Candace Thaxton
1) Roll with it
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Last magician volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
In an alternate version of present-day Manhattan, magic is dying, and Esta, a Mageus with a talent for manipulating time, travels back to 1901 to stop the destruction of a book that can possibly restore magic, but in Old New York, Esta must navigate gangs, secret societies, and her feelings for another magician in order to save the future of magic.
3) Time to roll
Author
Series
Roll with it volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad"--
4) Dry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive. The drought-or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it--has been going on for a while now. Everyone's lives have become and endless list of don'ts: don't water the lawn, don't fill up your pool, don't take long showers. Until the taps run dry. Suddenly,...
Author
Series
Last magician volume 4
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
Hunted by an ancient evil, Esta and Harte have raced through time and across a continent to track down the artifacts needed to bind the mystical Book's devastating power, and now, with only one artifact left, they must find a way to end the threat they have created or the very heart of magic will die.
6) Cyclone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Blaming herself when the cousin she dragged onto a roller coaster falls into a coma, Nora struggles with unendurable guilt and tries to help when her cousin awakens with challenging disabilities.
7) Roxy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"Isaac and Ivy Ramsey are the victims of the bet between two manufactured gods: the seductive and lethal Roxy (Oxycontin), and the smart, high-achieving Addison (Adderall). The wager: a contest to see who can bring their mark to a rave that has raged since the beginning of time. Drawn by what the drugs offer, tempted to take that step past helpful to harmful are Isaac, a soccer player thrown into Roxy's orbit by a bad fall; Ivy, his sister, whose...
8) Out of reach
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.
9) The Diabolic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager and the galaxy's most deadly weapon, who masquerades as Sidonia, a senator's daughter, and becomes a hostage of the galactic court.
10) Smoke
Author
Series
Burned volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperately seeking peace, as her younger sister, a sophomore in high school, also tries to put the pieces of her life back together.
11) Fallout
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.