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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.
2) Night road
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After a string of foster homes and the death of her heroin-addict mother, Lexi Baill is taken in by a newly discovered great-aunt who lives a spartan life near Seattle. Lexi soon meets Mia and her loving twin brother, Zach. The friendship flourishes, and Mia's mother draws Lexi into the family circle. A slowly growing attraction between Zach and Lexi begins, but then Lexi, Mia, and Zach collectively make a bad decision that results in a tragedy with...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the accident that killed his foster father, high school student Jacob Fielding discovers that he has acquired the power of indestructibility, and the more he learns about it the more he realizes that it is a heavy burden, if not a curse.
4) Everblaze
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she is determined to find her kidnappers but a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she has exposed a a major conspiracy that could threaten all she loves.
5) Bitter
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus but her friends aren't willing to settle for a world that's so far away from what...
Author
Publisher
Kelp Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It's 1988 and Heath Walker, who spent most of his life in group homes, bartends and sells weed to keep the lights on for his ailing foster mom. When Heath meets and quickly falls for the brazen and beautiful Rori Burke at his bar, he kicks off a series of events that leave both his mother and a cop dead, and Rori's father--a crooked small-town police chief--on their trail. As the young couple tears away on their journey from Santa Cruz communes to...
7) Untouchable
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A man's quest to find answers for those who are haunted by the past leads him deeper into the shadows in this electrifying novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Promise Not to Tell. Quinton Zane is back. Jack Lancaster, consultant to the FBI, has always been drawn to the coldest of cold cases, the kind that law enforcement either considers unsolvable or else has chalked up to accidents or suicides. As a survivor of a fire, he finds...
8) Nightfall
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
As the battles continue, Sophie must uncover the truth about the Lost Cities' past.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
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