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1) On the road
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Description
Presents a thinly fictionalized autobiography of Jack Kerouac's cross-country adventure across North America on a quest for self-knowledge as experienced by his alter-ego, Sal Paradise and Sal's friend Dean Moriarty (Kerouac's real life friend Neal Cassady).
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...
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
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Vanessa discovers the abandoned museum, she starts filling it with her own projects and art and memories. She organizes them and labels them. Maybe, if she can put them all together in just the right way, she can finally understand what went wrong.
Item #5: Fragment of a friendship bracelet.
Item #19: Two-headed monster Halloween costume.
Item #20: Hospital bracelet.
She needs to know why she can't quit her bad habit. Why her dad lives on...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
263 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elliott has been struggling since starting middle school, when his ADHD spiraled and his best friend moved away. He's not too sure where he fits in with his own family either, especially since his newly remarried dad and stepmom are expecting a baby. Especially when he already feels like his dad just doesn't get him--or his passion for cooking. In the kitchen, it's actually a good thing to have a brain that goes in six directions at once.
When he's...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
248 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Laura Rodriguez Colon has a plan: no matter what the grown-ups say, she will live with her parents again. Can you blame her? It's tough to make friends as the new kids at school. And while staying at her aunt's house is okay, it just isn't the same as being in her own space.
So when Laura finds a puppy, it seems like fate. If she can train the puppy to become a therapy dog, then maybe she'll be allowed to visit her parents. Maybe the dog will help...
Author
Publisher
Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nothing has gone right for Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting, he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
Author
Publisher
Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Melvin Levin is dissatisfied--with his job, with life, with it all. He's too polite and too boring, and the monotony of his days is only broken when he has to clean up after his neighbor's frequently vomiting cat. That is, until he receives a mysterious death threat in the mail. Under the thrill of potentially getting murdered, Melvin begins to feel truly alive again. The threat gives Melvin a sense of self-importance--someone wants him dead--and,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Language
English
Description
As Paris rediscovers its joie de vivre, Tabitha Knight, recently arrived from Detroit for an extended stay with her French grandfather, is on her own journey of discovery. Paris isn't just the City of Light; it's the city of history, romance, stunning architecture . . . and food. Thanks to her neighbor and friend Julia Child, another expat who's fallen head over heels for Paris, Tabitha is learning how to cook for her Grandpère and her Oncle Rafe.
Between...
11) We still belong
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow"--
13) Controlled Burn
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
237 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maia's parents say she's lucky she noticed something as early as she did. Lucky to have smelled the smoke, lucky to have pulled her sister, Amelia, out of their burning house. But is it really "lucky" when Maia knows it was her candle, left unattended, that started the fire in the first place?
When she's sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in northern Minnesota while her sister recovers in the hospital, Maia discovers that...
14) Generation ship
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
608 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 2108, Colony Ship Voyager departed Earth for the planet of Promissa with 18,000 of the world’s best and brightest on board. 250 years and 27 light years later, an arrival is imminent. But all is not well. The probes that they’ve sent ahead to gather the data needed to establish any kind of settlement aren’t responding, and the information they have received has presented more questions than answers. It’s a time when the entire crew should...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vivan Lantz is cursed. Every year, terrible things happen on her first day of school--and her first day of eighth grade makes the rest of them look like child's play. Her family's house floods in a rainstorm. She ruins her perfect outfit before she even walks through the school doors. She almost kills her teacher's fish. And if all of that weren't upsetting enough, she gets her first period in the middle of the school cafeteria. Vivian can't wait...
16) Unexpecting
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A poignant and emotional story about found family, what it means to be a parent, and falling in love.
Benjamin Morrison is about to start his junior year of high school. While his family is challenging, he is pretty content with his life, with his two best friends, and with his role in the robotics club. Until an experiment at science camp has completely unexpected consequences.
Ben is going to be a father, something his mother was not expecting...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hrs) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Victoria Reeves is all set for her "First Magnificent Summer with Dad" even though it's been more than two years since she last saw him--at least until he shows up for the long road trip with his new family, The Replacements, in tow.
But that's not the only unpleasant surprise in store for Victoria. There's being forced to eat bologna even though it's her least favorite food in the world. And then there's having to sleep in a tent...
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In WWII Poland, two sisters fight against the darkness engulfing their homeland, one by entering a daring network of women sheltering Jewish children and the other by joining the ranks of Poland's secret army. As Warsaw buckles under German oppression, they must rely on the courage that calls the ordinary to resist"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified. When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice...
Author
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (6 1/2 hrs) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives in a cabin with her family deep in the wild woods. Living off the grid is usually exciting, like the time she chased off three growling raccoons with a tree branch and some acorns, or when she thought she glimpsed the legendary Bigfoot. But her happy life in the wild ends abruptly when her younger brother gets sick, and the family moves to the city to be closer to the hospital.
As the hospital bills for her brother...