Sarah Dessen
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Now it's just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictableuntil Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother's family which she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives at...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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A New York Times bestseller
A new day. A new place. A new life.
In the past few years, Mclean has pretended to be so many different people that she hardly remembers who she really is anymore.
The adorable guy next door might be able to help her figure it out.
But is she ready for it?
“A cut above” —People
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A new day. A new place. A new life.
In the past few years, Mclean has pretended to be so many different people that she hardly remembers who she really is anymore.
The adorable guy next door might be able to help her figure it out.
But is she ready for it?
“A cut above” —People
Also by Sarah...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Rest of the Story comes a powerful novel about loss, love, and moving on.
Nothing is going as planned for Macy this summer.
Not the job at Wish Catering, and definitely not Wes.
But Macy soon discovers that the things you expect least are sometimes the things you need most.
"Dessen gracefully balances comedy
8) That summer
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
During the summer of her divorced father's remarriage and her sister's wedding, fifteen-year-old Haven comes into her own by letting go of the myths of the past.
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.