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1) Nine
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a society where everyone gets nine lives and enjoys burning through them, Julian is attempting to hang on to his first life as long as possible to avoid the example set by his mother and the resulting sickness she has to endure.
2) The dogs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cameron is used to moving at a moment's notice because he and his mother are always running away from his supposedly violent father, but he is disturbed by their latest refuge, a creepy, deserted farmhouse, haunted by bloodthirsty dogs--and when he sees a boy hiding in the barn, and finds an old picture of the same boy, he starts wondering about the possibility of human ghosts.
3) Born scared
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elliot's fears are controlled by medication, but when his mother goes to the pharmacy for his refills in the middle of a snowstorm and is still not back after several hours, Elliot's fears grow in intensity as he leaves the house to look for her.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his mother dies three weeks before his high school graduation, Danny goes to Tokyo, where his mother had been going for cancer treatments, to learn about the city his mother loved and, with the help of his friends, come to terms with her death.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"There's always been a hole in Gio's life. Not because he's into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some drinking issues. Not because his friends are always bringing him their drama. No, the hole in Gio's life takes the shape of his birth mom, who left Gio, his brother, and his father when Gio was nine years old. For eight years, he never heard a word from her . . . and now, just as he's started to get his life together, she's back" --...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Willow and Mason, two teens who are unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts for the summer, meet and help each other figure out their places in the world.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Bobby Seed, the devoted but exhausted primary caregiver for his terminally-ill mother and difficult younger brother, finds respite in a support group and good friends, but must face his mother's impossible choice alone.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Author
Publisher
Square Enix Manga, an imprint of the book publishing division of Square Enix, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three due to father Akiyoshi's job. While he's away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their everyday lives--going to school, making dinner, doing homework, etc. But now that Hiroki's in his first year of high school, his thoughts are turning ever so slightly to sex and romance... and his mom can't help but notice his slips of the tongue...
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