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21) Gather
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap housing projects. Embedded in the grubby amber of the district's narrative among its saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts a different kind of human time is happening, a soiled simultaneity that does not differentiate between the petrolcolored puddles and the fractured dreams of those who navigate them. Fiends last mentioned...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It only takes one strike . . . A powerful, beautifully illustrated feminist reworking of the classic fairy tale, from award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child "You've got a lot to say for a little match girl." On the streets of Victorian London, Bridie uses her wit selling matches to help feed her family-but no matter how hard she works, it's never enough to stave off hunger or keep her ailing mother safe from the factory's toxins. When...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When her family faces difficult economic times, Ivy tries to hide the truth from her friends, but as her lies unravel, she turns to her music and some new friends who show her that not everyone is who she thought they were, including herself.
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