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1) Nest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair.
Author
Series
Angels in pink volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the support of her two best friends, sixteen-year-old Kathleen tries to balance her summer volunteer work at the hospital with her responsibilities caring for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and her attraction to a handsome boy.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Language
English
Description
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Harriet Flores struggles with boredom and an unrequited crush while learning to manage her chronic illness through a long, hot, 1990s summer in Chicago. She uses her imagination to cope, which sometimes gets her into trouble, as she makes up fantastical fibs and wonders if there are ghosts upstairs. One neighbor, Pearl, encourages...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counseling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a falling out with her best friend, develop an interest in bike riding, and eventually allow her to come to terms with life's uncertainties.
Author
Series
Love from (Ali) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Widowed a year ago and left with two small and energetic boys, Amelia Beiler is struggling to make ends meet. She is running her late husband's business, but it's not what she was raised to do, which is to run a home and find joy in teaching her boys about God's love. When she puts the business up for sale and gets an offer from an English buyer as well as from one in the church, she unwittingly causes a furor in the Amish community. One top...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Simone is trying her best not to think of what she's lost. Diagnosed with MS, she awaits the results of another anxiety-inducing MRI. She's just walked away from Connor, 'a fixer' but possibly the love of her life. And nearing the holidays, the sights and sounds of winter in South Dakota only prick memories of better years gone by. Then, on a December morning at the university where she works, jarring gunshots pierce the halls. In a temporary safe...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
In 1940, thirteen-year-old Tommy's routine of school, playing stickball in his Bronx, New York, neighborhood, talking with his friend Beth, and listening to Dodgers games on the radio changes as his mother's illness and his increasing awareness of the war in Europe transform his world.
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