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Author
Series
The Hate U Give volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
Author
Series
One of Us Is Lying volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, KAREN McMANUS "Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club" (EW.com) in this "flat-out addictive" (RT Book Reviews) story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the...
3) Impostors
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets close enough to begin to suspect something, and Frey must...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this prequel to #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls. It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die. He has...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems... Freshman year Jill’s best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on... Now, it’s...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequena has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she's got the World's Greatest Ally title locked down.
She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili--newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends....
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Waiting for her boyfriend, Scott, to awaken from a coma after their snowmobile accident, seventeen-year-old Taylor isn't sure what Scott will remember from the night of the crash--or what she wants him to remember"--
9) Starclimber
Author
Series
Matt Cruse volume 3
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As members of the first crew of astralnauts, Matt Cruse and Kate De Vries journey into outer space on the Starclimber and face a series of catastrophes that threaten the survival of all on board.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love"--
11) Solitaire
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
260 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tori Spring is tired of everything. She used to be able to deal with people, mostly because she had to. Now she can barely function in the ridiculousness of a school environment. She's bored. She's frustrated. She's worried about her brother Charlie. And she's not sure what she should do about anything.
She wants the world to leave her alone. But the world has other ideas.
A random Post-it leads Tori on a trail left by someone going by the name...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages : 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a horrifying public rejection by her crush, Ellie Nichols does what any girl would do: she flees the country. To be more precise, she joins her high school’s study abroad trip to England. While most of her classmates are there to take honors courses and pad their college applications, Ellie is on a quest to rebuild her reputation and self-confidence. And nothing is more of a confidence booster than getting a hot British boyfriend. --Amazon...
13) Love in English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a sixteen-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class.
14) The F-It List
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alex and Becca have always been best friends. But when Becca does something nearly unforgivable at Alex's dad's funeral, Alex cuts ties with her and focuses on her grieving family. Time passes, and Alex finally decides to forgive Becca. Then she's hit with another shocker: Becca has cancer. It also turns out Becca has a bucket list, one she doesn't know she'll be able to finish now. That's where Alex comes in, along with a mysterious and guarded...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Bad things don't happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett-- until her disappearance became the one fascinating mystery the sleepy town of Griffin Mills has ever had. Hawthorn is convinced she'll turn up at any moment, and comes up with her own theory for Lizzie's disappearance. A theory way too absurd to take seriously... at first. She decides to immerse herself in Lizzie's life, getting a job at the diner where Lizzie worked and hanging out with...
16) Geography Club
Author
Series
Russel Middlebrook volume 1
Publisher
HarperTempest
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school.
17) Unbecoming
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
375 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Life has just become very complicated for seventeen-year-old Katie; her father walked out a year ago, her mother is stressed out, her brother is a "special needs" teenager, and she is caring for the maternal grandmother she has never met, who is suffering from Alzheimer's--and Katie has a secret of her own that she cannot reveal.
18) Catching fire
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Author
Series
[We set the dark on fire volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband’s household or raise his children. Both paths promise a life of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class. Daniela Vargas is the school’s top student, but her pedigree is a lie. She must keep the truth hidden or be sent...
20) If You're Lucky
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Determined to clear the fog from her mind in order to uncover the truth about her brother's death, seventeen-year-old Georgia secretly stops taking the medication that keeps away the voices in her head.