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Scott Shina
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what can happen when the pursuit of justice becomes a personal crusade for victory at any cost.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just in time for election season, Dan Gutman's hugely popular THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT is back. Humor, adventure, and excitement will draw kids into the world of elections and politics."Hi! My name is Judson Moon. I'm 12 years old and I'm running for President of the YOU-nited States."So begins this fast-paced, funny, and surprising account of a boy's run for the Oval Office in the year 2000. Under the tutelage of Lane, his brainy friend and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
5) Back Roads
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Harley Altmyer should be in college drinking Rolling Rock and chasing girls. He should be freed from his closed-minded, stricken coal town, with its lack of jobs and no sense of humor. Instead, he's constantly reminded of just how messed up his life is.
With his mother in jail for killing his abusive father, Harley is an orphan with the responsibilities of an adult and the fiery, aggressive libido of a teenager. Just nineteen years old, he's
...Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A heartbreaking novel that offers no easy answers, Give a Boy a Gun addresses the growing problem of school violence. Although it is a work of fiction, it could tragically be the leading nightly news story in any community. After a high school shooting at her alma mater, a college journalism student returns home to interview students, teachers, parents, and friends of the suspects. Intermingled with her interviews are journal entries written by the...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Edition
Abridged
Language
English
Description
Author of 27 novels, Joyce Carol Oates has won a National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award. She has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Readers around the world marvel at her ability to trace the subtle dynamics at work in the modern American family. Judd is the youngest of the four Mulvaney children--three boys and a girl--who grow up on their parents' lush farm in upstate New York. In his childhood, Judd is swept...
Author
Series
Left Behind (Young adult). The kids volume 1
Left behind the kids volume 1
Left Behind. The kids volume 1
Left behind the kids volume 1
Left Behind. The kids volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Four former Christian teenagers find themselves alone and afraid following the Rapture when God spirits His followers away to Heaven
Author
Series
Left Behind (Young adult). The kids volume 2
Left behind the kids volume 02
Left Behind. The kids volume 2
Left behind the kids volume 02
Left Behind. The kids volume 2
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The world has been thrown into chaos after thousands of people suddenly vanished one horrifying evening. Four kids in the Chicago suburbs-Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan-reel with shock as they learn they are the only ones left in their families. As the truth behind the disappearances becomes clear, the kids discover they are faced with far-reaching decisions. But while the others are making their choices, Lionel gets a disturbing message from his uncle...
Author
Series
Left Behind (Young adult). The kids volume 4
Left behind the kids volume 04
Left Behind. The kids volume 4
Left behind the kids volume 04
Left Behind. The kids volume 4
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the Rapture occurred, many young people were left behind. Four of these, orphaned teenagers Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan, have turned to Christ and are learning about the coming events from their spiritual teacher, Bruce Barnes. But they have many questions and want to know what signs they should look for. One question that burns brightest in their minds is, "Who is the Antichrist?" Bruce Barnes thinks he knows, and shares this with the group....