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3) Icarus
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A terrifying tale about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom, A Clockwork Orange became an instant classic when it was published in 1962 and has remained so ever since. Anthony Burgess takes us on a journey to a nightmarish future where sociopathic criminals rule the night. Brilliantly told in harsh invented slang by the novel's main character and merciless droog, fifteen-year-old Alex, this influential novel is now available in a student...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him. Can you stop a murder after it's already happened? Late October. After midnight. You're waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He's late. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn't alone: he's...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Even though he likes helping people, Jake, who avoids kids his own age, mirrors and food, must help himself when the destructive voices inside get to be too much, in this raw and transformative novel-in-verse about managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support and love.
Author
Series
Intervention novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Lance tries to help Jordan, a young, pregnant meth addict whose drug-addict mother wants to sell her baby for profit, but just when Jordan's situation seems hopeless, Lance discovers her newborn baby in the backseat of his car, which leads to Lance being arrested.
8) Karate prom
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this loving homage to '80s teen comedies and badly dubbed Kungfu films, it's love at first knockout for Don, who must punch his way through various opponents in the name of love.
10) The night house
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the "lyrical and compelling" (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous--and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan's...
Author
Series
Travis McKinley novels volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A year ago Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he makes his living playing golf in paradise, and everything should be perfect--but Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an impostor who doesn't deserve his success. Then Travis blows a tournament and is suspended for assaulting another player. His family and friends are shocked, and Travis realizes he needs to...
13) Hornet flight
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Danish teenager Harald Olufsen, having stumbled upon the secret that is responsible for Germany's success in beating back the attacks of England's Royal Air Force in 1941, undertakes a dangerous, six-hundred-mile journey in a derelict airplane with his friend Karen, in an effort to get word to England and turn the course of the war.
Author
Series
I'm the catlords' manservant volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Yukiharu Izumi just wants one thing--to be a normal high school student. But homeless, penniless, and with nobody else to rely on, he finds himself begging on his knees in front of...shape-shifting cats? They're willing to take him in--but only if he waits on their every whim. And so start his chaotic days as the catlords' manservant!"--
16) Punching the air
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a...
17) Ryan and Avery
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of blue-haired Ryan and pink-haired Avery, two boys who meet at a queer prom, through their first 10 dates as they fall in love amidst snowstorms, groundings, meeting parents, heartbreak, and every day and date in between.
When Ryan and Avery met at a queer prom, they felt an instant connection. This is the of their first 10 dates: the tender hopes, the skittish fears, the difficulty of introducing someone into your pre-existing life....
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Will and his classmates are quickly approaching their last semester at Regarden Magical Academy, which means it's time for the All-Student Praxis. In this ultimate test, students must brave the first ten floors of the Dungeon and take down high-credit monsters. After accepting an invitation to join forces with Lihanna, one of the year's top students, Will plunges into the Dungeon together with Wignall, Julius, Sion, and Colette. But are they prepared...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After top student Julius Reinberg insults one of his friends, Will Serfort decides to compete in the academy's Grand Magic Festival in the hope of beating Julius. However, Will comes under attack from his own teammate during the Crown Attack event, and only Colette's timely intervention prevents further violence. Will reaches the crown at last, only to find himself facing down Julius and his team. Now, Will must put all his battle experience and...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Regarden Magical Academy buzzes with excitement for the upcoming Grand Magic Festival, a biannual tournament where students face off in the magical arena. With the event also serving as an opportunity to get scouted by the mighty Magia Vander, this may be Will Serfort's only chance at graduating and advancing to the Upper Institute. But how can a magic-less 'no-talent' like Will ever hope to compete?"--
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