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1) Firefly Lane
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Two motherless sisters, Bean and Liz, are shuttled to Virginia to live with their Uncle Tinsley in a decaying mansion. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world.
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Justin Cobb has never outgrown his childhood habit of sucking his thumb, until he undergoes a session of hypnosis, but even though his thumbsucking is cured, he finds himself fighting an oral fixation that leads him into many strange situations.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A contemporary American classic-a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball, hero worship, eccentric behavior, and unlikely friendship
Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acclaimed critic, essayist, and New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose is a National Book Award finalist. Set in a rustic New York village, Goldengrove revolves around the tragic drowning of Nico's older sister Margaret. With her parents distracted by grief, 13-yearold Nico-confidant and decoy in Margaret's clandestine romance-is left alone to fall under the seductive spell of Margaret's beau.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Benji, one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan, tries desperately to fit in, but every summer, he and his brother, Reggie, escape to the East End of Sag Harbor, where a small community of African American professionals has built aworld of is own.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter her oldest friendship.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Now a Netflix TV show! Featuring a diverse cast of characters, plenty of gossip, lies, and scandal, Shiny Broken Pieces continues with the soapy drama readers loved in Tiny Pretty Things. June, Bette, and Gigi are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose...and no one is playing nice. June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina....
11) Me (Moth)
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
12) P.S. I like you
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
While zoning out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk, and added a message to her. Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters -- sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she's kind of falling for this letter writer. Only who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery,...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
They say Delia burned burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June does not believe it was suicide because she and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night a year ago, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend Ryan let their good time get out of hand, and now, a year later, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"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...
15) Out of a Season
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Vacationing seaside with her parents in Rimini, Italy, young Nicole Steiner falls in love with the charming Italian nobleman, Dario Ventura. Soon after, Ventura frequently visits with the Steiners, now home in Turin. Though he returns her affection, Nicole begins to suspect that he has become her mother's lover. The relationship is complicated by the strong tie between mother and daughter, and Nicole's rejection of her stern father. Woven through...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Giovanna's pretty face has changed - it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her own? Giovanna's search leads her to two kindred cities that fear and detest one another - the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Adrift, she vacillates...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Val and Marian, two teenage school girls growing up in New York City, are misfits. Val, virtually ignored by her wealthy parents, lives at a boarding house where she is watched over by an arty but childless couple. Marian lives with her divorced mother and her mother's friend and rarely sees her father. Marian spends her afternoons eating sundaes at a local drugstore; Val disappears mysteriously each afternoon before school is let out. They don't...
18) Surviving Haley
Author
Publisher
Pelican Book Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Lauren Werthman struggles with guilt and depression. Even moving to another state and into a new home doesn't help her overcome the life-altering aftermath of losing her sister. Memories of the tragic accident reverberate through her life as her family tries to cope, but Lauren's life spirals out of control. Her mother criticizes her choices every day, her father continues to work later and later, and people at her new school seem to know the family...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant debut." --Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project Full of great big heart and unexpected humor, Ludwig's debut introduces the lovable, wholly original Ginny Moon who discovers a new meaning of family on her unconventional journey home. Ginny Moon is exceptional. Everyone knows it--her friends at school, teammates on the basketball team, and especially her new adoptive parents. They all love her, even if...
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