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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
2) The House
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! The old, abandoned house at the end of Grace's street is a local legend. All the neighbors say it's haunted, but every Halloween someone leaves candy on the front porch. Grace and her friends decide to investigate, hoping to find out once and for all if someone-or something-really is haunting the place. But what if there is more to the...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Strange things are happening in Rith's house at night. First a spiral staircase replaces the regular stairs. The new stairs lead to a living room that isn't his, a cat that isn't his either, and a bizarre old man whose words are just gibberish. Or are they? Rith's never been into religion. But he realizes those words have a spiritual source-and an uncanny ring of truth. Is he just dreaming? Is the old man God? As Rith tries to circle closer to the...
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A 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
A 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
Macy's school officially classifies her as "disturbed," but Macy isn't interested in how others define her. She's got more pressing problems: her mom can't move off the couch, her dad's in prison, her brother's been kidnapped by Child Protective Services, and now her best friend isn't speaking to her. Writing in a dictionary format, Macy explains...
5) Believe
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At age six, Janine was the only survivor of a suicide bombing. Media coverage instantly turned her into a symbol of hope and faith. Now, on the ten-year anniversary of the bombing, reporters are eager to revisit the story. Janine doesn't want the fame or pressure. Everyone wants something from her, expects something of her, including the religious leader who pulled Janine from the rubble and whose followers believe Janine has healing powers. The scariest...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Simon, age 14, is obsessed with weaponry, survival tactics, and hunting. Against his mother's wishes, he secretly orders a BB gun over the Internet and begins to practice with it. During a long, hot summer, he discovers a new obsession: Leah, the older girl next door. To her, he's little more than a "project," but their relationship intensifies. Meanwhile, Simon's mother has started a mortifying affair with his art teacher, Matt. When Simon realizes...
7) Foul
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IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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Rhino is one of Bridgewater's best basketball players--except when it comes to making free throws. It's not a big deal, until he begins receiving strange threats. If Rhino can't make his shots at the free throw line, someone will start hurting the people around him. Everyone's a suspect: a college recruiter, Rhino's jealous best friend, and the father Rhino never knew--who recently escaped from prison.
8) The Club
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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The club started innocently enough. Bored after school, Josh and his friends decided to try out an old game Sabina had found in her basement. Called "Black Magic," it promised the players good fortune at the expense of those who have wronged them. Yeah, right.
But when the club members' luck starts skyrocketing?and horror befalls their enemies?the game stops being a joke. How can they end the power they've unleashed? Answers lie in an old diary?but...
9) The Fight
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"Was he . . . you know?" Bella doesn't know if Dominic was gay or not, but she knows he was bullied. And she knows the adults who could have helped didn't because of some stupid policy. Now Dominic's dead. It's never been Bella's thing to stand up for a cause, but for some reason, this fight has become her fight.
10) The Alliance
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IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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"One Down . . . You're Next." Or so said the note Carmen Mendoza found in her locker. Carmen is out, loud, and proud, so the threat doesn't faze her . . . much. Jamie was Scott King's best friend. Jamie was also gay. Scott never imagined Jamie would kill himself. If Carmen and Scott can figure out how to get along, they'll be an unstoppable alliance.
12) Four Secrets
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Katie, Nate, and Renata were at the bottom of the social ladder. When they hit bottom, they found each other and vowed to change things. But even the best of plans can go horribly wrong.
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Becoming sexually involved with another person is a big step in your life. It's something to think about on your own long before you have to make a decision with anyone, even the partner you love deeply. It is probably one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. Sixty-seven percent of sexually experienced teens say they wish they had waited longer before having sexual intercourse. Through case studies and information from experts, Safe Sex...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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Some guy named Ethan Davis has been texting Cassie. He seems to know all about her-but she can't place him. He's not in Bridgewater High's yearbook either. Cassie thinks one of her friends is punking her. But she can't ignore the strange coincidences?like how Ethan looks just like the guy in her nightmares.
Cassie's search for Ethan leads her to a shocking discovery?and a struggle for her life. Will Cassie be able to break free from her mysterious...
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Listen! For I sing of Owen Thorskard: valiant of heart, hopeless at algebra, last in a long line of legendary dragon slayers. Though he had few years and was not built for football, he stood between the town of Trondheim and creatures that threatened its survival. There have always been dragons. As far back as history is told, men and women have fought them, loyally defending their villages. Dragon slaying was a proud tradition. But dragons and humans...
16) Director's Cut
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! The Sanford's Folly movie set has been abandoned since burning to the ground in the 1980s. Rumor has it the place is cursed after a film shoot gone terribly wrong. But that's not enough to scare Alex and his buddies away. After all, they live on an air force base. There's plenty of real-life stuff that's scarier than some fake western...
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Dawn Rochelle novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has survived cancer not once, but twice. No one knows the battle better than she does. That's why Dawn agrees to be a camp counselor for young kids with cancer-the same camp she and her best friend Sandy had attended. Now Sandy is gone. Can Dawn handle the memories? How can she help the kids if she is still...
18) No Time To Cry
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Dawn Rochelle novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Being sixteen means all kinds of freedom-driving on your own, going to the mall with friends, dating. But Dawn Rochelle can't feel free because of the fear that her cancer will return. Maybe her greatest freedom can only come when she has the courage to live-when she has no time to cry.
19) Skin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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It looks like a pizza exploded on Nick Barry's face. But bad skin is the least of his problems. His bones feel like living ice. A strange rash?like scratches?seems to be some sort of ancient code. And then there's the anger...
Something evil is living under Nick's skin. Where did it come from? What does it want? With the help of a dead kid's diary, a nun, and a local professor, Nick slowly finds out what's wrong with him. But there's still one...
20) Tracks
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Nick and Ava have become friends over the fact that they're the only upper classmen who still ride the bus to school. And every day, they see the same boy-who they call The Kid-walking along the train tracks, even when the weather is terrible or when he's clearly fighting a bad cold. When Nick notices the mysterious boy practically sprinting...
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