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41) Summer of salt
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
No one on the island of By-the-Sea would call the Fernweh women what they are, but if you need the odd bit of help, such as a sleeping aid concocted by moonlight, they are the ones to ask. Georgina Fernweh waits for the tingle of magic in her fingers, magic that has already touched her twin sister, Mary. But with her eighteenth birthday looming at the end of her last summer on the island, Georgina fears her gift will never come. She meets and falls...
42) Planning perfect
Author
Language
English
Description
Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.--
Felicity Becker loves watching an event come together. Whether it's prom, graduation, or just the annual Arbor Day school dance, there's something magical about crafting an experience that people will remember. So when...
43) Out of the Easy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
Description
Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
46) Two summers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two possible futures face Summer: either she will spend the summer in Provence with her father, uncovering family secrets, and exploring the old world, or she will stay in upstate New York, coping with her mother, and dreaming of her long time crush--and which future unfolds will depend on whether or not she answers a phone call.
47) Paris for two
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Petunia is used to living in the shadow of her fourteen-year-old half-sister, Ava, their mother's favorite, but now that the whole family has moved to Paris for a year, Pet finds herself stepping into the light, making new friends, uncovering secrets, and, inspired by the classic French dolls she has found, revealing an unexpected talent for designing dresses--and her beautiful sister does not take it well.
48) Bubbles
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Sophie Mulvaney's world has been turned upside down. Mum lost her job at the TV station and broke up with Pratik, whom Sophie adored. Her teacher is making them do a special project about risk-taking, so Sophie gets roped into doing a triathlon. And to top it all off, she's started seeing bubbles above people's heads that tell her what people are thinking. Seeing other people's thoughts seems like it should be cool, but it's actually...
49) Keeper
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
51) Paper hearts
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
Felicity, seventeen, has struggled to meet her mother's expectations since her older sister disappeared but when she connects with a famous band member at a charity ball, she begins to consider what will make her truly happy.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Armed with her mother's guitar, a knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue journeys west in search of her sister Cass, but when the devil she met at the town's crossroads changes the terms of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"--but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
54) I wonder
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eva takes a walk with her mother and encounters a range of mysteries: from gravity, to life cycles, to the vastness of the universe. She learns that it's okay to say "I don't know", and she discovers that there are some things even adults don't know mysteries for everyone to wonder about together!
Author
Series
Family tree (Ann M. Martin) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Dana is Abby and Zander's daughter, but growing up in New York City in the late nineteen fifties is not always easy, especially when you would like your own room separate from your twin sister--and when your beloved father dies and you are forced to move things just get worse.
56) Madapple
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A girl who has been brought up in near isolation is thrown into a twisted web of family secrets and religious fundamentalism when her mother dies and she goes to live with relatives she never knew she had.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
58) I rise
Author
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother's activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance."--
59) Mujercitas
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Narra las alegrías y las tristezas de las cuatro hermanas March a medida que crecían en la Nueva Inglaterra del siglo XIX.
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow up in nineteenth-century New England.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grace is used to handling everything herself, but as she struggles to complete an interview with the school's top football star, work on her blog, and deal with her absentee mother, she begins to crack under the pressure and must turn to God and her friends for help.
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