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"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.
3) Just Lizzie
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
310 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lizzie knows what she's not. She's not at home in her new house on the other side of town, after an incident with a neighbor forced her family to move. She's not ready to say goodbye to the wild apple tree in her old backyard, or to her older brother, who just left home for his first semester of college. She's definitely not happy to be taking women's self-defense with her sworn-enemy PE teacher. And unlike her best friend--and seemingly...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm--and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow's disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors. It's been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren't there....
Author
Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An inspiring fiction story from the bestselling author of War RoomGrayson Hayes doesn't remember things as well as he used to, but he's sure his time is running out. Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, he realizes he has a small window of time left to right a terrible injustice-he just can't remember what it is.Convinced of the importance of his mission, he embarks on a journey to the small West Virginia town of his childhood hoping he can put...
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Publisher
North Dakota State University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages : 20 cm.
Language
English
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Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur for someone of white and Indian descent, not that she really even knew how to be an Indian. Too bad the white world doesn't accept her either. And so begins her quirky habits to gain acceptance. Apple's name, chosen by her Indian mother on her deathbed, has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye, bit also the negative connotation--a person...
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Publisher
Schwartz and Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alvin, an Asian American second grader, is afraid of everything—elevators, tunnels, girls, and, most of all, school. He’s so afraid of school that, while he’ s there, he never, ever, says a word. But at home, Alvin is a very loud superhero named Firecracker Man, a brother to Calvin and Anibelly, and a gentleman-in-training, just like his dad. With the help of his family, can Alvin take on the outside world without letting his fears get the best...
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Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition,
Physical Desc
337 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin's essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, her entire life changes overnight. Now she has the approval of her classmates at her new international school in Beijing, a career-launching internship opportunity at her favorite magazine... and a massive secret to keep.
Eliza made her essay up. She's never been in a relationship before, let alone in love. All good writing is lying, right?
Desperate...
9) Frontera
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of Harpercollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of the night.
Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is ill-prepared for the unforgiving heat that is sure...
10) The Atlas of Us
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Atlas James has lost her way. But she has one last chance to get her act together: a community-service program rehabbing trails in the western Sierras. The only plus is that the work is so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.
Using real names is forbidden on the trail. So Atlas becomes Maps, and with her team--Books,...
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
364 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows Jordan Plazas and Cindy Ortiz hate each other.
According to many viral videos of their public shouting matches, the Plazas and Ortiz families have a well-known food truck rivalry. Jordan and Cindy have spent all of high school making cheesesteaks and slinging insults at each other across their shared Philadelphia street.
But the truth? They're in love, and it's all just an act for the tourists.
When the fake feud lands them a reality...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HaperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
360 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lou has just broken up with her first boyfriend, Wyatt, after all forty-six of their kisses never made her feel any kind of spark... only uncomfortable with her own body. Too bad he'll be working at her family's ice cream shack for the whole summer. Along with her ex-best friend, King, who's back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word.
Yet all of that fades into the background when Lou gets a letter from...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
343 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna Hunt may be new to East Middle School, but she can already tell there's something weird going on in her eighth-grade class. Rachel Riley, who just last year was one of the most popular girls in school, has become a social pariah. No one will talk to her. No one will talk about her. And no one will tell Anna how it all started. Including Rachel herself.
As a die-hard podcast enthusiast, Anna knows there's always more to a story than meets the...
Author
Series
Farah Rocks volume 3
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's summer break, and Farah is eager to attend a geology camp at her new school. But with car trouble and other family expenses, Farah's parents can't afford to send her. Taking matters into her own hands, Farah takes various jobs, including selling items at a yard sale, mowing neighbors' lawns, and finally starting her own tutoring business. When Farah discovers that someone is sabotaging her business by taking down her flyers, she's shocked. Can...
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
305 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simon O'Keefe tells a lot of stories: like how his family was driven out of Omaha by alpacas. And how his church-deacon dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. And how his undertaker mom occasionally has to wrangle emus.
But the story Simon doesn't tell is the one he'd do anything to forget: Simon is the only survivor of a school shooting. That story has followed him everywhere--everywhere except his new home in the National Quiet Zone,...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate...only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent...
17) Strays
Author
Publisher
Ashland Creek Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
219 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Iris Moody has a problem controlling her temper--but then, she has a lot to be angry about. Dead mother. Workaholic father. Dumped by her boyfriend. Failing English.
When a note in Iris's journal is mistaken as a threat against her English teacher, she finds herself in trouble not only with school authorities but with the law.
In addition to summer school, dog-phobic Iris is sentenced to an entire summer of community service, rehabilitating...
Author
Series
Farah Rocks volume 1
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
134 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifth grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend, Allie Liu, are excited to apply to the Magnet Academy. For years they've been dreaming about attending middle school there. But when new girl Dana starts bullying Farah's little brother, Samir, Farah isn't sure she can leave her brother behind.
Meanwhile, Allie is getting friendly with Dana's friends, Farah's mama and baba are stressed over work and money, and Farah's teachers don't seem to think the...
Author
Series
Farah Rocks volume 4
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her little brother faces a lengthy stay in the hospital, Farah is sent to visit her grandmother in Florida. Sitti Fayrouz doesn't speak much English, and she has rules about everything. Even worse, Farah manages to make an enemy out of one of her grandmother's neighbors--before she even arrives in Florida. Will Farah find a way to have fun being the only kid in a retirement community, or will she spend the trip worrying about her brother and...
Author
Series
Amish vines and orchards volume 3
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm323
Language
English
Description
"Cindy Woodsmall's latest book For Every Season concludes the remarkable love story and the choice Rhoda Byler must make between brothers Jacob and Samuel King"--