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Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After her mother dies and she and her father move in with her wealthy aunt and cousin, Emily struggles when her car-loving, tomboy identity and her way of expressing her faith clash with the expectations of others.
82) Losers bracket
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When it comes to family, Annie is in the losers bracket. While her foster parents are great (mostly), her birth family would not have been her first pick. And no matter how many times Annie tries to write them out of her life, she always gets sucked back into their drama. Love is like that. But when a family argument breaks out at Annie's swim meet and her nephew goes missing, Annie might be the only one who can get him back. With help from her friends,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Lisa Fenn produced human-interest features for ESPN for over a decade, but one particular story came into her life and never left. After seeing a newspaper image of two young wrestlers from one of Cleveland's tougher public high schools, Lisa followed a hunch and flew back to her hometown to meet the boys that very day. What she found caused her spirit both to sink and to soar. Leroy Sutton, who lost his legs in a childhood train accident, could...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Adoptive parents can be bewildered or apprehensive and find themselves struggling in ways they hadn't anticipated. Marion Crook gently takes adoptive parents through the process of adoption from childhood to adulthood, helping to demystify the experience with compassion and reassurance. Meticulously researched but refreshingly free of academic jargon, this book will enlighten and empower adoptive parents and those who work with adopted children alike....
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and how family is not just something you're part of, but something you make. Lou and her family don't have much, but for Lou it's enough. Mom. Her sister, Casey. Their apartment in the city. Her best friend, Beth. It would be better if Dad could stop drinking and be there for her and Casey, and if they didn't have to worry about money all the time. But...
Author
Series
Murder Complex series volume 2
Description
With short, fast-paced, alternating point-of-view chapters, The Death Code starts several weeks after The Murder Complex ends. Zephyr keeps the secret about Meadow close that if she dies, The Murder Complex will be destroyed, too. Meadow, desperate to find her brother, father, and little sister, is determined to fight fearlessly to the end, even if it means sacrificing herself and her friends, new and old. The Death Code introduces a memorable cast...
87) Where I belong
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Eleven-year-old Brendan Doyle doesn't get along with his foster mother, he's failing fifth grade, and he's bullied mercilessly by a band of boys in his class. Then Brendan meets two potential friends--an eccentric old man and a girl from summer school--and he sees that there may be hope for him after all"--
90) Little & Lion
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Suzette returns home to Los Angeles from boarding school and grapples with her bisexual identity when she and her [stepbrother] Lionel fall in love with the same girl, pushing Lionel's bipolar disorder to spin out of control and forcing Suzette to confront her own demons"--
91) Same-sex parents
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
These charming scrapbook-style titles take topics affecting children's lives today, and lets the kids themselves do the talking. Topics To Talk About introduces the reader to some young characters, and discusses what makes them unique in a friendly, accessible way. Meet Daisy's two dads, and learn how Ella gained a stepparent. Amir tells you how he coped with the death of Grandad Sanjay and Rueben will show you how he overcame his bully. Through his...
Author
Series
Murder Complex series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In a world where the murder rate is higher than the birth rate, fifteen-year-old Meadow, trained by her father to kill and survive in any situation, falls in love with Zephyr, a government assassin.
94) My single dad
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Lenny follows Destiny for a school project and learns about her life with her single dad.
95) Escalate
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"In this installment of the high-interest Retribution series for teen readers, Jace tracks down his birth family."--
96) The Circus Rose
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A retelling of Snow White and Rose Red in which teenage twins Ivory and Rosie battle evil religious extremists to save their loves and their circus family.
97) Baker's magic
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Bee is an orphan in the poor kingdom of Aradyn, and when she is caught stealing a bun from a bakery, the lonely baker offers to take her on as an apprentice--but when she meets Princess Anika, and the evil mage Joris who is her "guardian" she embarks on a journey to save Anika, and restore the kingdom its rightful ruler.
98) Outside in
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"A family living secretly beneath a city reservoir changes Lynn's ideas about materialism and beauty, and about what it really means to be a friend"--From publisher description.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Maddy Adriana knows that magic is real. All her life, her heart has pulled her toward things too perfect to be ordinary, things no one else can see. And then there's the bracelet she's worn since she was a baby; a bracelet that grows as she grows and doesn't come off. Knowing that magic exists has made it a little easier to be a foster kid bounced between homes. Then, one day, Maddy feels a ... tug. It leads her to Il Circo delle Strade, the magical...
100) Niblet & Ralph
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Two cats that look alike live in the same building and, when they sneak out to visit one another, worry their young owners by their changed behavior.