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Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil rights movement, is explained in this dramatic narrative by the cousin who was present every step of the way. Simeon Wright saw and heard his cousin Emmett whistle at Caroline Bryant at a grocery store and slept in the same bed with him when her husband...
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 8
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land... with Captain Hook? Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling's life is not what she imagined it would be. The doldrums of an empty house after her brothers have gone to school, the dull parties where everyone thinks she talks too much, and the fact that her parents have decided to send her away to Ireland as a governess--it all makes her wish things could be different. Wendy's only real escape is in writing down...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Teen geniuses Jonah, Motti, Con, Tye, and Patch, working for their mysterious benefactor, Coldhardt, are out to recover more stolen artefacts when one of their members is kidnapped, and they must add a rescue operation to the mission.
5) Ghostgirl
Author
Series
Ghostgirl volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Nat and her hacker brother Sam have come to Hawaii for their parents' Final Week. Global warming has devastated the planet, and the disintegrating society that remains is run by "corporates" who keep the population complacent through a constant diet of "pharma." The few Americans who stil live well also live long -- so long that older adults, like Nat's parents, blow out not by natural means but by buying death contracts. While...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Meet the filmmaker who is the voice of his generation! Behind the camera, Andrew Jenks has captured the attention of young adults everywhere with his innovative MTV documentary series, World of Jenks. When asked about his inspiration for the show, Jenks said, "I want to tell the stories of my generation. I want to be a filmmaker that is able to capture what my generation thinks, how they act, and what they ultimately stand for." Now fans of all ages...
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In 1942 New York City, fifteen-year-old Iris grieves for her mother who committed suicide and for the loss of her life of privilege, and secretly helps her father with his detective business since he, having lost a leg at Pearl Harbor, struggles to make ends meet.
11) Undead
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
On a school trip to snowbound Scotland, several students become infected and turn into hungry zombies, leaving a small band of survivors to take refuge in the school bus.
12) Michael Phelps
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Publishing
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English