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2) Howl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When no one in the small town of Merritt, Florida, believes that he was attacked by a monster, fifteen-year-old Virgil Knox fears the monster will return to finish him off, or worse--that he is becoming a monster himself.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In Edison, New Jersey, in a museum devoted to the inventor Thomas Edison, a loner sixteen-year-old girl with symbrachydactyly and the seemingly coolest boy in school spend the night during a snowstorm, growing close until a shameful secret threatens everything.
5) Loveless
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Georgia has parents who are still in love, two sets of grandparents that are still together, and a brother who married his girlfriend, but at eighteen she has never even kissed someone (not even her lesbian best friend, Felipa) or particularly even wanted to; at the prom afterparty she is surrounded by couples making out, and she really does not know what is wrong-- but in college she comes to understand herself as asexual/aromantic, and to capture...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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For Angel Ahmadi, life is only about one thing: The Ark -- a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are currently taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fandom has given her everything -- her friendships, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark too. He's their frontman -- and playing in a band is all he's ever dreamed of doing. It's just a shame that recently everything in his life seems to have turned...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke's only solace remains the ice-skating rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally. When Brooke encounters Calvin's younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers...
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English
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When Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. But Kyle's parents want him to keep this secret from the rest of the family until after what might be their last big summer reunion. Kyle feels the walls of his relationships closing in, and has to decide what his obligations are to everyone he cares for.
Kyle Barker thought his family was happy. When he learns that his...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
10) El odio que das
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Español
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"Starr es una chica de dieciséis años que vive entre dos mundos: el barrio pobre de gente negra donde nació, y su escuela situada en un elegante barrio residencial blanco. El difícil equilibrio entre ambos se hace añicos cuando ella es testigo de la muerte a tiros de su mejor amigo, Khalil, a manos de un policía. A partir de ese momento, todo lo que Starr diga acerca de la aterradora noche que cambió su vida podrá ser usado de excusa por unos...
11) Game changer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
In a small Alabama town, high school seniors Asa and Ezmita, both with troubled families and dreams of leaving home to attend college, find comfort in their blossoming friendship.
Lawton, Alabama. Ezmita Ramos had but plans for her future, but her overprotective parents may not let her see them through. Asa Griffith is all set to attend Ole Miss in the fall, but a part of him doesn't want to live his mom alone with his abusive father. When Asa and...
12) Finding Yvonne
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Raised by a workaholic father who is a restaurateur, Yvonne, eighteen, faces difficult choices about love, her training as a violinist, college, and career as high school graduation draws near.
Yvonne's violin keeps her company, especially after her mother walked out on their family. With graduation just around the corner, she's beginning to question if she's good enough to attend a conservatory after high school. Full of doubt about her future,...
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Language
English
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Fifteen-year-old Cadie's life is turned upside-down when her father reveals that she has a half-sister, Elizabeth, who is only a few months older than Cadie. Not only that, Elizabeth's mother has just died, so now Elizabeth will move in with Cadie's family. Learning about a half-sister is one thing, but sharing a family with her is a whole other challenge.
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