Laurie Halse Anderson
1) Fever, 1793
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action by the award-winning author of Speak blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world. Simultaneous eBook.
3) Speak
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
4) Wintergirls
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Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
5) Forge
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
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Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
7) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
9) Turkey pox
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Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Charity has chicken pox, there's a terrible snowstorm outside, and it looks like the Chatfields will have to spend Thanksgiving without Nana and her wonderful roast turkey, stuffing, and cranberries.
10) Trickster
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When he and the other volunteers at Dr. Mac's veterinary clinic go to help out at Quinn's Stables, David makes several serious mistakes and must prove he can be trusted before Mr. Quinn will let him even be around the spirited horse that David wants to ride.
11) Twisted
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
13) Prom
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.
14) Catalyst
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.
15) Frío
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
Español
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
16) Manatee blues
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals.
17) Homeless
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sunita and her fellow volunteers at the Wild at Heart veterinary clinic become involved in efforts to save a bunch of feral and abandoned cats with the help of Dr. Mac.
20) Chains
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a...
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a...