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62) Wilder boys
Author
Series
Wilder boys volume 1
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
To evade their mother's abusive boyfriend, brothers Jake, thirteen, and Taylor, eleven, venture from the suburbs of Pittsburgh toward the wilds of Wyoming in search of the father they have not seen in four years, using their wilderness skills to survive against both natural and human dangers. Includes wilderness tips.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hoping to strike it rich, eleven-year-old Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush"--
Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, desperate to get away from their drunkard of a father. Onboard a ship, Jasper overhears a rumor about One-Eyed Riley, an old coot who's long since gone, but is said to have left clues to...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
This #ownvoices novel by bestselling author Nadia Hashimi tells the affecting story of an Afghan-American boy who believes his mother has been deported. For fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Counting by 7s. Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was born in the US, it's hard to feel American now when he's terrified that his mother will...
65) The journey home
Author
Series
Wilder boys volume 2
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When Jake, thirteen, and Taylor, eleven, learn that their mother is still alive but facing grave danger if they do not return the money they took from her abusive boyfriend, Bull, they leave their father, who is not eager to help, and set off on their own again for a late autumn trek from Wyoming to Pittsburgh.
66) I'm not missing
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Sick of the pressures of pet life, one dog escapes to fulfill his true Lone Wolf destiny, but then he sees his owner with a new dog and feels unexpectedly jealous."--
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Stone Traveler combines believable character, wonderful writing and a Book of Mormon setting that draws you in from the very beginning. It hurtles you back in time for a grand adventure, yet never loses sight fo powerful moral undertones of the tale.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own family tragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
Author
Series
Lost journals of Ven Polypheme volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Young Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme is sent on a secret mission within the walls of the Gated City, a former penal colony in the land of Serendair, where he and his friends face kidnapping and even worse dangers from the ruthless Thief Queen, who is trying to reclaim her runaway daughter.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Calli finds herself alone after the loss of her father--until a bruised and broken girl shows up on her property, forcing her to face the present, rethink her future, and unearth the skeletons of her own past.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After learning about his mother's affair and his father's knowledge of it, Kyle is pressured to keep his parents' secret during what may be their last big summer family reunion.
Author
Series
Incredible doom volume 1
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in bulletin board system, and meets a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Hansen and Gracie are orphaned twins, but their ability to hear each other even when they are not together has made them strange, and prevented them from being adopted--so when the evil officials from the orphanage abandon them in the woods they set out to find a home of their own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Edgar nominee Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a three-time Newbery Honor winner, and her book The Unseen was named as both a School Library Journal Best Book and Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner. In William S. and the Great Escape, Snyder pens a middle-grade adventure sure to be ranked with her very best.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Esmerine, a mermaid, grows close to her childhood playmate Alander, a winged man, when they join forces to find her sister Dosia, who has reportedly eloped with a human despite the sisters' vow to always keep the sea and its people first in their hearts.
Author
Series
Runaways volume 7
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
New beginnings! The Runaways say good-bye to the past, and make hard decisions about their future. Plus: Still reeling from the events of Young Avengers/Runaways, the teenage heroes must now confront a horrific enemy who threatens to tear the team apart!
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