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1) Tailspin
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Rye Mallett, a fearless "freight dog" pilot charged with flying cargo to far-flung locations, is often rough-spoken, usually unshaven, and he never gets the regulation eight hours of shut-eye before a flight; but he does have a rock-solid reputation. He will fly in the foulest weather, day or night, and deliver the goods safely to their destination. So when Rye is asked to fly into a completely fogbound Northern Georgia town and deliver a mysterious...
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The night Carly and her dad visited her grandparents changed her life forever.
Child Protective Services showed up and Carly's dad had to leave. Carly watched her dad walk out the door.
At a very young age Carly had to overcome being abandoned by her parents. She thought her brother and sister were sleeping outside. Her school shut down, and in her new school her teacher walked off the job.
Carly reflects back on her life in this book, hoping that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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A pitch-perfect story exploring the many meanings of family, Jody J. Little's tough yet tender debut is perfect for fans of Leslie Connor and Katherine Paterson. After Pop is sent back to rehab, Jane Pengilly arrives at her newest foster home determined to stick to the straight and narrow and get back to her beloved dad as soon as she can. It's not the first time they've been apart, but Jane's determined it will be the last.
Twelve days out in the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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Readers who love Leslie Connor and Ann M. Martin will adore this story of a citywide scavenger hunt and a girl who learns that family—and weirdness—is relative.
Summer Coding Camp
Incoming 7th graders only
Eight-week session begins June 28
This is it, my summer plan.
Hoping to ditch two months of chicken coops, kale, and her parents’ antiscreen rules, Mac MacLeod sets out to win a citywide food cart scavenger hunt and the money she needs...
5) Stranded
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After his girlfriend's accidental death by overdose, Kipp has been living on the streets, overwhelmed by his grief. He wants to honor her memory and finds help to get clean, but just when he feels like he's getting his life together, everything comes crashing down. He gets, fired from his job and kicked out of his rented room on the same day. So, when Reba, a friendly woman he met at the shelter, offers him a job and a place to live, he leaps at the...
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Peter and Hayley are two young adults who're set to age out of Long Island's foster care system together. It's an exciting time for the two, and life should be fun without rules and the watchful eye of a foster parent. However, with the news of their foster mother's terminal illness, Peter has decided to adopt Danny, a thirteen-year-old boy also in her care. Now, Peter's life isn't the same.
The three must continue to live together in a new apartment....
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Marley Johnnywas Dylan est un jeune passionné de musique qui combine le sens des responsabilités avec des hobbies branchés
Le jour, Marley étudie d'arrache-pied pour ne pas perdre sa bourse d'étude dans la très sélect high school que fréquentent de nombreux snobs privilégiés, tout en rêvant à la belle Lea Hall. Le soir, il bosse dans une pizzeria pour payer le loyer et entretenir sa mère héroïnomane. Son rêve ? Devenir un D.J. professionnel,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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Irreverent, foul-mouthed, seventeen-year-old Cricket Cherpin, living under the watchful eye of Mother Mary at a Catholic boys' home in Maine, has such bleak prospects he is considering suicide when Wynona Bidaban steps into his world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
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Twelve-year-old Fred (never Winifred) is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.
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