Laurie Halse Anderson
1) Speak
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IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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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...
3) 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.
4) Chains
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Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
5) Forge
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Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
7) Say good-bye
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Seeing Jane's dog, Yum-Yum, help cheer up children in a cancer ward makes Zoe think about having her puppy, Sneakers, trained to do therapy, too, especially when Yum-Yum becomes very ill.
8) Storm rescue
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Vet volunteers volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When a hurricane hits her town, Suniata must face her fears in order to help a stranded cat.
9) Trapped
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Brenna, one of the volunteers at the Dr. Mac's Place animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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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--an 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.
13) Homeless
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Vet volunteers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Sunita and her fellow volunteers at the Wild at Heart veterinary clinic become involved in efforts to save a bunch of feral and abandoned cats with the help of Dr. Mac.
14) The Trickster
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Vet volunteers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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When he and the other volunteers at Dr. Mac's veterinary clinic go to help out at Quinn's Stables, David makes several serious mistakes and must prove he can be trusted before Mr. Quinn will let him even be around the spirited horse that David wants to ride.
15) Manatee blues
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Vet volunteers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals.
16) Time to fly
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Series
Vet volunteers volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Just when Zoe is starting to feel at home in Ambler, Pennsylvania, living with her veterinarian grandmother and learning about a flock of wild parrots, her actress mother arrives to take her to a new home in Los Angeles.
17) Fear of falling
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Vet volunteers volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family after being gone for a year.
18) Turkey pox
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Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Charity has chicken pox, there's a terrible snowstorm outside, and it looks like the Chatfields will have to spend Thanksgiving without Nana and her wonderful roast turkey, stuffing, and cranberries.