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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Berkeley, California, middle-schooler Jason Jameson has a close encounter of the fun kind when Sam, a bluish alien from the Pleiades, arrives in a 1960 Dodge Dart spaceship and invites Jason to go fishing.
Author
Series
Trash can days volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Four diverse junior high school students face adversity in the form of budding romantic relationships, gangs demanding proof of loyalty, feelings of insecurity, the quest for popularity in a new school, and more.
4) True blue
Author
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 1960s California, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt has trouble with True Blue, the newest horse on her family's ranch, a beautiful dappled gray who is so often spooked, Abby wonders if he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased former owner.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Mallory learns that her boyfriend, Jeremy, is cheating on her with his cyber "wife," she rebels against technology by following her grandmother's list of goals from 1962, with help from her younger sister, Ginnie.
Author
Series
Almost identical volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Once inseparable best friends, thirteen-year-old identical twins Sammie and Charlie begin to grow apart when they make new friends and join different clubs as seventh graders at a brand new school.
7) Demonosity
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Thomas Delacrox, the spirit of a fourteenth-century knight, needs a contemporary girl to help him protect the Black Rose, a powerful ancient force, but popular, quirky high school junior Cassidy Carter-Lewis is not happy about being chosen to train before dawn and battle demons at parties, the mall, and even school.
Author
Series
101 ways to bug-- series volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Steve "Sneeze" Wyatt takes half of his classes at the high school, where he attracts the attention of a bully on the varsity golf team, while at middle school all of his friends seem to be falling in love--including Sneeze, himself.
9) Two-faced
Author
Series
Almost identical volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Charlie compromises her values to help Lauren, one of the popular girls, cheat on a test, her identical twin sister, Sammie, is inadvertantly pulled into the mess.
10) Call me Floy
Author
Publisher
Yosemite Conservancy
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Floy Hutchings, nearly twelve, struggles against the expectations of 1876 society as she fights to protect her beloved Yosemite Valley and dreams of climbing Half Dome. Includes tips for visiting wild areas and historical note.
Author
Series
Dreamhouse Kings volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house in the middle of a dense forest outside of a small California town, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 1
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.
13) Little and Lion
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
A stunning novel on love, loss, identity, and redemption, from Publishers Weekly Flying Start author Brandy Colbert When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (along with her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support. But as she settles into her old life,...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
coming-of-age story that explores culture and family, forgiveness and friendship, and what makes a true home. Perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Joan Bauer. Lou Bulosan-Nelson has the ultimate summer DIY project. She's going to build her own "tiny house," 100 square feet all her own. She shares a room with her mom in her grandmother's house, and longs for a place where she can escape her crazy but lovable extended Filipino family. Lou enjoys her woodshop...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When East Coast native Elizabeth receives her freshman-year roommate assignment, she shoots off an e-mail to coordinate the basics: television, microwave, mini-fridge. That first note to San Franciscan Lauren sparks a series of e-mails that alters the landscape of each girl's summer--and raises questions about how two girls who are so different will ever share a dorm room. As the countdown to college begins, life at home becomes increasingly complex....
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined. Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still,...
17) Something blue
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 6
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Stella and her family drive to Los Angeles to attend her aunt Laura's wedding. Stella is excited to be a flower girl but things don't go as planned. She accidently sprays paint on her aunt's wedding dress and the daughter of the man marrying Aunt Laura wants to run away"--
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