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21) How do you live?
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and advice in 1937 Japan.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Hallie and Grace Weston couldn't be more different. Older sister Hallie thinks all the world's a stage--her stage, to be exact--while even-tempered Grace tries to keep her dramatic sister in check. When their father dies, leaving everything to his snooty new wife, the sisters face a new challenge: uprooted from their home and friends, they're forced to move into a relative's guesthouse--in shiny, status-obsessed Beverly Hills. Plunged into a strange...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Adrienne Cahill cares about three things: getting into a great college; becoming a revered journalist like her idol, Sydney Declay; and making her late father proud of her. So when Adrienne is offered the chance to write an article that will get her into her dream school and debunk her foolish stepfather's belief that a legendary family of hermits is living in the Siberian wilderness, there's no question that she's going to fly across the world. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Eleven-year-old Fern grapples with her father's death, a distant best friend, and a failing family business, but discovers an unexpected connection with neighbor Jasper as they collaborate on a photography contest and attempt to photograph an endangered pod of killer whales.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Cal Ormond travels to Ireland in search of the final clues to his father's death. He must reach the Ormond Singularity before the stroke of midnight. In the final days of this deadly 365-day countdown, it is clear that any second could be his last.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 9
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Cal teams up with Boges to plant a listening bug in Oriana's house to extract vital information.
Author
Series
13 days of midnight volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Description
When Luke Manchett's estranged father dies suddenly, he leaves his son a dark inheritance: a Host of eight unique, powerful, and restless spirits. Unfortunately, Luke has no clue how to manage them, which the ghosts figure out pretty quickly. Armed with only his father's indecipherable notes, and a locked copy of "The Book of Eight", Luke struggles to adapt to his new role as a necromancer. Meanwhile, the increasingly belligerent Host mutinies, possesses...
28) Gut reaction
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Inspired by Quinn Wyatt's own personal journey, Gut Reaction is full of heart and humor and highlights the importance of asking for help when it comes to mental and physical health alike. Tess Medina is still dealing with the loss of her father when she starts at a new school. One way she is still able to feel close to him is by doing what she does best: baking. He taught her everything she knows. But when tasting her creations causes a deep stabbing...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Klee's father was the center of his life. He introduced Klee to the great museums of New York City and the important artists on their walls, he told him stories made of myths and magic. Until his death. Now, forced to live in the suburbs with his mom, Klee can't help but feel he's lost all the identifying parts of himself-- his beloved father, weekly trips to the MoMA, and the thrumming energy of New York City. That is until he...
Author
Description
"Alejandra Kim feels like she doesn’t belong anywhere. Not at home, where Ale faces tense silence from Ma since Papi’s passing. Not in Jackson Heights, where she isn’t considered Latinx enough and is seen as too PC for her own good. Certainly not at her Manhattan prep school, where her predominantly white classmates pride themselves on being 'woke'. She only has to survive her senior year before she can escape to the prestigious Whyder College,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Buried alive in a coffin, Cal's chances of survival are running out as fast as the air around him. Thanks to his unknown attackers, he's lost the Jewel and the Riddle, and now his life hangs in the balance. Six feet under. Boges and Winter are frantically trying to find him before it's too late. Meanwhile, Gabbi--Cal's comatose little sister--has been kidnapped, and he is the prime suspect! Some seriously daring and dangerous tactics are need to...
Author
Series
Isaiah Dunn volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"Isaiah is now the big man of the house. But it's a lot harder than his dad made it look. His little sister, Charlie, asks too many questions, and Mama's gone totally silent. Good thing Isaiah can count on his best friend, Sneaky, who always has a scheme for getting around the rules. Plus, his classmate Angel has a few good ideas of her own--once she stops hassling Isaiah. And when things get really tough, there's Daddy's journal, filled with stories...