Catalog Search Results
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal themselves to Rosella Oliva's feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever's...
2) Lovely war
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: "Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?" but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music revealing that War is no match for the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Quinn keeps lists of everything--from the days she's ugly cried, to "Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud" and all the boys she'd like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is,until her journal goes missing... Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A year after 9/11, it's an extremely turbulent time politically for Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who's tired of being stereotyped. She's tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments, even the physical violence she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. Now she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. When she meets Ocean James, he seems to want...
5) Star-crossed
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Partnered for a school project intended to improve android/human relations, a human girl and an android boy develop feelings for each other even though their families object.
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
Curvy Girl Club volume 02
Language
English
Formats
Description
How much money does it take to buy a broken heart? There are three things I hate: rich people, boys, and Kai Rush. Kai happens to be all three. He and his dad have all the money in the world from the game app they created, and what do they do with it? They buy private helicopters and flaunt their brand new Teslas. Never mind that people like my mom and I work multiple jobs just to keep our crappy apartment and pay for back medical bills because my...
8) Sayonara
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A poignant outcry against bigotry that received 10 Academy Award nominations and garnered four Oscars.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request