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2) If I fix you
Author
Language
English
Description
When Jill's mother unceremoniously leaves her family for reasons only Jill knows, Jill tries to piece her life together with the help of new guy Daniel, who has scars on the inside and out.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Danielle grew up learning how to steal from her mother, and the two have spent their lives traveling around and targeting wealthy homes, but in the beach town of Heaven, when Dani realizes her new friend's home is actually her next target and her potential boyfriend is a police officer, she must try to hide her true identity.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When strong-willed, drama-loving eighth grader Brie Hutchens tells a lie because she isn't quite ready to come out to her mother, she must navigate the consequences in her relationships with her family, friends, and faith"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Alaine Beauparlant has heard about Haiti all her life... ...but the stories were always passed down from her dad--and her mom, when she wasn't too busy with her high-profile newscaster gig. But when Alaine's life goes a bit sideways, it's time to finally visit Haiti herself. What she learns about Haiti's proud history as the world's first black republic (with its even prouder people) is one thing, but what she learns about her own family is another....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides to run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
7) Wild swans
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
No summer classes this year, none of Granddad's intense expectations to live up to the family name. The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be all bonfires, barbecues, and friends. But when the mother who abandoned her returns home with two young daughters in tow, all of the stories Ivy wove to protect her heart start to unravel. And the secrets of the Milbourn past... and the curse that Milbourn women die young and tragically... need to...
9) Jockey girl
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A teen girl's quest to find her mother leads her to the big city, and gives her the courage to fulfill her dream of becoming a jockey."--
10) Soldier mom
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her Mother's boyfriend.
11) Prettiest doll
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beauty contestant since she was three, Olivia, now thirteen, has begun feeling limited by her beauty but a shared journey with Danny, a boy struggling with his own appearance, show her she has choices and resources beyond her appearance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Natalia Rose Baleine Gallagher dreams of seeing whales on the beach near her new home, and is consumed with the prospect that her mother who abandoned her as a child loves and misses her, and wants Nat to find her.
13) Disappear home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970, fourteen-year-old Shoshanna, six-year-old Mara, and their mother escape from Sweet Earth Farm, a declining commune run by their tyrranical and abusive father, but after finding peace and stability at Avery Elliot's farm, their mother's crippling depression returns.
14) Absolutely maybe
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When living with her mother, an alcoholic ex-beauty queen, becomes unbearable, almost seventeen-year-old Maybelline "Maybe" Chestnut runs away to California, where she finds work on a taco truck and tries to track down her birth father.
15) Switching gears
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reeling from the loss of Lucas and her mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis, Emmy throws herself into competitive mountain biking with Cole as her trainer, and must regain her footing after a devastating accident.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a seaside New England town in the 1920s, twelve-year-old Clare finds refuge from the cruelty of her society friends in a mysterious glass house inhabited by Jack, a charming and playful ghost who cannot remember his real name or how he died.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scarlett, twelve, ended her friendships and activities when her mother started blogging about her every move, but when an elderly neighbor introduces her to cooking, she begins forging new connections.
18) Stella rising
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Stella is suddenly famous after her music video goes viral."--
19) Witchtown
Author
Language
English
Description
When they arrive in Witchtown, everything changes for a teenager and her mother, who travel to witch-only communities, lying, cheating, and stealing everything they can--leaving behind only a powerful spell that erases them from the memories of everyone they have ever met.
20) Tinfoil crowns
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Fit, a rising internet star, must cope with her mother's release from prison for nearly killing her and her brother, as well as possible backlash from her fans.
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