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There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong, if time-rusted, iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her....
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Christine Heppermann's powerful collection of free verse poems explore how girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies, their friends--as consumers, as objects, as competitors. Based on classic fairy tale characters and fairy tale tropes, the poems range from contemporary retellings to first person accounts set within the original stories. From Snow White cottage and Rapunzel's tower to health class and the prom, these poems are a moving...
3) Madam
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2021.
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"A riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of The Secret History, The Stepford Wives, and a dash of Circe, set at a secretive all girls' boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula. For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge 'resilient and ready...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.
“Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino]...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.
“Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino]...
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Think vampires are romantic, sexy, and powerful? Think again. Vampires are dead. And unless they want to end up staked, they have to give up fanging people, admit their addiction, join a support group, and reform themselves.
Nina Harrison, fanged at fifteen and still living with her mother, hates the Reformed Vampire Support Group meetings every Tuesday night. Even if she does appreciate Dave, who was in a punk band when he was alive, nothing
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Mortal instruments volume 1
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith is a poignant and timeless coming-of-age novel that captures the essence of resilience and the pursuit of dreams amidst challenging circumstances. Set in the early 20th century in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the novel follows the life of Francie Nolan, a young girl with an unyielding spirit. At the heart of the narrative is a tree that grows in the courtyard of the Nolan family's tenement...
9) The heir
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Two decades after America Singer won the Selection and stole Prince Maxon's heart, skeptical Princess Eadlyn prepares a Selection that might just make her dreams come true in this fourth book of the series.
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Forced to sell his family farm after sacrificing everything, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga no longer knows what to do with himself. 15-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts about The Plan her parents set to help her follow in her father's footsteps. When their paths cross just as they need a friend the most, Gerrit's and Rae's lives change in unexpected ways.
11) Tomie
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Viz Media, LLC
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[2016]
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740 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.
12) Vesper
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IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a thirteen-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths, and biohacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future.
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Raisa Kumar has been playing softball for years, and thanks to the support and encouragement of her team, the Silver Stars, she's one of the best pitchers in the league. When a new girl, Annie, joins the team and wants to learn how to pitch, Raisa is eager to help. But Raisa is sure her way is the best way, what words for her has to work for Annie. Can Raisa lean to step back and share the mound for the good of her team?
14) Meet Yasmin!
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English
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In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
15) Kingsbane
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The Empirium trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 30
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English
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Sun Queen Rielle faces new trials as she tries to maintain the Gate and is tempted by the angel Corien, while centuries later, Eliana must choose whether to embrace the crown or reject it forever.
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English
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He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him. The more you know, the more there is to fear... Three years ago, sixteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing from the quiet town of River Remez, New Mexico. Ellen was kind, studious, and universally liked. Her younger brother, Ben, could imagine nothing worse than never knowing what happened to her--until, on the first anniversary of her death, he found her body in a deep grave by the...
17) Clementine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
18) Wilder girls
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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357 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding school on a Maine island.
19) Wicked things
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BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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English
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"Nineteen year old Charlotte Grote has her whole life ahead of her; headed straight to Oxford and a future as a real detective--until she's framed for murder! Given the choice between going to jail basically forever or joining the police, Lottie decides to hit the beat, all while trying to find the real murderer. Lottie may have been running rings about the police since her 9th birthday, but she's never been on this side of the security tape. Could...
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Boom! Studios
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[2015]-
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volumes : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, personal experimentation, influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of academia, they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive. Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther,...
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