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1) I'm not her
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Brainy Tess Smith is the younger sibling of the beautiful, popular, volleyball-scholarship-bound Kristina. When Kristina is diagnosed with bone cancer, it drastically changes both sisters' lives. Sometimes the things that annoy us the most about our siblings are the ones we'd miss the most if we lost them.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Formats
Description
Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's: 2022 Middle School Wellness_Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's: 2022 Middle School Wellness_Fiction
Description
Lupita, the oldest of eight siblings, is used to taking the lead - and staying busy behind the scenes to help keep everyone together. But when she discover Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, Lupita is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of their close-knit Mexican American family. Suddenly Lupita must face a whole new set of challenges, with must face a whole new set of challenges, with new roles to play, and no one is...
6) Wave
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Children's New Books: June 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Recommended: 8th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
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Children's Recommended: 8th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
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Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
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