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141) Finding what's real
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Cecelia Montgomery returns home, but faces new challenges, including her mother's Presidential campaign--headquartered in Sweetbriar--and the effects of her fame on her best friend, Fiona, and boyfriend, Jasper.
142) Altered
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anna finds herself on the run from her father's enigmatic Branch, along with the four teen boys the Branch had been experimenting on, as they try to make sense of erased memories, secret identities, and genetic alteration.
143) Are you listening?
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bea is on the run. And then, she runs into Lou. This chance encounter sends them on a journey through West Texas, where strange things follow them wherever they go. The landscape morphs into an unsettling world, a mysterious cat joins them, and they are haunted by a group of threatening men. To stay safe, Bea and Lou must trust each other as they are driven to confront buried truths. The two women share their stories of loss and heartbreakand a startling...
Author
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
190 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"The summer of freshman year of high school. A boy named Hodaka runs away from his island home and goes to Tokyo, where he spends every day in loneness. Then, in a corner of the bustling city he meets a girl named Hina. But he soon finds out that she possesses a mysterious power." -- Provided by publisher.
147) The hideaway
Author
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
223 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a boy, Billy McKenna, who runs away from a difficult situation at home and takes refuge in an overgrown graveyard. While hiding there he meets an elderly man who is tending the graves in preparation for a day in November when something magical is set to happen. The book is written in two alternating narratives, both different aspects of the same story. One thread tells of Billy's experience of hiding away in the graveyard, his mixed-up...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
10 books (197 pages) in a cloth bag ; (40 x 31 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title and a folder in a canvas book bag with identification tag.
Thirteen-year-old Sunny, accompanied by a stray dog, takes advantage of a windfall to travel from her Nebraska foster home to Enumclaw, Washington, to find the twin sister from whom she was separated at age three.
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself. -- Adapted from page [4] cover.
152) We were here
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 770L
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.
153) Dark eyes
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Adopted from a Russian orphanage by a wealthy New York family then growing into a rebellious street youth, fifteen year-old Wally resolves to find the birth mother who stole a fortune from her murderous, dark-eyed father.
154) The gulf
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
231 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Oli found a pamphlet for a remote island commune as a kid, it's all she can think about. Now that she's nearing the end of high school, feeling frustrated with the mounting pressure to choose a career and follow a path she has no interest in, the desire to escape it all has been steadily increasing. Everything comes to a head when Oli's relationship with her best friend goes south and she claps back at a school bully with more than just...
155) Carole & Tuesday: 1
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
177 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"When orphan Carole meets runaway Tuesday, an uptown girl who wants nothing more than to make music, it's as if they were fated to find each other. With their shared dream, the duo charges headfirst into the world of entertainment--but on colonized Mars, with a consumer base accustomed to 'perfect' A.I.-produced songs, is there any hope their organic sound and heartfelt lyrics will reach their audience?" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
HighWater Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Physical Desc
64 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dez and Miikwan's stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City. Dez's grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into her identity as a Two-Spirit person. Miikwan is crushing on the school's new kid Riel, but doesn't really understand what Dez is going through. Will she learn how to be a supportive ally to her...
Author
Series
Publisher
HighWater Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Physical Desc
54 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan's Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape--they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kersey Creek Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
146 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On a winter night twelve years earlier, a young runaway, Kelli, walked onto the porch of an oceanfront cottage. The woman who lived there, Margie, took her in and gave her the gifts of safety and security. Twelve years later, Margie dies. And Dylan arrives. Now Kelli must make decisions that will affect both their futures" -- Page [4] cover.
159) The rapids
Author
Series
Publisher
EPIC Escape, an imprint of EPIC Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
190 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old foster kid Tamika finds herself on the edge of the Missouri river in the grips of depression. A stray rock and some quick thinking puts her in the company of a young couple on a source-to-sea kayaking trip down the river. When the group faces the dangers of the river, Tamika must decide if she has the strength to fight for her own life" --