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2) Just Ella
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Series
Palace chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
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English
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"... [Offers] answers to ... questions [about homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender people], from sex to politics, hooking up to stereotypes, coming out and more. This ... exploration of sexuality and what it's like to grow up LGBT also includes real stories from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, not to mention [humorous] illustrations..."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Teen Innovators celebrates the determination and ingenuity of ten young people who created their own original inventions. From water testing to windmills, these youth use unique methods to overcome real world problems"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin-a Chinese American man-beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker...
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English
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Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie's head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair, she loses the life she once cherished. Among the chaos...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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"Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him...
12) Voice of command
Author
Series
Spoken mage volume 2
Language
English
Description
Elena has found the power in her voice - now she must decide how to use it. Finally accepted as a mage, Elena struggles with the commonborn roots. And when disaster strikes the kingdom, she can't shrug off the death toll as the mageborn have always done. Yet the limitations of her spoken magic held her back - both in saving lives among the people and in competitions in the Academy's arena. In desperation she turns to an unlikely source of assistance...
13) Hex hall
Author
Series
Hex Hall novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father—an elusive European warlock—only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium,...
15) Voice of life
Author
Series
Spoken mage volume 4
Language
English
Description
In her fourth year at the Academy, Elena should be focused on final exams and graduation. Instead, she has no choice but to stop a decades-long war at least if she wants any future with Lucas. But it's hard to stop a war when you're nowhere near the front lines. And an unexpected invitation one she can't refuse only complicates the matter further. Embroiled in political machinations beyond her experience, Elena will have to plumb the depths of her...
16) A gentle tyranny
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Series
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English
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In Nedé--a safe haven for women--seventeen-year-old Reina draws strength from a forbidden friendship when torn between her formidable grandmother and her mother as she faces a decision that could change their world.
17) Torment
Author
Series
Fallen novels (Lauren Kate) volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The second novel in the addictive and worldwide bestselling FALLEN series . . . where love never dies.
#1 New York Times bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
More than 3 million series copies in print!
Hell on earth.
That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one...
#1 New York Times bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
More than 3 million series copies in print!
Hell on earth.
That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one...
18) Invisible ghosts
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at fifteen. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated. Jamie Aldridge is charming, confident, and a painful reminder of the life Rose has been missing out on since her brother's death. She watches as Jamie easily...
19) The maze runner
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Series
Maze runner trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
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Language
English
Description
Green shares nonjudgmental advice for teens about sex and sexuality. She covers topics ranging from sexual empowerment and content, to LGBT challenges and pregnancy prevention. In addition to her own knowledge and honest advice, Green shares information vetted by a range of medical experts. By helping readers take control of their sex life, she helps them will be more in control of their lives and their relationships. -- adapted from Amazon.com info....