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Next-door neighbors and ex-best friends Hannah and Emory haven't spoken since the fight where they said things they couldn't take back. Emory is trying to make the most of the months she has left with her boyfriend, Luke, before they head off to separate colleges. Hannah is dealing with her family's financial problems, turning to unexpected people for answers while she questions her faith. Then Hannah finds Luke doubled over in his car outside her...

2) Out of my shell

Author

Goebel, Jenny

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7

Lexile measure

740L

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Crowley, Suzanne Carlisle

While still upset that her parents have separated and that her father will not be joining their family vacation in Florida, twelve-year-old Olivia must decide if she has the courage to fight when the local sea turtle population is endangered.

3) Finding Esme

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Pub. Date

[2018]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8

Physical Desc

280 pages ; 22 cm

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"Twelve-year-old Esme and her best friend, Finch, discover dinosaur bones on her family's peach farm and are suddenly surrounded by people with nefarious motives"--

4) Resurrection Girls

Author

Morgyn, Ava

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Drawn out of her grief by new neighbors, the Hallas women, sixteen-year-old Olivia Foster perceives a darkness surrounding them that goes beyond Kara Hallas's habit of writing to men on death row.

5) Fly back, Agnes

Author

Atkinson, E. J

Pub. Date

[2020]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8

Physical Desc

290 pages ; 20 cm

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Twelve-year-old Agnes hates everything about herself, starting with her name, so while spending a summer with her father, a cellist, she decides to become someone else.

6) And then there were four

Author

Werlin, Nancy

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12

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"When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all"--

7) Cursed

Author

Silverstein, Karol Ruth

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12

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"Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent chronic illness diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school."--Provided by publisher.

8) Train I ride

Author

Mosier, Paul

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5

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Traveling from California to Chicago after her mother dies of a drug overdose and her grandmother of lung cancer, thirteen-year-old Rydr meets other passengers on the train and attempts to accept her own situation.

9) Chasing Augustus

Author

Fusco, Kimberly Newton

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8

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During a rough year in which she was placed in the care of her prickly grandfather after her father suffered a stroke, Rosie embarks on a search for her missing dog after he is given away by her estranged mother.

10) Time bomb

Author

Charbonneau, Joelle

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10

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"Six students are trapped in their school after a bomb goes off, and must fight to survive while discovering who among them is the bomber"--

11) Honeybees and frenemies

Author

Wientge, Kristi

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8

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Twelve-year-old Flor faces problems at home while spending a summer working at her parents' store, partnering with former friend Candice for a pageant, and volunteering with a reclusive beekeeper.

12) The secrets we bury

Author

Ramey, Stacie

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Rather than be placed in a special school for psychologically-challenged students, Dylan, six months from turning eighteen, sets out on the Appalachian Trail, where he makes surprising connections with other hikers.

13) The infinity year of Avalon James

Author

Middleton, Dana

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7

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Facing bullying at home and her family being torn apart, Avalon anxiously waits with her best friend, Atticus, for the magical power they are supposed to inherit between their tenth and eleventh birthdays.

14) The benefits of being an octopus

Author

Braden, Ann

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8

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Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding rich classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team and she begins to speak out.

15) Swimming in a sea of stars

Author

Wright, Julie

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Includes discussion questions (pages 245-246). "After surviving a suicide attempt, Addison returns to school where her life intersects with four other students, each of whom are also struggling with their own personal struggles"--

16) Game changer

Author

Greenwald, Tom

Pub. Date

2018.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4

Physical Desc

ix, 287 pages ; 22 cm

Description

While thirteen-year-old Teddy fights for his life after a football injury at training camp, his friends and family gather to support him and discuss events leading to his coma.

17) Trusting you & other lies

Author

Williams, Nicole

Pub. Date

[2017]

Physical Desc

292 pages ; 22 cm

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"Phoenix dreads a summer at family summer camp, but head counselor Callum may change all that--if Phoenix can learn to trust him"--

18) Starry eyes

Author

Bennett, Jenn

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14

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When teens Zorie and Lennon, a former couple, are stranded in the California wilderness together, they must put aside their differences, and come to terms with lingering romantic feelings, in order to survive.

19) All in pieces

Author

Young, Suzanne

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9

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"A girl struggles to take care of her younger brother with special needs while confronting her own anger issues"--

20) Raymie nightingale

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Pub. Date

2016.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5

Physical Desc

263 pages ; 21 cm

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