Jennifer Mathieu
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English
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"Every year, summer begins when the Callahans arrive on Mariposa Island. That's when Elena Finney gets to escape her unstable, controlling mother by babysitting for their two children. And the summer of 1986 promises to be extra special when she meets J.C., the new boy in town, whose kisses make Elena feel like she's been transported to a new world. Joaquin Finney can't imagine why anyone would want to come to Mariposa Island. He just graduated from...
3) Afterward
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When eleven-year-old Dylan Anderson is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan Jorgensen, who had disappeared four years earlier, and now Dylan's sister Caroline befriends Ethan and wants to learn the truth about her autistic brother's captivity
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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From the acclaimed author of Moxie comes a gripping gender-flipped reimagining of The Outsiders that explores the deep bonds of female friendship and what it takes to be a "bad girl."1964. Houston, Texas. Evie Barnes is a bad girl. So are all her friends. They’re the sort who wear bold makeup, laugh too loud, and run around with boys. Most of all, they protect their own against the world. So when Evie is saved from a sinister encounter by a good...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Winner of the Children's Choice Book Awards' Teen Choice Debut Author AwardEveryone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback, Brandon Fitzsimmons, dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody. Rumor has it Alice Franklin is a slut. It's written all over the "slut stall" in the girls' bathroom: "Alice had sex in exchange for math test answers" and "Alice got an abortion last semester."...
6) Moxie
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Español
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Vivian Carter tiene 16 años y está aburrida. Pero también está harta. Harta de que en su escuela secundaria de una pequeña ciudad de Texas el equipo de fútbol americano tenga todo permitido. Harta de los códigos de vestimenta sexistas y del acoso en el pasillo. Y, sobre todo, harta de seguir siempre las reglas. Pero algo empieza a cambiar. El pasado audaz, atrevido y feminista de su mamá siempre le ha fascinado y, ahora, se convierte en la...
7) Devoted
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English
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Rachel Walker is devoted to God. She prays every day, attends Calvary Christian Church with her family, helps care for her five younger siblings, dresses modestly, and prepares herself to be a wife and mother who serves the Lord with joy. But Rachel is curious about the world her family has turned away from, and increasingly finds that neither the church nor her homeschool education has the answers she craves. Rachel has always found solace in her...