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2) Ghost boys
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
3) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
Beatrice Pryor lives in a dystopian Chicago, which is divided into five factions devoted to different virtues. On a set day every year, sixteen-year-olds must select which faction they will devote the rest of their lives to. Beatrice must choose between staying with her family and being who she really is. Beatrice also has a secret, one she has been warned can mean death if exposed. Now, Beatrice will be forced to make tough choices that can determine...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
5) The Wright 3
Author
Series
Chasing Vermeer volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
During a visit to the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley field, cousins Mike and Kate investigate why someone has been tampering with the famous ivy vines growing on the outfield walls. Includes historical note.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary, just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day when he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned to the orphanage, two...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Fiction
Libros para celebrar el mes del Orgullo LGBTQ+
NYT - Young Adult
Teen Romance
Libros para celebrar el mes del Orgullo LGBTQ+
NYT - Young Adult
Teen Romance
Formats
Description
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
10) The journey
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Amish girl tells her "silent friend," her diary, about all the wonderous experiences she has on her first trip to the city.
12) Super adjacent
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Landing a coveted internship with the Warrior Nation superhero network, Claire clashes with Girl Power, the newest superhero in town, and befriends Bridgette, the longtime girlfriend of the famous Vaporizer.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1871, and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago's high society by storm. With her faithful best friend and lady's maid, Fiona, by her side, all of Emmeline's dreams are about to come true. And Fiona is delighted by her best friend's rise to prominence--even if it means living in the shadow of Chicago's elite. But on the night of Emmeline's engagement party to the most eligible man in the city, Emmeline is suddenly struck with the memory of...
14) Sahara special
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Zan is baffled when her best friend, Priya, stops answering her emails after moving to California, but new friend, Logan, presents the disturbing possibility that Priya cannot answer.
16) Love, Amalia
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Amalia learns many important life-lessons while spending Friday afternoons with her beloved grandmother, and the teaching goes on even after Abuelita's sudden death as Amalia finds a way to connect with relatives and a friend who has moved away.
17) Land of promise
Author
Series
Ellis Island trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1902 fifteen-year-old Rose travels from Ireland to join family members in Chicago, where she must use all her resources to deal with her father's drinking and her brothers' dangerous involvement in politics.
18) The White City
Author
Series
Clockwork dark volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Ray, Conker, and their Rambler friends face the Gog and his Machine in a final struggle at the 1893 Chicago Exposition.
19) An off year
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Upon arriving at her dorm room, eighteen-year-old Cecily decides to postpone her freshman year of college and return to her Chicago home, where she spends a year pondering what went wrong while forging new relationships with family and friends.
20) Virtuosity
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.
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