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2) Lightfinder
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Kegedonce Press
Language
English
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Aisling, a young Cree woman sets out into the wilderness with her Kokum (grandmother), Aunty and two young men she barely knows. They have to find and rescue her runaway younger brother, Eric.
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English
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Sawkill Girls meets Beautiful Creatures in this lush and eerie debut, where the boundary between reality and nightmares is as thin as the veil between the living and the dead.
If I could have a fiddle made of Daddy's bones, I'd play it. I'd learn all the secrets he kept.
Shady Grove inherited her father's ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle's tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness.
But...
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Billy Knight leaves home to 'ride the rails' across Canada during the 1930s. His encounters with a wide cast of characters - including fellow drifters and grifters, kid gangs, crooks, idealists, ragtag philosophers, and railroad bulls, as well as everyday folk simply trying to get by - provide much more than he bargained for. And for the first time, he realizes that riding the rails is not just an adventure. It also speaks to the...
7) The revival
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Series
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Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
8) Vacancy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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A chilling horror story about a spooky hotel where guests do not check out the way they check in.
9) Planet grief
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English
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"In this novel for middle readers, a group of young teens gather for Grief Camp, where they confront their feelings and try to understand how grief affects everyone differently"--Publisher.
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Three rancheros volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Description
Resolved to leave her home for good, young runaway Beverly is determined not to depend on anyone else, but as she settles in her new home and job, she forms connections with the people around her that alter her perspectives about life and herself.
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Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.
15) Shark
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Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Mark "Shark" Hewitt is forced to play pool for profit."-- Provided by publisher.
16) Stowaway
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Publisher
Dundurn
Language
English
Description
When Owen decides to sneak on board the yacht docked on the Pacific Coast island where he lives, he stumbles into a human trafficking operation and must find a way home and save the other teenagers on board.
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Series
Heartstopper volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Shy and softhearted Charlie strikes up a friendship with rugby player Nick, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, their friendship grows into something more.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
With the #MeToo movement, and conversations about sex and consent making waves in public discourse, this guide will be a go-to for teens, parents, and educators looking to tackle tough topics about dating, sex, and consent today. 'It Doesn't Have to Be Awkward' concludes with discussion questions to facilitate conversation between adults and teens on the covered topics, as well as an extensive resource guide for further reading and consideration.
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