "slacker" but with graduation approaching and his middle school girlfriend possibly returning to town, Leon's best friend Stan, who claims to be Satan, helps him get back on the right track--for a price.
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Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Falling for a young man who has accepted a job at a hippie Quaker school, Flora leaves her elite prep school to join him, but must make the most of the situation when he fails to show up, in a story told through letters, emails, and news stories.
15) Don't touch
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"16-year-old Caddie struggles with OCD, anxiety, and a powerful fear of touching another person's skin, which threatens her dreams of being an actress--until the boy playing Hamlet opposite her Ophelia gives her a reason to overcome her fears"--
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Publisher
Beacon Publ
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Max learns from his grandfather that his purpose is to be the-best-version-of-Max he can be, and he shares this lesson with his classroom. Asking the question "how can I be the best me?" helps him and his classmates change their behaviors in small, startling ways." --
17) Walk this way
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Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Drag has never been so popular, and this LGBTQ+ romance takes a look at how a teen embraces the drag queen dream. Sixteen-year-old Joshua does drag on social media but wants to have the full drag performance experience. Trouble is, he's attracted to guys who don't like drag and want nothing to do with gay men they think are feminine and have a flamboyant image. With the help of a drag mother, Joshua has the chance to live his dream, but only by keeping...
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Publisher
Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student, and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy. But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story. As he fills his drawers with letters to the people in his world -- letters he never intends to send -- he spills the truth: he's trying hard, but he just isn't into Theresa....