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101) The con code
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
By day, seventeen-year-old Fiona Spangler runs small cons for her ritzy prep-school classmates, getting them out of tests and forging fake hall passes. But by night, Fiona joins her dad on riskier heists - stealing back the clue-filled forgeries her mom scattered across the country before she disappeared. Fiona desperately hopes that her mother will be waiting at the end of the scavenger hunt she left behind. And they are so close. Just three more...
102) This darkness mine
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sasha Stone knows her place--first-chair clarinet, top of her class, and at the side of her oxford-wearing boyfriend. She's worked her entire life to ensure that her path to Oberlin Conservatory as a star musician is perfectly paved. But suddenly there's a fork in the road in the shape of Isaac Harver. Her body shifts toward him when he walks by, and her skin misses his touch even though she's never known it. Why does he act like he knows her so well--too...
103) Aftermath
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Secrets don't remain hidden for long in this thrilling read from a #1 New York Times bestselling author that's perfect for fans of Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not and Barry Lyga's Bang.
Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there's no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn't a victim; he was a shooter.
Jesse Mandal knows all too well that...
Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there's no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn't a victim; he was a shooter.
Jesse Mandal knows all too well that...
105) Napoleon Dynamite
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Napoleon is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his older brother, Kip, and trying to avoid his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napolean's life - shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro - the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body's wildest dreams come true. But...
106) Chaos theory
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
1979. Susan Klintock is a junior in high school with a lot of sexual fantasies-- but not a lot of sexual experience. No boy she knows has been worth taking a shot on. That is, until Bobby McMann arrives. Bobby is foxy, charming-- and the coach of the brand-new girls' soccer team. Sure, he's off limits. But that doesn't mean Susan can't try out for the team to get closer to him. And she's always liked a challenge. Between the endless drills and grueling...
Author
Series
Fear Street. Relaunch volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After befriending mysterious newcomer Lizzy Palmer, Shadyside High student Michael begins suffering terrible losses tied to a decades-old betrayal.
Author
Series
East Salem trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Welcome to East Salem. A sleepy town with a history older than America where things are just a bit off. Where the supernatural bleeds into the everyday. And where a tragic murder mystery is underway. A high school girl is found dead in the town park. And where forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris wants answers. All the suspects are teenagers who were at the party with her the night before-but who woke up the next morning with no memory of what transpired....
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behavior among her students, and bad publicity for the college. So her prim and cozy world is turned upside down when a secret society of undergraduates meets by the river on a gloomy January afternoon, only to find the drowned body of the college bursar floating in her canoe.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Many believe that college admissions is merit-based, rewarding the best students. Selingo, who was embedded in three different admissions offices, dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a "good college." Hint: it's not all about the sticker on the car window. Admissions officers often make split-second decisions...
Author
Series
Diary of a Confused Feminist volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
British teen Kat Evens, determined to be a good feminist, stumbles through high school with all its bullies, parties, embarrassing moments and crippling self-doubt with the help of her best friends, her parents and her diary as she figures out how to reach her goal.
113) Moment of truth
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"At sixteen, Hadley Moore knows exactly who she is--a swimmer who will earn a scholarship to college. Totally worth all the hard work, even if her aching shoulders don't agree. So when a guy dressed as Hollywood's latest action hero, Heath Hall, crashes her swim meet, she isn't amused. Instead, she's determined to make sure he doesn't bother her again. Only she's not sure exactly who he is. The swim meet isn't the first event the imposter has interrupted,...
114) The fascinators
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"San doesn't know where he'd be without James and Delia. Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, he needs their friendship--and their time together in their school's magic club--to see him through to graduation. But as soon as senior year starts, little cracks in their group begin to show. Sam may or may not be in love with James, who may or may not have a crush on a girl from his church. Delia wants to get into a hyper-competitive magic...
115) Die for you
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Emma Lorde thought her gorgeous, good guy boyfriend, Dillon, had saved her life, but senior year has brought about many changes and challenges to their picture perfect future.
116) Clique bait
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen/wattpad
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Chloe Whittaker is out for revenge. Last year her best friend Monica's life was unceremoniously ruined by the most popular students at their high school, so this year Chloe plans to take each and every one of them down. She's traded in her jeans and T-shirts for the latest designer clothes, erased anything on social media that would tie her to Monica (and blow her cover), and carefully figured out how she will befriend the members of the clique, find...
Author
Series
Ciel volume 2
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"A sequel to Ciel (ISBN: 978-1-77260-136-7) -- life is anything but ordinary for non-binary trans teen Ciel. Catch the latest adventures of Ciel and their friends, Stephie and Liam. Ciel may have settled into high school with their best friend Stephie and new buddy Liam, but life is anything but ordinary for this non-binary trans kid! Between an important science project for school and their ever more popular YouTube channel, Ciel and their friends...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
There's never a good time to find a dead body, sure. But what about finding a dead body while you're trying to kiss your crush? Kerry had different plans for her first high school party -- like not going. All she wanted to do was stay home in the safety of retro rom-coms and her strict retainer schedule. Instead her BFF, fiercely outgoing mystery-fanatic Annie, has roped her into going to the party to investigate who's cyberbullying Heather, the most...
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