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Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and...
2) The clique
Author
Series
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Wealthy Massie is determined to exclude middle class Claire, the daughter of her father's old friend, from her seventh-grade clique at a very exclusive private school in Westchester, New York, but after Massie steals her only friend, Claire strikes back.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015].
Lexile measure
GN 920L
Physical Desc
96 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism,...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Impulsive Marianne Dashwood and cautious Elinor are as different as two sisters could be, yet both are shattered by their fathers sudden death. Elinors attachment to the reserved Edward Ferrars is torn asunder by family opposition and his own dark secret, while Mariannes brilliant romance with the dashing John Willoughby comes to a tumultuous end in a devastating public betrayal. Can the two sisters overcome these trials to find true, lasting happiness?...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Zahn is one of Krypton's elites: wealthy, privileged, a future leader. Sera is one of Krypton's soldiers: strong, dedicated, fearless. Their rule-bound society has ordained that their paths should never cross. But groundquakes are shaking the planet's surface. Rebellious uprisings are shaking the populace. Krypton's top scientists-Jor-El and Lara-conduct a secret experiment that is meant to reform their planet from the cellular level up. Zahn and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Choosing between living the life you want and living the life you're "supposed to have" is not always an easy choice. Noah, embracing his true-self, wants to pursue a career in costume design, something his loving, public service parents would never approve of. Azarie, the perfect, model daughter of a very stern, traditional family, dreams of embracing the hobbies she secretly loves, hobbies her social circle would never abide by" --
Author
Series
House of El volume 3
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
189 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sera and Zahn, two teenagers on opposite sides of the same extinction-level event, are drawn deeper into conspiracies that could doom them both--if the planet does not self-destruct first.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roar [an imprint of] The Lion Forge LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity...
Author
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Fitchner's quest for revenge continues as he and the other Sons of Ares seek out the Golds who have wronged his family. But actions come with repercussions and an elaborate game of cat and mouse is on. A battle of Gold versus Gold erupts further into more than acts of vengeance and becomes the seeds of a revolution.
11) Gachiakuta: 1
Author
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
188 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich, who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment-exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any...