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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives inches.
3) Paper towns
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer,...
5) Bang!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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A teenage boy must face the harsh realities of inner city life, a disintegrating family, and destructive temptations as he struggles to find his identity as a young man.
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Princess diaries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Although she has recently completed a 400-page romance novel, Princess Mia, in her last month of high school, has yet to pick a college, find a prom dress, or decide if her boyfriend J. P. is really The One.
7) Okay for now
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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A coming of age novel about Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. He deals with the usual teen problems, but also with the suicide of his best friend.
A haunting coming of age novel told in a series of letters to an unknown correspondent reveals the life of Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent, it's a story of what it's like...
9) Zora and me
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Series
Zora and me volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.
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"Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic...Mack has had a crush on Karim for as long as he can remember and he can't believe it when gorgeous, popular Karim seems into him too. But when Mack's father takes on a new directing project in Scotland, Mack has to move away, and soon discovers how painful long-distance relationships can be...Then Mack meets actor Finlay on set, and the world turns upside down again. Fin seems fearless--and his confidence...
11) In other lands
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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Despite his aversion to war, work, and most people (human or otherwise), teenaged Elliott, a human transported to a fantasy world where he attends a school for warriors and diplomatic advisors, finds that two unlikely ideas, friendship and world peace, may actually be possible.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color"--
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DC icons volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
[A]uthor SARAH J. MAAS delivers a coming-of-age Selina Kyle who will steal readers' hearts in a new, highly anticipated YA blockbuster: CATWOMAN! When the Bat's away, the Cat will play. It's time to see how many lives this cat really has. Two years after escaping Gotham City's slums, Selina Kyle returns as the mysterious and wealthy Holly Vanderhees. She quickly discovers that with Batman off on a vital mission, Gotham City looks ripe for the taking....
16) Blood like magic
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Series
Blood like magic volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
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Aristotle and Dante volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship-the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Shakespeare Shapiro navigates a senior year fraught with feelings of insecurity while writing the memoir of his embarrassing life, worrying about his younger brother being cooler than he is, and having no prospects of ever getting a girlfriend.
19) Rebel heart
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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After rescuing her twin brother from the Tonton, Saba experiences disturbing telepathic visions while being hunted by a cunning enemy.
20) Raging star
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Saba leads a group of guerrillas against DeMalo and the Tonton, all while contemplating DeMalo's invitation to join him in building a New Eden.
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