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1) Coming apart
Author
Series
Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
200 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
When Nikki's father left her family, she thought all of the screaming and fighting at home would be over, but when he returns, she calls on the support of her mother and friends to pull her through the difficult time.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
217, 26 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Abby Goodwin has always covered for her sister, Maya. But now Maya has been accused of murder, and Abby's not sure she'll be able to cover for her sister anymore. Abby helps Maya escape. But when Abby begins investigating the death, she find that you can't trust anyone, not even the people you think you know.
4) High and dry
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca."--
Author
Formats
Description
Alex Blackwood is really good at getting the girl she wants, but coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother she finds commitment difficult, even when she thinks she is in love. Impossibly awkward Molly Parker has a crush on the cool Cora Myers, but she does not know how to even start a conversation, much less make a connection. Now they are all at college in Pittsburgh and Alex decides to "help" Molly get the girl, while proving to her own...
Author
Series
Kevin Spencer books volume 1
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
120 p. ; 19 cm.
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
8) All of me
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ari faces what it is to be a man while dealing with a cross-country move, his parents' separation, being bullied for his weight, and belatedly starting bar mitzvah preparations.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
246 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper Lee Morgan cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman.
10) Clean
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve.
Author
Series
Locos por el fútbol volume 8
Publisher
Edelvives
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
125 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
The soccer team Los Lobos prepares for the most important game of the season, the Cup final, but Frank is preoccupied by changes in his parents' relationship.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother live in a car and are trying to get to Los Angeles where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting, but even after finding a stray dog, Opin's longing for a stable home intensifies as his brother's reckless ways hit a new high.
13) Bang
Author
Series
Visions (Lisa McMann) volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"A teen who used to see a vision of a crash must help her boyfriend as he is now seeing a vision of a school shooting"--
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Since her brother, Tyler, committed suicide, Lex has been trying to keep her grief locked away, and to forget about what happened that night. But as she starts putting her life, her family, and her friendships back together, Lex is haunted by a secret she hasn't told anyone -- a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything.
Author
Series
OCDaniel volume 0.5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Seventh-grader Sara wants to be normal but her panic attacks and other episodes cause her to isolate herself until, in group therapy, she meets talkative and outgoing Erin, her first friend.
16) Towers falling
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"While learning about September 11th, fifth grader Dèja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world"--
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Teen sleuth Sammy Keyes solves a classic locked-room mystery aboard a cruise ship."
18) The undrowned
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Formats
Description
"Samantha and Rachel used to be friends. But then Rachel betrayed Samantha . . . and Samantha decided to make her life a living nightmare. Then one day, Sam and Rachel found themselves in a fight by a lake. Samantha pushed Rachel . . . and watched as Rachel fell back. And back. Into the water. And gone. No way to save her. No way she could be alive. The next day, Rachel shows up to school as if nothing happened. And now she's the one who wants to...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Description
For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Back in the town where he grew up, Hayley can attend school and maybe have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories. Even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own....
20) Furious thing
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her stepfather would accept her, her mom would love her like she used to, and her stepbrother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly, she's determined to swallow her anger and make her family proud. But pushing fury down doesn't make it disappear. Instead, it simmers below the surface...
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