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81) Orbiting Jupiter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice--
82) Ruby Holler
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend.
When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the only one who can set them free-will he be the hero his family needs?
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84) What I Call Life
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English
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I haven't even explained yet about the Knitting Lady. Who is she? How did I wind up on her doorstep? How did I meet the other girls who became my friends-no, they became more than friends, despite the fact that they drove me absolutely crazy. I need to take a giant step back, return myself to the police car and explain how I, Cal Lavender, came to be living a life that wasn't my own.
A witty and moving first novel that uncovers another side of the...
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Ascendance volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Young King Jaron has had nothing but trouble with his advisors and regents since he ascended the throne of Carthya, and now King Vargan of Avenia has invaded the land and captured Imogen--and Jaron must find some way to rescue her and save his kingdom.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Dave Pelzer's astonishing, disturbing account of his early years describes one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. This book has spent over 175 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Dave was in first grade when his unstable alcoholic mother began attacking him. Until he was in fifth grade, she starved, beat and psychologically ravaged her son. Eventually denying even his...
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Publisher
Xlibris
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
128 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Alex Crabbe was a young child whose life came undone after his mother died. His first placement in a foster home subjected him to emotional abuse of adult pornography. Although he is eventually moved to a loving home, questions remain: Can the early exposure to pornography so warp his young mind that he cannot overcome those images as an adult? Will his early experiences propel him to unconscionable actions that will lead to his demise, or will they...
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English
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When Mary Lennox is uprooted from her home in India and sent to live with her mysterious Uncle Craven in the gloomy Misselthwaite Manor, a very contrary Mary assumes the worst. But after exploring the grounds, she discovers that it just takes a little bit of magic to help gardens and friendships bloom.
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English
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Twelve-year-old BFFs Ginnie and Tillie are matchmaking geniuses. Sweet! Not long after they schemed to get Ginnie's widowed dad to fall in love with Tillie's divorced mom, Ginnie stumbled upon her late mom's journals, making life even more awesome sauce … until her dad confiscated the journals, determined to protect Ginnie from a danger he won't name. Ginnie is counting on her future sister's help to make Dad change his mind, but Tillie's not so...
91) Monkey Island
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English
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Eleven-year-old Clay must find a home on the streets of New York City in this award-winning, heartbreakingly honest novel.
He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant mother has deserted him too, leaving Clay alone in a welfare hotel with a jar of peanut butter and half...
He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant mother has deserted him too, leaving Clay alone in a welfare hotel with a jar of peanut butter and half...
92) The Pinballs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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From Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars comes a story full of "poignancy, perception, and humor" (The Chicago Tribune), about three foster kids who learn what it takes to make a family.
You can't always decide where life will take you-especially when you're a kid.
Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon...
93) The ash house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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"When eleven-year-old Sol arrives at the Ash House, desperate for a cure for his complex pain syndrome, he finds a community of strange children long abandoned by their mysterious Headmaster. The children at the Ash House want the new boy to love their home as much as they do. They give him a name like theirs. They show him the dorms and tell him about the wonderful oasis that the Headmaster has created for them. But the new boy already has a name....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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A sequel to Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor finds April unraveling family secrets, creepy legends, and mysterious identities when setbacks in her plans with Gabriel force her to fight on behalf of the orphans who have become her family.
95) You can't hide
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Series
Shadow House volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Trapped inside the sinister estate where the past and present intertwine, Poppy, Marcus, Dash, Dylan and Azumi gradually discover that the secrets they each hold are more sinister than the house's ghosts.
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English
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Twelve-year-old BFFs, Ginnie West and Tillie Taylor, are matchmaking geniuses. Together, they maneuvered Ginnie's widower-dad into proposing to Tillie's divorcee-mom. Sweet! Certain they are well on their way to sisterhood, each girl is floored when Tillie's lousy-excuse-for-a-father puts in an appearance after a six year absence. Too bad "lousy dad repellant" doesn't come in a can.
Even though Tillie's dad has sobered up and is determined to make...
98) Of a Feather
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"A perfect tale of outcasts, friendship, falconry, and the families we create."--Tui T. Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series
In the vein of Barbara O'Connor's Wish, a moving, poignant story told in alternating perspectives about a down-on-her-luck girl who rescues a baby owl, and how the two set each other free.
Great horned owl Rufus is eight months old and still can't hunt. When his mother is hit by...
99) Big Mama
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Winner of an Academy Award in the Documentary Short category, Big Mama depicts a devoted grandmother's struggle to raise her orphaned grandson under the watchful eye of a complex and difficult social welfare system. Big Mama follows 18 months in the lives of Viola Dees, an African American grandmother, and Walter, her grandson, as she tries to raise him alone in South Central Los Angeles. Dees has taken care of Walter since the age of four, when his...
100) Arcady's Goal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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From Newbery Honor—winning author Eugene Yelchin comes another glimpse into Soviet Russia. For twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations, respect, and protection. Ultimately, it proves to be his chance to leave. But in Soviet Russia, second chances are few and far between. Will Arcady seize his opportunity...
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