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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school--both teetering on the edge--it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the "natural wonders" of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another"
3) Speak
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Suffering from a crippling case of post-traumatic stress disorder, sixteen-year-old Loa Lindgren tries to use her problem solving skills, sharpened in physics and computer programming, to cure herself.
6) Trouble
Author
Publisher
Simon & Shuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When Aaron willingly signs on to be the pretend father of Hannah's unborn baby, he is looking for redemption from a past that has a stranglehold on him. Hannah, more simply, needs support in the absence of the real father, but she'll discover so much more"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Regina, a high school senior in the popular--and feared--crowd, suddenly falls out of favor and becomes the object of the same sort of vicious bullying that she used to inflict on others, until she finds solace with one of her former victims.
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
2005,c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
At the request of her social worker, thirteen-year-old Linda gradually reveals how her life with her unstable mother and her younger brother led to her rape and the murder she witnessed.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Tells, from four points of view, the ramifications of a pregnancy resulting from a "one-time thing" between Ellie, who feels loved when boys touch her, and Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life.
10) The last Martin
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Martin Boyle struggles to break a family curse after discovering that he has only twelve weeks to live.
11) I am J
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When Petula de Wilde, who is anything but wild, meets Jacob in their school's dorky art therapy program, his friendship (and something more) helps her overcome intense fears since her sister died. And he has a secret of his own"--
Since her sister's death, Petula de Wilde sees danger in everything. A mandatory art therapy class with a groups of teenage misfits is the worst part of each week. She wants nothing to do with them-- especially Jacob and...
13) Croak
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A delinquent sixteen-year-old girl is sent to live with her uncle for the summer, only to learn that he is a Grim Reaper who wants to teach her the family business.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A troubled sixteen-year-old girl attending a wilderness school in the Idaho mountains must finally face the consequences of her complicated friendships with two of the other girls at the school.
16) Smoke
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperately seeking peace, as her younger sister, a sophomore in high school, also tries to put the pieces of her life back together.
17) Blink & Caution
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become involved in a complicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books, an imprint of Bloosmbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Jonah and Brighton are about to have the most awkwardly awful night of their lives. For Jonah, every aspect of his new life reminds him of what he has had to give up. All he wants is to be left alone. Brighton is popular, pretty, and always there to help anyone, but has no idea of what she wants for herself"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After her former friend Leah dies in an automobile accident, Laine remembers their troubled relationship, dating back to elementary school when Leah convinced Laine to "practice" in the closet with her, and Leah controlled her every thought.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Evan is haunted by the loss of his best friend, but when mysterious photographs start appearing, he begins to fall apart as he starts to wonder if she has returned, seeking vengeance. Incorporates strike-through text and other design elements.
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