Jodi Picoult
21) Lone wolf
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Edward Warren has been living in Thailand for six years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But when he learns that his dad lies comatose in a hospital, gravely injured in a car accident that also involved his younger sister Cara, he quickly returns to the United States. Luke is an animal consevationist who became famous after living with a wolf pack in the Canadian wild. It's impossible for his children...
22) Change of heart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat,...
23) Vanishing acts
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Working with the Search and Rescue bloodhound team to find missing people, single mother Delia Hopkins anticipates her upcoming nuptials, until a series of unsettling flashbacks threatens to devastate her life and the lives of those she loves.
24) Second glance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
A man's attempt to sell part of his property and the resulting Abenaki Indian tribe's protest that the land is a sacred burial ground spurs an investigation by ghost hunter Ross Wakeman, whose search for the truth leads to an encounter with a beautiful and mysterious woman named Lia and the discovery of a long-hidden murder haunting a small Vermont town.
25) Perfect match
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
District Attorney Nina Frost and her husband, Caleb, face a nightmare when they discover that their young son Nathaniel has been molested, a trauma that has left him mute, terrified, and unable to reveal the identity of his attacker.
26) Picture perfect
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Cassie Barrett and Alex Rivers had a fairy-tale wedding, but once they returned to Hollywood, a troubling pattern began to emerge. Should Cassie stay or leave?
27) The tenth circle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
When the daughter of a comic book artist claims she has been raped at a party and her friends turn against her, she runs away to Alaska and her father must face his own violent past as he tries to find her.
28) Salem Falls
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Jack St. Bride was a popular teacher and soccer coach at a girls' prep school when he was falsely accused of statutory rape. Released after eight months behind bars, he arrives in Salem Falls hoping to start fresh. He lands a job washing dishes at the local diner and even falls in love with the owner, Addie. But then a spoiled local girl accuses Jack of assault, forcing his past into the open and turning the town against him.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse/Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book -- one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah. And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He's a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This moving story of love and family is told through the eyes of five people: Jane Jones, her daughter Rebecca, and three very different men in their lives. After a watershed moment in their marriage, Jane leaves Oliver, her renowned marine biologist husband, and begins a journey across the country with Rebecca in search of understanding about her troubled past.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
This moving story of love and family is told through the eyes of five people: Jane Jones, her daughter Rebecca, and three very different men in their lives. After a watershed moment in their marriage, Jane leaves Oliver, her renowned marine biologist husband, and begins a journey across the country with Rebecca in search of understanding about her troubled past.
32) Plain truth
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a dead baby under a pile of old blankets in Aaron Fisher's barn sets off a scandal in Amish country and an investigation that could implicate Fisher's eighteen-year-old daughter
33) The outsiders
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy.
Author
Publisher
Umbriel Editores
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Una novela que desafía a los lectores a reflexionar sobre sus propias creencias y prejuicios racistas. Según la crítica, esta es la novela más importante de una de las autoras best seller más comprometida del momento. Jodi Picoult es única moviendo conciencias y haciendo reflexionar al lector sobre temas polémicos, como el racismo en Estados Unidos. Ruth Jefferson es enfermera en la sala de partos de un hospital de Connecticut, una...
36) The tenth circle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tells the powerful story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child. Laura Stone teaches at a local college and is married to Daniel, a comic book artist. Their idyllic lives are turned upside down when their daughter, Trixie, accuses her ex-boyfriend of raping her. When he later dies in an apparent suicide, the family finds itself in the center of a high profile investigation that rocks their community revealing just how far parents...
37) Plain truth
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A newborn is found dead in a serene, simple Pennsylvania Amish farming community. High-profile criminal lawyer Ellie Harrison ditches her self-indulgent city life to head to the rural farm in order to defend Katie, an unmarried 18-year-old Amish girl, who stands accused of killing her baby. Despite the surmounting evidence, Katie insists that she was never pregnant. While trying to learn her client's secrets, Ellie is forced to live with the Amish...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart.