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1) Son
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
2) Everlife
Author
Series
Everlife volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Tenley "Ten" Lockwood knows the fate of the Everlife rests on her ability to unite the realms and destroy the Prince of Ravens. When betrayal leads to defeat and Ten finds herself bonded to the enemy, an unthinkable choice may be the only answer.
4) Specials
Author
Series
Uglies volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
The third installment of Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.
Tally thought they were a rumor, but now she's one of them. A Special. A super-amped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.
But maybe being perfectly programmed with strength and focus isn't better than anything she's ever known....
Tally thought they were a rumor, but now she's one of them. A Special. A super-amped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.
But maybe being perfectly programmed with strength and focus isn't better than anything she's ever known....
Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though. She leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there's a new guy in town who threatens her starting position ...suddenly she's hoping he'll see...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After sneaking out against her mother's wishes, Artie Irvin spots a massive wolf--then watches it don a bathrobe and transform into her mom. Thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, Artie asks her mom to share everything--including the story of Artie's late father. Her mom reluctantly agrees. And to help Artie figure out her wolflike abilities, she recruits some old family friends. Artie thrives in her new community and even develops...
Author
Series
Pretty little liars volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Struggling to return to normalcy after surviving Alison's attempt to kill them, Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna endure a series of disasters before realizing that they are being stalked by a new "A" who knows all of their secrets.
10) Bold beauty
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
11) Fifteen
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
2007, c1956
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Much to Jane's surprise, the school's most popular boy has asked her out -- is she ready?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
13) Sad perfect
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The story of a teen girl's struggle with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and how love helps her on the road to recovery"--
Author
Series
Principal's underwear is missing volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"This Dance Is Doomed, Holly Kowitt's sequel to The Principal's Underwear is Missing, the second in her middle-grade illustrated series, explores friendship and the high cost of Prom-Mania--with hilarious results!" -- Publisher's annotation.
15) Hit
Author
Series
Hit (Delilah S. Dawson) volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Near future thriller about a teen forced to become an indentured assassin who has only five days to complete her hit list--with the added complication of her sole ally's brother being the final assignment"--
Author
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Disobeying her witch-like grandmother when she becomes desperate to uncover a family secret, thirteen-year-old Simi goes exploring outside her remote Nigerian village where she discovers a strange parallel world after sinking into the red quicksand of a forbidden lake that holds the key to everything.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds, and ancient folklore. -- Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will.
20) Outpost
Author
Series
Razorland volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Deuce struggles for respect in a new topside town where she is treated like a child and avoided by Fade, a situation that compels her to volunteer for patrol duty and protect topside citizens from an unexpected upsurge in Freak activity.
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