Laurie Halse Anderson
1) Fever, 1793
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
2) Speak
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"'Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say.' From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
4) Wintergirls
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
5) Twisted
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
6) Prom
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Eighteen-year-old Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track, Ash's involvement transforms her life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Princess Diana of Themyscira believes that her 16th birthday will be one of new beginnings-namely, acceptance into the warrior tribe of the Amazons. But her birthday celebrations are cut short when rafts carrying refugees break through the barrier that separates her island home from the outside world. When Diana defies the Amazons to try to bring the outsiders to safety, she finds herself swept away by the stormy sea. Cut off from everything she's...
9) Catalyst
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.
10) Frío
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Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
Español
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.