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A hilarious and irreverent coming-of-age YA novel in which three teens facing uncertain futures embark on a madcap adventure that challenges each of their identities.Hattie Larken doesn't know if she's ever really been real in her life. A compulsive liar with a quick-witted response to everything, she's willing to do whatever it takes to just skate through the rest of high school until she can graduate and escape it the mind-numbing monotony of this...
3) Zac & Mia
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn't--couldn't--be friends with her. In hospital different rules apply, and what begins as a knock on the wall leads to a note--then a friendship neither of them sees coming"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
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Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half ago: She's sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a suicide-prevention hotline. Her own suicide attempt is in the past, and living in San Francisco with her beloved aunt has helped her see a future for herself. But when Aunt Fran is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Del's equilibrium is shattered. As she struggles to care for her aunt and...
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2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When a rare genetic disorder brings dementia, steals away her memories, and produces physical deterioration, a high school valedictorian with big plans to flee her small town records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
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Lexile measure
530L
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English
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"In this book, readers will learn to cope with the serious illness of a loved one. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Grow with Goals and Try This! activities further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about serious illness. Also includes sidebars, a table of contents, glossary, index, and tips for educators and caregivers"--...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
440L
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English
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Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. But a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
14) I want to live
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Dawn Rochelle novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
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English
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One year after her leukemia goes into remission, fourteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle's life is threatened again, forcing her to confront for a second time all the fears associated with illness and painful treatment.
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Written for children whose parents are cancer survivors, this thoughtful and engaging book address important survivorship issues to help families move on after treatment ends. Containing a message of hope and healing, the topics include the possibility of recurrence, continued fatigue, pain, and other symptoms, exercise and diet, proper rest and sleep, and returning to work and social life.
16) Sudden impact
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HL 570L
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English
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, Tina tries to find a donor to save her friend Kurt's life."--
18) The Last 18
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English
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The Last 18 is a story of a mother and her two sons, and the bonds between a family that cannot be broken, no matter the ailment. It explores the question: What would you do if you had two months left with a loved one? Do you make their final days comfortable, normal, routine? Act like nothing was different or wrong, like so many request? Or do you attempt the fantastic, the amazing, the miraculous?
19) Before wings
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2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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Having barely survived a brain aneurysm two years earlier, fifteen-year-old Adrien, working at her Aunt Erin's summer camp, is caught between the land of the living and the spirit world, unsure where she belongs. As she struggles to understand the message delivered by the spirits of the five young women that only she sees, she learns of the tragic consequences of their connection to her aunt. Faced with the knowledge that another aneurysm could strike...
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Français
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Malgré sa carrure précoce d'haltérophile, Matis est né hémophile. Imaginez: avoir la vigueur de ses 16 ans mais habiter un corps qui ne peut pas encaisser de coup... Le moindre choc peut lui causer une grave hémorragie. Mais la véritable blessure inguérissable est familiale. Après un terrible accident, deux ans plus tt, la mère de Mati s est décédée. Son père a perdu le goût de sourire sans son Iris,la prunelle de ses yeux. De telles...
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