Leah Johnson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
Author
Series
Ellie Engle volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Olivia is an expert at falling in love...and at being dumped. But after the fallout from her last breakup has left her an outcast at school and at home, she's determined to turn over a new leaf. A crush-free weekend at Farmland Music and Arts Festival with her best friend is just what she needs to get her mind off the senior year that awaits her. Toni is one week away from starting college, and it's the last place she wants to be. Unsure about who...
Author
Publisher
Wonderbooks
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
Español
Description
"Ha llegado la hora de cambiar el cuento de hadas. Liz Lighty siempre ha sido demasiado negra, demasiado pobre y demasiado diferente para Campbell, el pueblo en el que vive, donde todas las chicas están obsesionadas con ser la reina del baile. Sin embargo, Liz tiene un plan para salir de allí: entrar en la banda de música de la prestigiosa Universidad de Pennington y conseguir una beca para estudiar Medicina. Pero su plan no sale bien y a Liz solo...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redfines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and thoseimagined.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Love is in the air in Serendipity, a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer.
The secret admirer.
The fake relationship.
The matchmaker.
From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, 10 of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your