John Green
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and...
4) Paper towns
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
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Language
English
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The zoo isn't what it used to be. It's run down, and Hippo hardly ever gets any visitors. So he decides to set off for the outside with his friend Red Panda. To make it in the human world, Hippo will have to become a Hippopotamister: he'll have to act like a human, get a job, and wear a hat as a disguise. He's a good employee, whether he's a construction worker, a hair stylist, or a sous chef. But what he really needs is a job where he can be himself"--Amazon.com....
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Series
InvestiGators volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"With agent Brash trapped in a mysterious coma, the technicians at S.U.I.T. have designed the ultimate replacement: RoboBrash This high-tech replica has been programmed with all of the original Brash's crime-fighting skills and knowhow--but it seems he's got a few bugs in his system Will Mango and his new partner be enough to stop the giant ants that are on a rampage in the city?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"At S.U.I.T. headquarters, Cilantro the Chameleon finally gets what she's been waiting for: a field assignment. Only...it's literally out in the middle of a field, and her orders are so vague, she can hardly tell what she's supposed to be investigating. But as she begins to uncover a sheep-led worker's rights revolt and an alien invasion conspiracy--not to mention a spooky haunting at the abandoned S.U.I.T. field outpost--Cilantro steps into her own...
Author
Series
Kitten Construction Company volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marmalade, a trained architect who also happens to be an adorable kitten, finds allies in other construction-trade cats when her plans for the new mayor's mansion are rejected by the city planner.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marmalade and her crew of construction kittens are in high demand, and their latest assignment is to build the new Mewburg bridge, but along with the bridge comes the one thing that cats hate most of all.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.
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Series
Teen Boat! volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stories of a boy with the power to transform himself into a small yacht. From breaking out into barnacles to facing pirates and detention, all the challenges of adolescence hit the boy.
Author
Series
Teen Boat! volume 2
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Teen Boat has always felt different from the other kids at Dockside High, which makes sense, since he's the only student who can transform into a small yacht. Now, just before graduation, Teen Boat embarks on an epic quest of self-discovery. He learns of a mysterious city called Boatlantis, where boats are at the top of the social ladder. Is it too good to be true? Has he finally found the place where a half boy/half boat belongs? Or wlil he always...
17) Hunting Bigfoot
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
John's resolve remains undiminished in his all-consuming quest to verify the existence of a Sasquatch he claims to have witnessed.
18) Paper towns
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When the girl of his dreams disappears after he spends a night playing pranks with her, a teenage boy gathers his friends and sets out on her trail.
19) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Shipwrecked off the coast of Trinidad, Robinson Crusoe - a young man with a thirst for adventure - finds himself washed up on a remote tropical island with nothing but a few tools and animals for company. Castaway for thirty years, he must battle cannibals, mutineers and the elements in a tale so convincing that many readers at the time believed it to be non-fiction. A true page-turner, Robinson Crusoe is one of the most enduring novels in the English...