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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.
2) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hayden Vargas is a girl with a bad reputation who really just wants to finish high school and get away from her alcoholic mother and the whole boring high school dating scene, so when Emmaline Martin offers to pay her for lessons in attracting and managing boys it seems like a way to pick up some easy money for her post-high school life--but she did not count on the attraction she feels for her client's brother, Nolan, who is not only gorgeous, but...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Silly is used to feeling left out. Her three older sisters think she's too little for most things--especially when it comes to dealing with their mother's unpredictable moods and outbursts. This summer, Silly feels more alone than ever when her sisters start whispering and sneaking away to their rooms together, returning with signs that something mysterious is afoot: sunburned cheeks smudged with glitter and gold hair that looks like tinsel. When...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Georgia can almost feel her heart cracking a little more every day. With Daddy sinking deeper into alcoholism and Mama struggling to keep the family afloat, Georgia is sent to stay with her mysterious great aunt in her old country house. Soon, lonely Georgia meets Angela, a girl with secrets of her own, and they discover a magical lake. At first, the lake offers a thrilling escape, but as things grow worse at home, a troubled boy appears at the lake...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
A seven-year-old orphan goes to live with her aunt, where she learns new values as she grows to young womanhood. There are many happy memories and sad times too; jealousy of her sister, death of a schoolmate, and disappointment of first love.
10) Chaos theory
Author
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
"Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's...
11) Crazy lady!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her retarded son.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Ivy Blake leaves the nice farm family where she has been living in upstate New York and moves back in with her mother she is finally forced to face up to the fact that her alcoholic, dysfunctional parent will never be able to provide her with a stable home--and if she wants to achieve her dreams she is going to have to take charge of her own future.
14) Wasted
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Young Jacob learns a terrible lesson about dependency and addiction, forcing him to decide whether he wants to waste his life with drugs and alcohol.
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