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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
2) Punching bag
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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"The companion to Rex Ogle's award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate,...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year -- and ultimately a global pandemic"--
Making it through the first year of college is tough. Even tougher? Being the first in your family to do it. Miller shadows Briana, Conner, and Jacklynn-- from before they stepped foot on their respective campuses, through their freshman year, and long after that year concluded. The trio...
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Language
English
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"Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star swimmers forced to spend their summers on a lake together sounds like the perfect match. But it's the same every year-in between cookouts and boat rides and family-imposed bonfires, Sidney and Asher spend the dog days of summer finding the ultimate ways to prank each other. And now, after their senior year, they're determined to make it the most epic yet. But their plans are thrown in sudden jeopardy...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
The time is now. The place is San Francisco. The world is filled with adults devoid of emotion and children on the cusp of losing their feelings--of "waning"--when they reach their teens. Natalia Pe©ła has already waned. So why does she love her little brother with such ferocity that, when he's kidnapped by a Big Brother-esque corporation, she'll do anything to get him back? From the New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Sentence comes...
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Language
English
Description
"As an avid watcher of K-dramas, Hana knows all the tropes to avoid when she finally lands a starring role in a buzzy new drama. And she can totally handle her fake co-star boyfriend, heartthrob Bryan Yoon, who might be falling in love with her. After all, she promised the TV producers a contract romance, and that's all they're going to get from her. But when showrunners bring on a new lead actress to challenge Hana's role as main love interest--and...
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Series
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English
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"Both anime and manga have been popular in Japan for more than a hundred years. More recently, they have also attracted a large number of fans around the world. Manga are comic books and graphic novels that are created in Japan. While many comic books and animated shows are created only for young people, anime and manga are created for all different age groups, from toddlers to adults"--
9) Reaching out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Francisco Jimenez, the son of Mexican immigrants, describes the challenges he faced as a student at Santa Clara University in California in the 1960s.
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