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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
While on vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best friends Anna and Frankie conspire to find a boy for Anna's first kiss, but Anna harbors a painful secret that threatens their lighthearted plan and their friendship.
6) Hotel Ruby
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
On the way to spend a summer with her grandmother after the sudden death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Audrey, her older brother Daniel, and their father happen upon the Hotel Ruby, a luxurious place filled with unusual guests and little chance of ever leaving.
7) The window
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
After her twin sister Anna falls to her death while sneaking out her bedroom window, high school sophomore Jess tries to learn everything she can about the sister she thought she knew and soon discovers that her twin kept many dark secrets.
Anna is outgoing and athletic, the opposite of her twin sister Jess. The same on the outside, so completely different inside-- yet they tell each other everything. Or so Jess thought. After Anna falls to her death...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Maddie O'Neill Levine and her zany family accompany their terminally ill matriarch on her 'death with dignity' cruise, where Maddie falls in love, makes new friends, and struggles to find the strength to let go of her beloved Gram"--
Author
Publisher
KCP Loft
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
It was a normal Tuesday until Kai discovered a letter, tucked into a pile of their family's mail, from her older sister, Jen. "If you are reading this, I am already gone." Jen has committed suicide. Dealing with Jen's funeral and with their devastated parents, Kai is also searching for answers. Soon she's caught in a vicious downward spiral, self-medicating and lashing out at the people she loves. When her parents send Kai to the Treehouse, a summer...
Author
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Upon returning from a year in Oregon to Texas and her alcoholic father, Kira is distressed to find three of her father's rehab friends staying at her home, while her own friends seem distant.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury YA
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
After the death of their mother, thirteen-year-old Serenity Evans and her younger brother go to live with their grandparents, who try to keep them safe from bad influences and help them come to terms with what has happened to their family. Includes recipe for red velvet cake.
14) Winter's gift
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
On Christmas Eve, an old farmer whose wife has died acquires new hope after helping a pregnant mare in a snowstorm.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In the wake of 9/11, Shadi, a child of Muslim immigrants, tries to navigate her crumbling world of death, heartbreak, and bigotry in silence, until finally everything changes.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.
18) Missing May
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996, 1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living.
19) Poppy and Ereth
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After a long, hard winter in Dimwood forest, Poppy the deer mouse finds new adventure thrust upon her while rescuing Ereth the porcupine from the mud.
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