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The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival....
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
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Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
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"The grieving book that New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh needed herself years ago, this is a modern, accessible approach to grief when you don't know how to help or what to do, inspired by a viral social media post that touched millions as it assures the reader that there is a path through their darkness"--
26) Heart bones
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"Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she's built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim. Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah...
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Psychologist Casey Ellis never met her father but that didn't stop her from following in his professional footsteps. Now he has died, and Casey is shocked to have inherited his elegant Boston town house, complete with a maid and a handsome, enigmatic gardener. When she finds a manuscript that could be a novel, a journal or a case study of one of her father's patients in her new home, she becomes engrossed in the story of Jenny, a woung woman trying...
30) A slender thread
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
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Driven Apart by Their Past, Can the Bonds of Sisterhood Survive What Lies Ahead?
From the dramatic tradition of such classics as Little Women and A Thousand Acres comes Tracie Peterson's contemporary novel, A Slender Thread. Well-known for her Westward Chronicles series as well as her historical series with Judith Pella, Peterson now uses her agile storytelling skills to tackle a family saga about the bonds of sisterhood, which you will not want
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"Everything happens for a reason. At least that's what everyone keeps telling Liam Cooper after his older brother Ethan is killed suddenly in a hit-and-run. Feeling more alone and isolated than ever, Liam has to not only learn to face the world without one of the people he loved the most, but also face the fading relationships of his two best friends in the process. Soon, Liam finds themself spending time with Ethan's best friend, Marcus, who might...
33) Fatal judgment
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Guardians of justice volume 1
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U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. How can Jake be expected to care for the coldhearted workaholic who drove his friend to despair? As the danger mounts and...
34) The summons
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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You can't pin John Grisham down--and why would any reader want to! After penning countless blockbusters like The Firm and The Rainmaker, he explored new vistas with his last two bestsellers, A Painted House and Skipping Christmas. Now he returns to his original love, the law, with new gusto, spinning a brand new web of intrigue in The Summons. Still reeling from a recent spliet with his wife, law professor Ray Atlee is called home by his dying father....
35) Cousins
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental death of another relative.
36) The survival kit
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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After her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Rose works through her grief by finding meaning in a survival kit that her mother left behind.
37) Chasing Redbird
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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Thirteen-year-old Zinnia Taylor uncovers family secrets and self truths while clearing a mysterious settler trail that begins on her family's farm in Kentucky.
38) Dinah forever
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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As she tries to cope with her thoughts about death by writing poems and talking with her elderly friend, Mrs. Briscoe, Dinah Seabrook wonders about the importance of the seventh-grade elections, the school play, and even her relationship with Nick Tribble.
39) Umbrella summer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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After her brother Jared dies, ten-year-old Annie worries about the hidden dangers of everything, from bug bites to bicycle riding, until she is befriended by a new neighbor who is grieving her own loss.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
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