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Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon Steves, a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt, a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
How are we alike? How are we different? Why is it important to celebrate what we share and what makes us unique? In this book, readers will examine diversity, friendship, and coming together.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 17
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Approached in the park by a shadowy figure, Angus Lordie is mistaken for a journalist and becomes privy to some controversial plans of the Scottish Parliament--but just what is he meant to do about it? At school, a new member of Bertie's class, Galactica MacFee, quickly comes between Bertie and Olive, leaving him no choice but to skip town. And the indomitable Irene finds herself yet again in Edinburgh . . . but this time there might be romance in...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Belly has always lived for the summertime because it means all her favorite things: swimming, the beach, and the Fischer boys, Conrad and Jeremiah. She has spent every summer with them at Cousins Beach for as long as she can remember. She has always beenin love with Conrad and finally, one summer, it seems like he might have feelings for her, too. But it turns out, so does Jeremiah. As the summers go on, Belly has to choose between two brothers who...
6) Emmett
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old self-absorbed Emmett navigates love and relationships in this queer retelling of Emma.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Alpha Academy: Where betas get booted. Eccentric billionaire Shira Brazille founded the super-exclusive Alpha Academy on exotic Alpha Island to nurture the next generation of exceptional dancers, writes, musicians, and inventors. It' s a dream come true for one hundred lucky girls, but those not measuring up can be sent home at any time, for any reason. The one left standing will win worldwide fame. Who will it be?
8) In universes
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Raffi works in an observational cosmology lab, searching for dark matter. Every chance they get, they escape to see Britt, a queer sculptor who fascinates them for reasons they can't understand. As Raffi's carefully constructed life begins to collapse, they dream of a universe where they mean as much to Britt as Britt does to them. Touring parallel worlds, Raffi reaches for a life that feels authentically their own. But Raffi's divergent existences...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"One bright Los Angeles day, a young Polish émigrée named Viva is driving along the freeway when she's flagged down by a dazzling, disheveled woman in green chiffon. The woman is Bobby Sleeper, a fellow Eastern European and erstwhile art gallerist with a mysterious background and even more mysterious filmmaker husband. Within days the couple hire Viva as their assistant, then enlist her as an accomplice in an improbable scheme involving a long-lost...
10) Roar like a girl
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Pickle Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"In a stunning turn of events, Willa Havisham has to leave the comfort of her beloved Cape Cod and move to Troy, New York. She is fourteen-years-old and everything seems new, but through it all, she is Always Willa."--
11) Noche de humo
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
12) Toni
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"Toni isn't Coach Wise's favorite player on Team Blacktop. Honestly, she's not even in his top five. And if she's being real, her own teammates keep siding with him during practice. But this isn't the first time she's been on her own, and it won't be the last. If you can't count on yourself, who can you count on?"--Page [4] of cover.
13) Almost fabulous
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When she discovers that she has extra-sensory powers, fourteen-year-old Fiona finds it increasingly difficult to remain anonymous and lead a quiet trouble-free life, unnoticed by the school's bully.