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2) Squirm
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbor's cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father. Carl Hiaasen tells a wickedly funny, slightly twisted tale about families, figuring out what's really important, and knowing when (and when not) to let things go."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
Author
Series
Kevin Spencer books volume 1
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her stepfather would accept her, her mom would love her like she used to, and her stepbrother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly, she's determined to swallow her anger and make her family proud. But pushing fury down doesn't make it disappear. Instead, it simmers below the surface...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania, who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--
Author
Series
OCDaniel volume 0.5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sara wants to be normal but her panic attacks and other episodes cause her to isolate herself until, in group therapy, she meets talkative and outgoing Erin, her first friend.
9) High and dry
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated early chapter book, a young boy and his grandfather work together to save a beached orca."--
10) Cut both ways
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Senior Will Caynes must face unsettling feelings for his best friend Angus after they share a drunken kiss, while also embarking on his first real relationship with sophomore Brandy--all as the burden of home-life troubles weigh heavily"--
11) Okay for now
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Teen sleuth Sammy Keyes solves a classic locked-room mystery aboard a cruise ship."
13) The fort
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The morning after Hurricane Leo rips through the town of Canaan, residents awaken to widespread destruction -- power outages, downed branches, uprooted trees, broken windows and damaged roofs. Four eighth-grade friends -- Evan, Jason, Mitchell, and CJ -- meet to explore the devastation. The tight-knit group is dismayed to find that Evan has brought along a stray -- Ricky, who is new to their town and school, and doesn't have any friends yet. Ricky...
14) My Jasper June
Author
Language
English
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Description
The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah's been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There's something mysterious about Jasper,...
Author
Series
Middle school (James Patterson) volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Adam not only is trying to understand his OCD, while trying to balance his relationship with his divorced parents, but he's also trying to navigate through the issues that teenagers normally face, namely the perils of young love"--
Author
Publisher
Nube De Tinta
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
Español
Description
Alex Blackwood es realmente bueno para conseguir a la chica que quiere, pero al provenir de un hogar roto con una madre alcohólica, le resulta difícil comprometerse, incluso cuando cree que está enamorada. La increíblemente incómoda Molly Parker está enamorada de la genial Cora Myers, pero ni siquiera sabe cómo iniciar una conversación, y mucho menos establecer una conexión. Juntos en la universidad en Pittsburgh, Alex decide que ayudar a...
18) Dreams on fire
Author
Publisher
West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With an incarcerated father and an estranged drug-addicted mother, Shanequa's dreams of higher education feel like a fantasy. When Shanequa gets the chance to attend a prestigious private prep school, she feels like her dreams might become reality. Shanequa finds it easier to lie to her new friends than tell them the truth about her family. When her lies are found out, and Shanequa strikes back in blind rage, her path changes forever.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Back in the town where he grew up, Hayley can attend school and maybe have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories. Even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alex Blackwood is really good at getting the girl she wants, but coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother she finds commitment difficult, even when she thinks she is in love. Impossibly awkward Molly Parker has a crush on the cool Cora Myers, but she does not know how to even start a conversation, much less make a connection. Now they are all at college in Pittsburgh and Alex decides to "help" Molly get the girl, while proving to her own...
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