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1) Back roads
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harley Altmyer, left to raise his three younger sisters when his once-devoted mother is sent to prison, is struggling along just fine until he meets and becomes obsessed with the sexy, melancholic mother of two who lives down the road.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis' parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - who got to this place the same...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his older sister, Bea, gone. No note, no sign, nothing but an email address hidden somewhere only he would find it. Ezra never expected to be left behind with their abusive stepfather and their neglectful mother. How is he supposed to navigate life without Bea? Bea Ahern already knew she needed to get as far away from home as possible. But a message in her inbox changes everything, and she finds herself alone in...
Author
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in the history of California, tells the story of how he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his past.
Author
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The author tells of his experiences in five foster homes and juvenile detention, after he was taken away from his abusive mother and alcoholic father, and discusses how he made it into the Air Force, and found love and contentment in his life.
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