Bailey Carr
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
203 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Dremas childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Dremas coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Veronica's photograph of her introverted girlfriend goes viral, they are sent into a spiral of fame and lethal danger as they navigate the turbulent waters of their relationship, secrets, acclaim, and the underground San Diego art scene.
23) Summer people
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Christmas Miller, from the town of Sweet Lake, New York, has just graduated high school and is looking forward to seeing her best friend, regular summer visitor Lexi. Their happy reunion is short-lived however, as they attend a heated town hall meeting on Sweet Lake's invasive algae problem where hostile, narrow-minded attitudes expressed by locals contribute to an uncomfortable misunderstanding between the friends. They go outside to talk things...
24) Do you know me?
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tally Olivia Adams is a twelve-year-old (just) autistic girl faced with the prospect of a week-long end-of-the-year class trip, which worries her, because there will be "teams" and "activities" and "competition" all of which terrifies her, especially when she finds out she is not bunking with her friend Aleksandra; the other girls on her team are often nasty, especially Skye--and Tally needs all the life-skills she has learned to cope with and expose...
25) Shutter
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Julian Roman is an escapee from the Fairmount County Juvenile Detention Facility, wanted for the murder of his parents. Day Connor views life through the lens of her camera, where perspective is everything. After Day crosses paths with Julian, the truths she believes begin to blur. Julian's alibis don't quite add up, and Day is determined to see the entire picture-- whatever it reveals. As she gets closer to finding the crack in the case, it's getting...