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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
For thirteen years, Elly has been in Kathy's shadow, always second best. Even so, the two of them understand each other as only sisters can. Jealousy, anger, and resentment give way to guilt when Kathy dies suddenly and Elly is left to ask, "Why did she have to die?"
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
3) Spin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they brought, siblings Smithy, Jack, and Madison, aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parent's courage to pull together and protect their brother Tris, nearly three, from further media exploitation and a much more sinister threat.
6) Untwine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
A haunting and mesmerizing story about sisterhood, family, love and loss by literary luminary Edwidge Danticat.
Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family seems to be unraveling. Then the Boyers have a tragic encounter that will shatter everyone's world forever.Giselle wakes up in the hospital, injured and unable to speak or move. Trapped in the prison of her own body, Giselle must revisit...
7) The Fall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
From James Preller, the author of Bystander, another unflinching book about bullying and its fallout.
The summer before school starts, Sam's friend and classmate Morgan Mallen kills herself. Morgan had been bullied. Maybe she kissed the wrong boy. Or said the wrong thing. What about that selfie that made the rounds? Morgan was this, and Morgan was that. But who really knows what happened?
As Sam explores the events leading up to the tragedy, he...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible. It seems as though everyone in her family has better things to do than pay attention to her: Mom (when she's not meditating) helps Dad run the family restaurant; Sarah is taking a gap year after high school; and Holden pretends that Mom and Dad and everyone else doesn't know he's gay, even as he fends off bullies at school. Then there's Charlie: three years old, a "surprise" baby, the center of everyone's world....
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Gripping! I was instantly swept away by Hannah's struggles and greatly inspired by her journey. This is a powerful book, and I recommend it for anyone who has ever worried about how to fit in. -Kristina McBride, author of The Tension of Opposites REASONS TO BE HAPPY 21. Cat purr vibrating through your skin 22. Jumping on a trampoline in the rain 23. Raw cookie dough 24. Getting yourself all freaked out after a scary movie 25. Dancing like an idiot...
10) The Survival Kit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Rose's mom dies, she leaves behind a brown paper bag labeled Rose's Survival Kit. Inside the bag, Rose finds an iPod, with a to-be-determined playlist; a picture of peonies, for growing; a crystal heart, for loving; a paper star, for making a wish; and a paper kite, for letting go.
As Rose ponders the meaning of each item, she finds herself returning again and again to an unexpected source of comfort. Will is her family's gardener, the school...
11) Whisper
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In Alyson Noël's Whisper, Riley Bloom might really have bitten off more than she's ready for. After practically begging the Council for a more challenging Soul Catch, she is assigned an actual Roman gladiator-Theocoles, the Pillar of Doom. How is Riley, a skinny twelve-year-old, supposed to get through to him? Then she meets the beautiful Messalina, who convinces her that her only chance is to become part of this world. To accomplish this, Messalina...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Summer has begun, the beach is calling . . .
. . . but Francesca Schnell is going nowhere. Four years ago, Francesca's little brother, Simon, drowned when she should have been watching. Now she is about to turn sixteen, but guilt keeps her stuck in the past. Meanwhile, her best friend is moving on-with the boy Francesca secretly wants-and her father may be having an affair. Then Francesca begins babysitting Frankie Sky, a four-year-old who bears...
13) Fight or Flee
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. When Hinton Helsinger leaves the Youth Correctional Center, he's set on reforming his impulsive ways. But things at home have changed: his dad has been killed, his mom's remarried his uncle, and his uncle is the new kingpin of the family gang that...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While Nick Gardner's family is falling apart, his best friend, Scooter, is dying from a freak disease. The Scoot's final wish is that Nick and their quirky classmate, Jaycee Amato, deliver a prized first-edition copy of Of Mice and Men to the Scoot's father. There's just one problem: the Scoot's father walked out years ago and hasn't been heard from since. So, guided by Steinbeck's life lessons, and with only the vaguest of plans, Nick and Jaycee...
15) Sorrow's Knot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Winner of the 2014 Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, from the author of Plain Kate.
At the very edge of the world live the Shadowed People. And with them live the dead.There, in the village of Westmost, Otter is born to power. She is the proud daughter of Willow, the greatest binder of the dead in generations. It will be Otter's job someday to tie the knots of the ward, the only thing that keeps the living safe.Kestrel is training...
16) Grounded
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A middle grade novel about a 12-year-old girl dealing with loss, who uncovers a rather grisly scam involving a crematorium.
After her brother, sister, and father die in a plane crash, Daralynn Oakland receives 237 dolls from well-wishers, resulting in her nickname: Dolly. But, dolls are little comfort to a twelve-year-old girl whose world is rocked by the dramatic changes in her life, including her angry, grieving mother's new job as a hairstylist...
17) All Together Now
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Amber Appleton lives in a bus. Ever since her mom's boyfriend kicked them out, Amber, her mom, and her totally loyal dog, Bobby Big Boy (aka Thrice B) have been camped out in the back of Hello Yellow (the school bus her mom drives). Still, Amber, the self-proclaimed princess of hope and girl of unyielding optimism, refuses to sweat the bad stuff. But when a fatal tragedy threatens Amber's optimism--and her way of life, can Amber continue to be the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mandy dreams of a career in the circus, working as an aerialist who specializes in rope climbing. When she is accepted into the prestigious Montreal Circus College summer program, she feels that she is finally on her way to fulfilling her dreams. At circus camp she is befriended-and challenged-by young circus performers from around the world. Circus camp turns out to be a magical combination of work and play, but when a veteran aerialist is killed...
19) Losing Faith
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A terrible secret. A terrible fate.
When Brie's sister, Faith, dies suddenly, Brie's world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood and barely even liked, everything in her life seems to spiral farther and farther off course. Her parents are a mess, her friends don't know how to treat her, and her perfect boyfriend suddenly seems anything but.
As Brie settles into her new normal,...
20) In 27 Days
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Hadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide. She didn't know the quiet, reserved guy very well, but that doesn't stop her from feeling there was something she could have done to help him. Hoping to find some sense of closure, Hadley attends Archer's funeral. There, Hadley is approached by a man who calls himself Death and offers her a deal. If Hadley accepts, she will be sent back 27 days in time...
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