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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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With a new Foreword by the lead singer of R.E.M., this revised edition of Gootman's helpful guide includes new resources and a new section on losing a friend through violence. Recommended for parents and teachers of teens who have experienced a painful loss. If you are grieving the death of a friend, do something for yourself. Take the time to read this book. It isn't very long-there aren't a lot of words-but you may find the help you need to cope...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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Publisher Annotation: Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge...
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 3
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has already survived leukemia twice. This summer she will returning to the summer camp for children with cancer where she spent the best two weeks of each of the past two summers. This year, though, she'll be a counselor, sharing her experiences to help others deal with their cancers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
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When Davey Wexler's father is killed in a holdup in Atlantic City, her mother moves Davey and her brother to Los Alamos to get away from the memories--but Davey is a girl frozen in fear and anger, until she meets an older boy called Wolf who can read her tiger eyes.
6) Impact
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
After his brother is murdered, Jordan and his parents must find a way to deal with their grief and get through the murder trial.
8) Blood sport
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Jason is determined to find out the truth about his sisters death."--
10) A time to die
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004, c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When an anonymous benefactor promises to grant a single wish, sixteen-year-old Kara Fischer, born with cystic fibrosis, can't help but wonder if miracles might really happen.
12) Caleb and Kit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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From award-winning author Beth Vrabel comes a powerfully moving story about a magical friendship, coping with disability, and the pains of growing up and growing apart. Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis meaning lungs that fill with mucus and a shortened lifespan. Caleb tries not to let his disorder define him, but it can be hard with an overprotective...
14) Shattering Glass
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, turns the school nerd into Prince Charming, his actions lead to unexpected violence.
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Description
Every 23 years for 23 days he comes to feast. On the 23rd day a bus becomes stranded on the dreaded East 9 Highway while returning home from winning the championship game. The passengers, a group of basketball players, cheerleaders, and coaches, quickly realize that there's more to fear than a broken down bus when The Creeper descends mercilessly upon them. As his feeding frenzy draws to a close, The Creeper needs the sort of nourishment only a vital...
Pub. Date
©2009
Description
Jeepers creepers: Alone on a desolate highway, two homebound teens are nearly run off the road by a dementd tailgater. Later they spot this maniac disposing a body down into a sewer pipe. When they stop to investigate, they realize the horrible mistake they have made. The unspeakable evil maniac now intends to make them his next victims.
Jeepers creepers 2: Every 23 years for 23 days he comes to feast. On the 23rd day a bus becomes stranded on the...
Pub. Date
2010, c1984
Description
Freddy homicidally haunts the sleep of Elm Street teens. Nancy is one of those teens having nightmares about the frightening, badly-scarred figure who wears a glove with razor-sharp 'finger knives.' She quickly discovers that her friends are having similar dreams. When the teens begin to die, Nancy realizes that she will have to stay awake in order to survive. Realizing it is necessary to uncover Freddy's secret identity and his connection to the...