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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
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"Jay Gardener can't seem to stay out of trouble. Even after a fresh start in a new neighborhood, he keeps finding himself in bad situations. But it's not his fault! Jay wants to be a good kid, he really does, it's just these strange things keep happening to him. What kind of place did his family move to? And why does every house have so many lawn gnomes in their yard? Jay better learn quickly that there are things a lot more scary than his parents..."--P....
3) Blood donor
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 400L
Language
English
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, at-risk teenagers are being kidnapped and forced to donate their blood." --
When Jo McNair is one minute late for her curfew, her controlling father locks her out. Wandering the streets, she has no money and nowhere to sleep. She meets someone who says they're with a group working with at-risk kids, helping them get back on their feet--and walks into a kidnapper's trap. Now Jo and several...
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Michael O'Shea's debut feature THE TRANSFIGURATION follows troubled teen Milo who hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo's dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality. A chilling portrait of violence, THE TRANSFIGURATION is an atmospheric thriller set against the grit of New...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Phoebe is an imaginative but troubled girl with a desperate longing to be in her school's production of Alice in Wonderland. When she is cast in the lead role her parents believe her unusual behavior is due to her creativity, but soon realize that she is on the brink of falling through the looking glass herself.
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English
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Konrad Sejer must face down his memories and fears as he struggles to determine why the corpses of troubled young men keep surfacing in local lakes. As Sejer begins to feel his age weigh on him, he wonders if he has the strenght to pursue the elusive explanations for human evil.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Rachel is at an impressive crossroads as she, Kurt and Santana take more bites out of the Big Apple. Meanwhile, back in Lima, the New Directions kids hope to win back-to-back Nationals, as the tragic passing of Finn and a potential baby for Will and Emma bring reminders of the preciousness of life.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Each year thousands of young adults deemed out of control--suffering from depression, addiction, anxiety, and rage--are carted off against their will to remote wilderness programs and treatment facilities across the country. Desperate parents of these "troubled teens" fear it's their only option. The private, largely unregulated behavioral boot camps break their children down, a damnation the children suffer forever. Acclaimed journalist Kenneth...
11) Saving Sloane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After spoiled city girl Sloane Emerson gets in trouble yet again, her wealthy parents send her off to the country. There, the rebellious teen ends up forming a bond with the last thing in the world she would've thought, a horse"--WorldCat.
Author
Series
Coming home to Ruby Prairie volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A widow without children soon has a houseful of plans gone awry when she decides to open a home for troubled girls in a sweet little town, and she is about to learn that the citizens are not about to leave this newcomer and her dear girls alone.
13) Wild bird
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Substitute counselor for wayward teens isn't how public-school teacher Jayden Bennett planned to spend her summer vacation. However reluctant, she's hiking up her jeans and heading for remote Piney Wood Academy in north Texas. Two months. Seven days a week. Few amenities. And three troubled girls daring Jayden to make a difference. She understands what she's up against. She has her own burdens to bear. Jayden's not in it alone. The devoted elderly...
16) The last stop
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Set deep in the woods of Maine, Élan delivered controversial therapy with raw emotion and harsh discipline to troubled teens.
17) Joe
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hard-living ex-con who is the unlikeliest of role models, but when he meets a troubled fifteen-year-old homeless boy in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.
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English
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"One woman's true story of answering God's call by opening her door and her heart to thousands of at-risk teens in one of Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods. Her story of offering kids a safe haven from gang and gun violence and a fresh start in life will inspire you to do your part in making the world a better place"--
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"Jeremy Washington couldn't be happier running his therapy program for at-risk teens. Between weekend service projects and hanging out with his faithful rescue dog, Rolo, Jeremy doesn't have time to date--which is fine with him considering the mess his early marriage turned out to be. When he meets new yoga teacher Ava Graham, Jeremy thinks the kids would really benefit from learning yoga, and Ava would be the perfect fit. Ava quickly finds herself...
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English
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"High school sucks for a lot of people. High school extra-sucks when you believe, deep in your soul, that every kid in school is out to get you. I wasn't popular before I got locked up in Straight, Inc., the notorious "tough love" program for troubled teens. So it's not like I was walking around thinking everyone liked me. But when you're psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were:...
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