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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry...
2) The big lie
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 16
Language
English
Description
As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a faithless elector, caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent--with each revelation more explosive than the next. The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod,...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mama Bear runs for mayor on a platform that resolves to fix roads, clean trash, and replace broken streetlights, her campaign is compromised by Bear County voters who argue that she cannot fulfill her promises.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
After her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Kate Quinn meets the father she did not know she had, joins his presidential campaign, falls for a rebellious boy, and when what she truly believes flies in the face of the campaign's talking points, Kate must decide what is best.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In a story written from Sneaky Pie's perspective, the intrepid feline sleuth temporarily halts her busy writing career to run for president, a campaign marked by a revolutionary animal-rights agenda and a frisky flock of prospective cabinet members.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After his boyfriend Joey breaks up with him to pursue more "serious" guys, Blaine decides to run for senior class president as Joey's successor to prove his worth--but is Blaine willing to sacrifice everything about himself to do it?
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 145
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Cousin Alice runs for mayor, the Aldens help out her campaign and investigate when one of her opponents uses sneaky tricks to win the race.
Author
Series
Tapper twins volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A humorous oral history that chronicles twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper's heated competition to become sixth grade class president of their New York City private school, through text messages, photographs, screenshots, and more.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bisexual teen Madison's path to political staffer stardom is in jeopardy after her girlfriend fires her as junior class president campaign manager, until she convinces a new, cute candidate to accept her help--all while working to unmask a serial predator.
15) The Frandidate
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Determined to be elected class president, mad scientist Frannie K. Stein uses her Atomic Combiner to create a suit that makes her seem to be whatever a voter wants her to be, but the suit has plans of its own.
16) Gay club!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Barney's a shoo-in for his school's LGBTQ+ Society President at the club's next election. But when the vote is opened up to the entire student body, the whole school starts paying attention. How low will the candidates go to win? Buckle up for some serious shade, scandals and sleazy shenanigans. It isn't long before it's National Coming Out Day--for everyone's secrets"--
Author
Series
Jackson Greene novels volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"First Julie is inspired to raise money so that two bald eagles can fly free. But will she be able to raise enough money to build a tower for their flight? Then, on a journey to commemorate the birth of a nation, Julie finds a way to include a very significant signature on the rededication scroll. And when Julie realizes she can make a positive change in punishments at school, she runs for student body president. Will Julie get the votes she needs?"--...
Author
Series
Harmony Harbor volume 7
Publisher
Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With her dreams of being a wedding dress designer suddenly over, Arianna Bell isn't expecting a holly jolly Christmas. Instead, her heart feels about three sizes too small. That is until her high school sweetheart Connor Gallagher returns to town and she finds his mere presence still makes her pulse race. But just when she starts dreaming of kissing under the mistletoe, he announces that he will be her opponent in the upcoming mayoral race...."--page...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after the Srebrenica massacre that claimed the life of his friend and colleague, Eric Petrosian is back in Sarajevo at the American embassy, and the specter of war once again hangs over the Balkans. The Bosnian Serb leader, who had for a time been seeking a stable peace, has turned back to his nationalist roots and is threatening to pull Bosnia apart in a bloody struggle for control . . . and behind him is a shadowy mafia figure pulling...
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