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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Lane's friends are determined to make the most of their stay at Latham House, where tuberculosis patients go when they cannot be cured, but Lane finds a new reason to smile when he falls for Sadie, the shy girl who has become a fearless queen of sarcasm during her stay at Latham House. As the sickness progresses, the kids struggle to hold on to the slivers of happiness they hold so dear in this story told in alternating points of view. 336pp.
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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...
23) Just Breathe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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From the critically acclaimed author of Say What You Will and A Step Toward Falling comes a deeply emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart and The Fault in Our Stars. David Scheinman is the popular president of his senior class, battling cystic fibrosis. Jamie Turner is a quiet sophomore, struggling with depression. The pair soon realizes that they're able to be more themselves with each other than they can be with anyone else, and...
24) Five feet apart
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
27) King Dork
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life.
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When the Earth is doomed by an imminent and unavoidable asteroid collision, New Hampshire homicide detective Hank Palace considers the worth of his job in a world destined to end in six months and investigates a suspicious suicide that nobody else cares about.
29) Me before you
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Me before you volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
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"They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose. Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than her tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"A unique and unforgettable love." —Teen Vogue
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel.
Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite
...32) Before I die
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
33) Jackie Kelk
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Carl talks with prolific radio actor Jackie Kelk who played "Homer Brown" on The Aldrich Family. National Movie Critic, Sarah Adamson, reviews two films that recently released "The Edge of Tomorrow" and "The Fault In Our Stars" and much more.
A Falcon Picture Group audio production.
34) Truest
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"Westlin Beck's summer is turned upside down when the Hart twins move to town: aggravating, intriguing, and quirky Silas and his mysteriously ill sister, Laurel"--
35) Cursed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent juvenile inflammatory disease diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school."--Provided by publisher.
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Hailed as Italy's The Fault in Our Stars, this Italian bestseller is now available for the first time in English. 'I was born on the first day of school, and I grew up and old in just two hundred days . . .' Sixteen-year-old Leo has a way with words, but he doesn't know it yet. He spends his time texting, polishing soccer maneuvers, and killing time with Niko and Silvia. Until a new teacher arrives and challenges him to give voice to his dreams. And...
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Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love?If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
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Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: when her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. When she travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time, Leigh is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day...
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Before she can learn to live, she has to learn to love.
Kylee's life is shrouded in mystery. She's not allowed to leave the house. She can't answer the phone. She's forbidden to talk to the neighbors.
So of course when Price moves in next door, she makes it a point to meet him.
The strength of his friendship surprises her, but not as much as the shocking discovery he makes.
Suddenly, everything makes sense. And nothing does.
For fans of Before...
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"The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko is comic and staggeringly tragic, often both in a single sentence ... A grittier, Eastern European, more grown-up The Fault in Our Stars."--Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child. Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan...