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2) Restart
Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
Author
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
4) Dogsong
Author
Series
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Old Days There Were Songs Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her beloved father dies, thirteen-year-old Emily Starr, orphaned and lonely, is sent to live with her mother's relatives at New Moon Farm, but despite her stern Aunt Elizabeth and malicious classmates, Emily's quick wit and lively imagination help her to form friendships and begin to feel at home.
Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely--until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orphan, and her snobbish relatives are taking her to...
11) Bone Gap
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.
16) Why?
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.
17) Olive's ocean
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She had only meant to wait it out, wait unnoticed until he had passed, taking bsby steps, wanting to disappear, but then she actually did disappear, dropping into the water that was everywhere - no sides no top no bottom - and taken so by surprise that it didn't matter that she was close to shore or that she was a good swimmer because she panicked and in her panic she swallowed water and scratched her cheek and somehow clawed her hair loose from...
19) L.A. Candy
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts is cast in a new reality show, she discovers that the fame and fortune of her new life come at a high price to herself and her friendships.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming verse, a stone is considered from a variety of environmental and emotional perspectives, as it sits where it is, surrounded by grass, dirt, and water, an unchanging certainty in the world.