Noah Galvin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Most people think 15-year-old Charlie is a freak. The only friend he had killed himself, forcing him to face high school alone. But then seniors Patrick and his beautiful stepsister Sam take Charlie under their wings and introduce him to their eclectic, open-minded, hard-partying friends. It is from these older kids that Charlie learns to live and love, until a repressed secret from his past threatens to destroy his newfound happiness.
2) Booksmart
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from a wildly original, fresh, and modern perspective, this is an unfiltered comedy about high school best friends and the bonds they create that last a lifetime. Capturing the spirit of the times, it is a coming-of-age story for a new generation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Immersing himself in a fantasy world of knights and chivalry, introverted Ware is sent to a summer camp designed around social interactions and begins building a castle-like private space while clashing with a fellow misfit.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
★ "Brilliant.... The masterful writing takes readers inside Leonard's tormented mind, enabling a compassionate response to him and to others dealing with trauma." —School Library Journal, starred review
From New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick comes an intensely compassionate and important book about a boy who brings a gun to school, and the people and experiences that
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.
Author
Series
Planet Kindergarten volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young child imagines going off to Kindergarten as a journey to another planet.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"A hilariously heartfelt novel about living life at full force, and discovering family when you least expect it, influenced in part by the author's time as Carrie Fisher's beloved assistant. Charlie Besson is about to have an insane job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon. THE Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and People magazine's worst dressed list. She needs an assistant. He needs a hero....
10) What if it's us
Author
Series
What if it's us volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Told in two voices, when Arthur, a summer intern from Georgia, and Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems like fate, but after three attempts at dating fail they wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart.
11) Here's to us
Author
Series
What if it's us volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
"Ben survived freshman year of college, but he's feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan's been acting weird for weeks. Ben's only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who's been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses. Mario's big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger--and the choices he makes now could be the key...