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1) Titans
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Astrid Sullivan belongs to a family of compulsive gamblers, and now that her father has been laid off from his job in Detroit and lost all their money betting on the Titans, which are half-horse, half car, and race around impossible tracks, her family is falling apart--but when Astrid's new friends give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she thinks she sees a way to win some money and keep her family together....
2) Ruby Tuesday
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
The 1988 World Series win by the Los Angeles Dodgers sets off a chain of life-changing events for thirteen-year-old Ruby Tuesday as she travels to Las Vegas and learns some surprising truths about her family members and their careers as gamblers and musicians. Plenty of girls have trouble relating to their parents. Few have to turn to a dictionary for help. Ruby Tuesday Sweet keeps a battered webster's by her side -- but when her dad tunes in to...
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