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"A boy dealing with the loss of his father describes the many waves of emotion that come with the grieving process: sad waves, mad waves, fear waves, even happy waves. As the boy and his family learn to adjust to life without Dad, the waves still come, but with help from friends, they learn to cope and heal"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
4) Spin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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When DJ ParSec (Paris Secord), rising star of the local music scene, is found dead over her turntables, the two girls who found her, Kya (her pre-fame best friend) and Fuse (her current chief groupie) are torn between grief for Paris and hatred for each other--but when the lack of obvious suspects stalls the investigation, and the police seem to lose interest, despite pressure from social media and ParSec's loyal fans, the two girls unite, determined...
8) When
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Maddie Flynn cannot help but see the death date of everyone she meets or sees in a photograph or on-screen, and her alcoholic mother exploits this by having her do readings for money, but when Maddie predicts the death of a young boy, she becomes the center of an FBI investigation.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Londoner Lucas Swain, left in possession of the ashes of Violet Park, becomes convinced that Violent is communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father's sudden disappearance.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Emily has six siblings, but she was also close to her best friend, Lizzie Porter, who died nearly a year ago, and she is still grieving; but Lizzie's family are also grieving, so much so, that they use Lizzie's younger sister, Chloe, as a lure and kidnap Emily, forcing her to dress, talk, and act like Lizzie, and threatening to go after Emily's family if she does not become the replacement for the daughter they lost--and Emily is...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
13) After Eli
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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After the death of his older brother, Daniel Anderson became engrossed in recording details about dead people, how they died, and whether their deaths mattered but he is eventually drawn back into interaction with the living by two unexpected friends, Walter and Isabelle.
14) Always With You
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Nimbus Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"From the bestselling coauthor of Broken Strings , "a sensitive and supportive approach to . . . the universal, ageless experiences of love and loss" ( Quill & Quire ). A heartfelt new picture book from bestselling children's author Eric Walters ( From the Heart of Africa ) and Halifax-based artist Carloe Liu. In this poignant story, we follow young Emily who has recently lost her grandfather. As she grows, she discovers a series of letters he left...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Fast, funny, frightening-and filled with shocks and surprises. These books are my kind of fun. I want to live on Monsterstreet!-R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series The Monsterstreet series kicks off with this chilling tale about a boy who discovers his father was killed by a legendary werewolf. Max Bloodnight can't decide what's more terrifying about his weekend in Wolf County-the fact that he has to stay with grandparents he's never met before...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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From Printz Honor winner and Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes a comitragic YA novel that will appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson and Jeff Zentner.
As the youngest of eight, painfully average Pup Flanagan is used to flying under the radar. He's barely passing his classes. He lets his longtime crush walk all over him. And he's in no hurry to decide on a college path.
The only person who ever made him think he could be more was his older brother...
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English
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In the raw was how the world felt now. My feelings were raw, my thoughts were raw and hurtful like knife blades. . . . In the blue had been my place to hide, now In the raw there was nowhere to hide.
Jenna Abbott separates her life into two categories: before the wreck and after the wreck. Before the wreck, she was leading a normal life with her mom in suburban New York. After the wreck, Jenna is alone, trying desperately
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Series
Clue mystery volume 2
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The thrilling sequel to the book that Kirkus Reviews called "ingeniously plotted and vastly entertaining," inspired by the classic board game CLUE! In the aftermath of Headmaster Boddy's murder, Blackbrook Academy has been thrown into complete disarray. Half the student body hasn't bothered to return to campus -- but those who have include Orchid, Vaughn, Scarlett, Peacock, Plum, and Mustard, now warily referred to by the other students as the Murder...
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Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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If your school's homecoming king had a little too much in common with Henry VIII, would you survive with your head still attached?
You'd think being the new girl in a tiny town would equal one very boring senior year. But if you're me-Annie Marck, alias Cleves-and you accidentally transform into teenage royalty by entering Lancaster High on the arm of the king himself? Life becomes the exact opposite of boring.
Henry has it all: he's the jock,...
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