Melody Carlson
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Katrina Yoder loves to sing, but her Amish parents view singing as vainglory and a sin. Katrina's best friend, Bekka, is convinced Katrina should try out for American Star, a televised singing competition that Bekka has been secretly watching. Katrina resists the temptation until her father's health worsens. He desperately needs a surgery the family cannot afford. Katrina decides she must go against her parents' wishes to win the money needed to help...
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Carter House girls volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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At the Carter boardinghouse for rich teenaged girls who are interested in fashion, the race for high school homecoming queen turns friends and roommates against one another, and as the votes roll in, some of the girls grow smarter and closer to God, while others seem to make the same mistakes over again.
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Life at Kingston High volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When sixteen-year-old Chelsea Martin's future stepmother gives her a total makeover, she attracts all of the wrong boys and drives away many girls, but her friend Janelle keeps telling Chelsea to be true to herself, while helping her find a way to catch the eye of Nicholas, the one "non-jerk" at school.
6) Catwalk
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Big Apple. Bigger Problems. The success of the Forrester sisters' On the Runway TV show lands them a hot ticket to Fashion Week in New York City. Paige is determined to garner the attention of New York's top designers, but her newfound fame threatens to go to her head. Erin wants to help promote the work of some eco-minded designers, but struggles to be taken seriously. Can Paige keep her prima donna behavior in check? Will Erin's involvement hurt...
7) Glamour
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Sink or swim? Paige's engagement to designer Dylan Marceau shocks the fashion world. Although Paige appears to be happy, Erin wonders if it's true love or just a desire for attention and publicity. As Paige's love life takes off, Erin is feeling pressure from Blake to take their friendship to a romantic level. But is she ready? These two very different sisters still have one thing in common-their fashion TV show and all the drama that comes along...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The girls of the Dating Games club have learned a lot this year - about boys, dating, friendship, and themselves. Now the school year is wrapping up, and the biggest date of all looms on the horizon: prom. With this new challenge comes a lot of extra pressure and expectations. Everyone wants the perfect dress, the perfect date, the perfect dance. But what happens when things don't go according to plan? Teen readers have found friends in these vibrant...
9) Ciao
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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In the last book of the On the Runway series by bestselling author Melody Carlson, Paige and Erin are headed to Milan, one of the European fashion meccas. Erin is excited by the art and culture around them, but Paige is distracted by other things.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The girls of the DG have found that through the club, both their friendships and their dating savvy have grown. But all that is about to be put to the test. Despite their promises of secrecy, word has somehow gotten out, and new girls want to join the club. The reaction in the DG is mixed, but with the Christmas Ball coming up, they need to pull together to organize their double dates. The trouble is, how can they get guys interested in a dance that's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Five high school friends have one thing in common as they start their sophomore year: none of them have ever been on a "real" date. With homecoming looming, they make a pact and start a secret club they call the DG (Dating Game). They're sworn to secrecy--and to purity--but the club is their way to set each other up on their first dates so they can report back to the DG. Of course, they all make different choices about how to deal with their parents...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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The girls of the Dating Games club are at it again, setting each other up on five blind dates for the upcoming masquerade ball. Trouble is, some of the girls are wondering if the others can be trusted to deliver on their promises. In fact, there's a very real danger that this dating treat could turn out to be nothing but a nasty trick. Teens will be delighted to spend more time with Cassidy, Devon, Abby, Brynn, and Emma as they navigate the thrilling...
13) Premiere
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A recipe for success or a design for disaster? Although they're sisters, Paige and Erin Forrester are like oil and water, night and day, denim and silk. Paige is an outgoing fashionista who loves to be the center of attention, while Erin is more comfortable sporting vintage garb and recording the action around her. When a near disaster turns into the opportunity of a lifetime, these two very-different sisters are given the chance to star in their...
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Series
Diary of a teenage girl. Caitlin volume 3
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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It's challenging enough to be a normal high school senior--but Caitlin O'Conner has a host of new difficulties to deal with in the third book of Melody Carlson's widely popular and fascinating teen series. Senior Caitlin O'Conner confronts life-determining issues in this emotionally gripping sequel to It's My Life. Time is critical to help the orphans in Mexico, missions-minded Caitlin believes, but Mom and Dad are set on her attending college. Meanwhile,...
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Series
Diary of a teenage girl. Caitlin volume 1
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner keeps a six-month diary in which she records the day-to-day events of her life as well as her struggles to understand herself and God's plan for her future.
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Series
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Kim Peterson learns more about herself and her friends, and practices her new commitment to God, by writing a teen advice column for the newspaper on which her father is managing editor.
17) I do!: a novel
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Series
Diary of a teenage girl. Caitlin volume 5
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twenty-one-year-old Caitlin starts a new diary to record her experiences when she becomes engaged and has to struggle to remember to focus on God, her friends, and her senior year in college as her head swims with wedding plans.
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Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
An intelligent but insecure fifteen-year-old aspiring musician, who sports off-beat clothes, spiked hair, and multiple piercings, questions the existence of God until she meets Him head-on in a graveyard.
Author
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner keeps a six-month diary in which she records the day-to-day events of her life as well as her struggles to understand herself and God's plan for her future.