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1) Paperweight
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn't plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh's death--the death she caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Klee's father was the center of his life. He introduced Klee to the great museums of New York City and the important artists on their walls, he told him stories made of myths and magic. Until his death. Now, forced to live in the suburbs with his mom, Klee can't help but feel he's lost all the identifying parts of himself-- his beloved father, weekly trips to the MoMA, and the thrumming energy of New York City. That is until he...
3) Unstoppable
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Mathilda (Tilly), fourteen, and Ruth Anne (Roo), sixteen, are sisters and best friends in Connecticut, but when Roo crashes her car while texting she is confined to a hospital bed with "locked-in syndrome," aware of her surroundings, but apparently comatose--and Tilly must find a way to communicate with her sister, while dealing with her own sense of guilt.
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dawn Rochelle's leukemia is in remission and she has agreed to work as a camp counselor for younger kids with cancer. Being at the camp brings back painful memories of attending this same camp wih her best friend, Sandy, who has died.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
"Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone-- even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun! But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting" and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?"--P. [4] of cover....
Author
Series
Asylum novels (Madeleine Roux) volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Ricky Desmond has been through all this before. If he could just get through to his mother, he could convince her that he doesn't belong at Brookline. From the man who thinks he can fly to the woman who killed her husband, the other patients are nothing like him; all he did was lose his temper just a little bit, just the once. But when Ricky is selected by the sinister Warden Crawford for a very special program--a program that the warden claims will...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Alvie Fitz doesn't fit in, and she doesn't care. She's spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy. If she can make it to her eighteenth birthday without any major mishaps, she'll be legally emancipated. Free. But if she fails, she'll become a ward of the state and be sent back to the group home"--Jacket.
10) Cursed
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent juvenile inflammatory disease diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school."--
11) Save Steve
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Steve Stevenson is a jerk. That might not be a cool thing to say about someone with cancer, but it's true. Yeah, he throws legendary parties and is the most popular guy in school, but he also loves humiliating pranks and Cardi B, and he doesn't recycle. Worst of all, he's dating Kaia--the girl of nice guy Cam's dreams. But when a desperate Kaia asks Cam to help her raise money to pay for Steve's experimental treatment, Cam offers to organize the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. [YOUNG HOOSIER]
13) Kasey & Ivy
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Kasey spends a month in the geriatric ward of a hospital to treat a rare bone disease and strikes up some unusual friendships.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 440L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It can be hard to be different-whether because of how you look, where you live, or what you can or can't do. But wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same? Being different is great! Being different is what makes you YOU. This inclusive and empoweringpicture book from Sofia Sanchez-a young model and actress with Down syndrome-reminds readers how important it is to embrace your differences, be confident, and be proud of who you are. Imagine all...
15) No time to cry
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dawn is almost 16, she's been in remission for over a year after her bone marrow transplant. All she wants it to have a normal life, as though the cancer hadn't happened. But, she can't; the experiences she's gone through, and the friends she's lost are a part of who she is. And that person is someone who can help others.
Author
Series
California diaries volume 2
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sunny continues to grapple with the fact that her mother is dying of cancer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
18) The Ash House
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"When Eleven-year-old Sol arrives at the Ash House, desperate for a cure for his complex pain syndrome, he finds a community of strange children long abandoned by their mysterious Headmaster. The children at the Ash House want the new boy to love their home as much as they do. They give him a name like theirs. They show him the dorms and tell him about the wonderful oasis that the Headmaster has created for them. But the new boy already has a name....
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
At thirteen Dawn Rochelle is diagnosed with leukemia. She thought that thirteen is supposed to be a great age--dances, cheerleading, boys--she never thought it would also include cancer. She's facing the toughest fight of her life--a fight she has to win.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Deanne is not cut out to be the socialite her mother wants her to be. Instead she becomes a VolunTeen at the children's hospital where her father works, eventually working on the oncology floor, helping kids with cancer deal with their illness. But when one of her patients dies, can she continue?
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