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Author
Publisher
Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Austin, Texas, high school junior and talented runner Thea Soloman is still grieving after the murder of her cousin and best friend, Natalie. When Thea is invited to join a secret group called the Black Coats, she finds new meaning. Thea and her teammates are trained to take vengeance on men who have wronged women and gotten away with it, with the promise of exacting revenge of their own. Thea becomes consumed by the Black Coats and also finds love...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, two teenagers, one in Austin, Texas, and the other in Portland, Oregon, enter dangerous romantic relationships.
Quiet, shy Elyse is cast as the lead in her Portland high school's production of Romeo and Juliet-- and is having an affair with a teacher twice her age. Gabe broke up with Sasha, his headstrong, popular girlfriend-- and now she's stalking him, spreading rumors... and worse. Both students fell for the wrong person....
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs Worldwide. Now she's a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official. But when her "clients"--the children who visit her--are put into a therapy group, Luna's routine is upended. Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs--Beatrice is tangled in knots of anger, Caleb rushes like a waterfall, Amelia carries...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Poppy's parents are paranormal investigators who have never actually found anything, but that may change when they move to Austin, Texas, and Poppy meets a goblin in the attic of their new house.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
104 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Naomi and her club are having a busy day rescuing snakes, searching for a missing tortoise, and investigating reports of a "mean" snake near the pond. Includes glossary, discussion, and writing suggestions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
104 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Naomi and her snake-saving club rescue a ball python, not a species native to Austin, Texas, so they need to investigate whether this pet is an escapee, or simply dumped when the owner got tired of it. Includes discussion questions, writing prompts, and web resources.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Julia Jaynes of Austin, Texas, is one of the select, a secret group of humans with abilities bordering on the supernatural, but, unlike her younger sister, she has never been entirely comfortable as part of the "perfect" family--and when she falls for a normal human guy and draws attention to her more-than-normal family she finds herself banished to that most ordinary of institutions: public high school.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
104 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Naomi's veterinarian mother brings home a sick snake, Naomi is inspired to form a snake rescue club, and while her best friend Emma and brother Nolan are on board, her next door neighbor, who is afraid of snakes, is less than thrilled. Includes glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
9) Love, Inc
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When three fifteen-year-old Austin, Texas, girls who met in group therapy discover that they are all dating the same boy, they first get revenge and then start a wildly successful relationship consulting business.
10) Lucky few
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Physical Desc
ix, 368 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Homeschooler Stevie Hart meets Max, a strange boy who is obsessed with death, but what starts off as fun together begins spiraling downward when Stevie's diabetes sabotages her fumbling romance with Max, and her best friend, Sanger, announces she is moving out of state" --