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Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other comtemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
2) Tehanu
Author
Series
Earthsea volume 4
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Years ago, the young priestess Tenar and powerful wizard Ged helped each other in a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need--the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed...." --...
3) Keeping 13
Author
Series
Boys of Tommen volume 2
Publisher
Bloom Books, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
xi, 658 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
His first, last, and only true love has always been rugby. Until now. Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unraveling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes. With his best friend, Gibsie, by his side, Johnny embarks on his quest of exposing the secrets...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
Growing up, Mallory "Mouse" Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. After she escaped her terrifying childhood and spent years being homeschooled by loving adoptive parents, she is starting her senior year at a public high school. The first day, she runs into Rider Stark, the friend and protector from her childhood, and Mallory realizes that their bond never really faded. But as Rider's life spirals out of control, Mallory faces...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Cody's home life is a messy, too-often terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Cody himself is a smart kid, a survivor with a great sense of humor that helps him see past his circumstances and begin to try to get himself out. Autumn is a wealthy girl from an indigenous family, who has found herself in with the popular crowd even though it's hard for her to want to keep up. But one night, while returning home from a movie, Autumn comes across Cody,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
194 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Pearl runs away from her abusive father, she has nowhere to go--until she stumbles upon a disguise that gives her the key to a new identity. Reborn as a boy named Soupy, she hitches her star to Ramshackle, a hobo who takes her under his wing. Ramshackle's kindness and protection go a long way toward helping Soupy heal from her difficult past. But he has his own demons to wrestle with, and he'll need Soupy just as much as she needs him. Two misfits...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 500L
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos's strict immigrant Greek mother sees him as a disappointment. His workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. His only escape is drawing, in an abandoned monastery that feels as lonely as he is. And Henry makes Evan believe that he deserves more than his mother's harsh words and terrifying abuse. As things...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
233 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marlin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows thirteen-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad.
11) Silence
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
[2014].
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"For eleven years, Oakley Farrell has been silent. At the age of five, she stopped talking and no one seems to know why. Refusing to communicate beyond a few physical actions, Oakley remains in her own little world. Bullied at school, she has just one friend, Cole Benson. Cole stands by her, refusing to believe she is not perfect the way she is. Over the years, they have developed their own version of a normal friendship. However, will it still work...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The polygamous Kevinian cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life, her family, her ability to trust. And when she rebelled, they took away her hands, too. Now their Prophet has been murdered and their camp set aflame, and it's clear that Minnow knows something -- but she's not talking. As she languishes in juvenile detention, she struggles to un-learn everything she has been taught to believe, adjusting to...
13) If you find me
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"There are some things you can't leave behind... A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey's younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother...
14) Out of breath
Author
Series
Breathing volume 3
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013].
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emma leaves Weslyn and everyone in it behind to attend Stanford University, just as she always intended. A shell of her former self, she is not the same girl. She is broken, and the only way that she'll be whole again is through forgiveness. Emma must find a way to forgive herself and recognize her own worth before she can receive the love she deserves.
16) Sal
Author
Publisher
Canongate
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordnance Survey map from the school library. She bought a compass, a Bear Grylls knife, waterproofs, and a first aid kit from Amazon using credit cards she'd robbed. She read the 'SAS Survival Handbook' and watched loads of YouTube videos. And now Sal knows a lot of stuff. Like how to build a shelter and start a fire. How to estimate distances, snare rabbits, and shoot an airgun. And...
17) Aftermath
Author
Publisher
Merit Press, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Four years after being kidnapped, sixteen-year-old Charlotte returns home to find her family ripped apart, but before she can try to reunite them, or help find the body of her captor's first victim, she must come to terms with her past.
18) Glimpse
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Living with their mother who earns money as a prostitute, two sisters take care of each other and when the older one attempts suicide, the younger one tries to uncover the reason.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
With a family who refuses to learn sign language, twelve-year-old Effie is mostly cut off from human communication at home, unable to speak of her abusive stepfather or violent father--only her interpreter understands, and Miss Kathy is willing to take Effie's case to court to provide her with a safe home. Told in verse.
20) Trigger
Author
Publisher
Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Didi's father is constantly pressuring her to do better: win at chess, run faster every day, shoot better, hunt better or go hungry; she is not allowed friends, or time off or any pleasures; he always reminds her that they have to be prepared to fight the rest of the world--but what he never tells her is that when she is the best he plans to hunt her.
For forever, Didi has had to be the best at anything her father demanded of herthe fastest runner,...