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3861) Flamer
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance."--Page [4] of cover.
3862) The demon tide
Author
Series
Black Witch chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Outed as the Black Witch and with her fastmate missing -- either killed or captured by the High Mage Vogel -- Elloren runs for her life, hoping to find allies, but they will have to not kill her on sight. Tierney and Trystan have joined the Wyvenguard to help defend against Vogel, who has one more extraordinary revelation before he declares all-out war.
3863) Lucky in love
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maddie is a hard working high school senior, waiting to hear from the colleges she applied to, when on a whim she buys a lottery ticket and wins; suddenly she is the center of everybody's attention, including her struggling family, and not necessarily in a good way--only Seth Nguyen, her charming coworker at the local zoo, seems oblivious to her luck, and Maddie is not sure whether telling him will change their developing relationship.
3864) Defender
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Tyne and her boyfriend Stick investigate a decades-old murder after she finds the body of a girl in the basement wall of her apartment building.
3865) Unremembered
Author
Series
Unremembered trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A girl, estimated to be sixteen, awakens with amnesia in the wreckage of a plane crash she should not have survived and taken into foster care, and the only clue to her identity is a mysterious boy who claims she was part of a top-secret science experiment.
3866) Every last word
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club"--
3867) The naturals
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Cassie, who has a natural ability to read people, joins an elite group of criminal profilers at the FBI in order to help solve cold cases"--
3868) Dodger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeny Todd"--
Author
Series
One piece volume 29
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"The Straw Hats have been stuck in a struggle for survival ever since Kami Eneru made the ominous prediction that "in three hours, only five humans will be left standing on the island." Separated from each other, the crew members eventually cross paths on the final battlefield where the war for Skypiea is being waged!"--Cover p. [4].
3870) The lost and the found
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A twisty psychological thriller about a girl whose older sister is found thirteen years after she was abducted from their front yard. But is she really who she claims to be?"--
3871) The twin
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"After sixteen-year-old Ivy's twin sister, Iris, moves in with her and their father, Ivy learns that Iris is trying to push her out of her own life--and may be responsible for their mother's death." --
3872) Heartstopper: Volume 1
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and delightful...
3873) The clockwork angel
Author
Series
Infernal devices volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
3874) The hired girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl...
Author
Series
Riverdale volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica, and the rest of the gang are getting ready for life after high school. At least, they're trying to. They begin receiving letters from someone calling themselves the Poison Pen. Letters about their deepest, darkest secrets, directing them to do exactly what their told: at first things like post an embarrassing video online. As the stakes get higher with each letter, the group may not have a future to protect. -- adapted...
3876) Okay for now
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 11
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"What if Meg had to become a Greek god? After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself worthy of a spot on Mt. Olympus--as a god. All Meg has to do is complete a mysterious quest. The mission? Oh, just to rescue her ex's current wife from the Underworld....
3878) Dr. Stone: 25,Zero
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Hoping to get a lock on Why-Man's position, the Kingdom of Science builds an imaging satellite. Despite repeated failures launching their rocket, Senku and Xeno are determined to make it succeed! Meanwhile, Chrome and Suika are hard at work on their secret project to ensure the safe return of everyone on the moon mission."--Back cover.
3879) Padawan
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Obi-Wan Kenobi has not been apprenticed long to Qui-Gon Jinn, and he is chafing at Qui-Gon's training style: all meditation, no action. Obi-Wan yearns to prove himself on a mission, but when he and Qui-Gon are finally set to leave on an assignment, Qui-Gon is nowhere to be found. Angered by his master's abandonment, Obi-Wan sets out on the mission alone, determined to prove himself. On a mysterious planet he encounters a pack of feral, Force-wielding...
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