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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
2) Willow
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
329 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willow, who was driving the car that killed both of her parents, copes with the pain and guilt by cutting herself, until she meets a smart and sensitive boy who is determined to help her stop.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
490 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In an effort to get over her mother's death and the jealousy she feels for the new girl at school, Raesha concentrates on losing weight to make her performance at the upcoming high school rodeo competition the best it can be.
4) Speak
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2006, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
197 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. Includes bonus material and a new forward by the author.
Author
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In journal entries alternating between two timelines--before and after a tragic accident--Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl's life forever."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Evan goes from being a nobody to everyone's hero and a social media superstar after a chance encounter with Connor just before his suicide leads others to believe Evan was his only friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bakis, author of Lives of the Monster Dogs, creates an atmosphere of gut-churning dread from the first chapter, when two strange women warn of trouble on Arkel’s island while the Forts wait for their boat. Trouble happens quickly, and there are scenes so anxiety-producing that you might want to put the book down and check to see that your windows and doors are secure.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Relegated to the care of an eccentric great-aunt after her mentally unbalanced mother's accidental death, 12-year-old CeeCee is quickly surrounded by the strong women and cultural elements of her new Savannah community.
Author
Series
Darius the Great volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
12) Chaos theory
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's...
Author
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"All Beth wants is for her tight-knit circle of friends--Grace Nakamura, Brandon Lin, Sunny Chen, and Jason Tsou--to stay together. With her family splintered and her future a question mark, these friends are all she has--even if she sometimes wonders if she truly fits in with them. Besides, she's certain she'll never be able to tell Jason how she really feels about him, so friendship will have to be enough. Then Beth witnesses a private act of violence...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets--for fans of the New York Times bestsellers The Paper Palace and Ask Again, Yes. Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the...