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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annaleah's grief over the tragic death of seventeen-year-old Brian is compounded by the fact that her friends did not like him, while his friends and both of their families knew nothing of their intimate relationship.
3) Displacement
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After tragedy strikes her family, Vera runs away to a small desert town where she tries unsuccessfully to forget her grief and sorrow.
4) Bird
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bird, an artistic young African American boy, expresses himself through drawing as he struggles to understand his older brother's drug addiction and death, while a family friend, Uncle Son, provides guidance and understanding.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
"In this novel in blank verse, twelve-year-old Cass struggles to cope with her father's recurring cancers that have dominated her whole life, with the knowledge that he is likely to die soon because the latest recurrence is worse--and with the possibility that she may have inherited the genetic disease, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, that causes the cancers"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 390L
Language
English
Description
"Walker shouldn't have been so surprised to find Jesus standing in the middle of his bedroom. After all, he'd prayed for whoever was up there to help him, and to help his mom, who hadn't stopped crying since Noah died two months ago. But since when have prayers actually been answered? And since when has Jesus been so irreverent?" - Amazon.com
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