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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Description
Sara's terrified. She's falling in love with a famous man. In the witness protection program, her safety depends on staying invisible -- and loving Adam could get her killed. Hidden away in the witness protection program, she's falling in love with former pro football player Adam Black. FBI agent Dave Richman has his hands full keeping her safe from her sister's killer. When events bring Sara face-to-face with terror, will she rely on God for protection....
3) Rascal
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1140L
Language
English
Description
The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen. In this autobiographical, coming-of-age memoir, Paulsen tells the raw truth of a boy's first summer on his own, "as real, ' he says, "as I can see it." An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring how we form our identities in life, in politics, and in art"--
"...How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author's manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckons with his identities...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a literary legend's life and career. From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico, in a region where "my ancestors lived for centuries," the places Sandra Cisneros has lived...
14) Big Sur
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to heal from the deterioration caused by the pressures of sudden fame and too much alcohol, famous Beat author Jack Kerouac escapes to an isolated, mist-shrouded cabin in the primitive landscape of the Big Sur woods. Instead of finding the peace he desires, he is foiled once again by his own inner demons and sets off on a visceral collision course of paranoia, sex, delirium tremens, misery and madness.
16) Visions of Cody
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill Book Company
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Kerouac's ultimate account of his voyages with Neal Cassady.