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1) Anthem
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper name."
-Ayn Rand
In a dark, terrifying, and backwards future, people have no names and are taught never to think of themselves. Everything is subordinate to the all-powerful World Council. Individualism is illegal; as is love not authorized by the World Council. Just using the word "I" is a transgression punishable by death. Fear of innovation and change has stifled humanity...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
4) Stargirl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at what pairs of children have in common, despite their obvious differences, such as Daisy and Kit both kicking hard in the swimming pool, although one's legs are short and the other's long.
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 3
Language
English
Description
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they've learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women...With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher, the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. As their lives begin to take different paths,...
9) Spoon
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Spoon, who has always been a happy utensil, but lately he feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it and thinks Fork, Knife, and Chopsticks have it much better than him.
10) Twins' blanket
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Two twin girls, who have always shared everything, sleep in separate beds with their own blankets for the first time.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After her mother dies and she and her father move in with her wealthy aunt and cousin, Emily struggles when her car-loving, tomboy identity and her way of expressing her faith clash with the expectations of others.
Author
Series
Children of Eden volume 3
Publisher
Keywords Press/Atria
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Follows Rowan as she leaves behind the paradise she's always dreamed of to save Eden--and the world--from a terrible fate"--
13) Remake
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Freedom Prime, young adults can choose their name, their trade, and their gender, but the one thing they cannot choose is to be part of a family, because the family unit has been eradicated.
15) Star of the week
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Excited about being "star of the week" at school, Stanley spends a lot of time choosing and preparing his favorite things to share, but becomes discouraged when his classmates make fun of what he likes.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young woman gets ready for a party. She is autistic, yet within her mind, she is whoever she wants to be. What appears to an ordinary night out is - through the prism of her singular perspective - extraordinary. As the evening unfolds, each encounter reveals the vast discrepancies between what she is thinking and feeling, and what she is able to say. And there's so much she'd like to say. So when...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In her therapist's waiting room in Damascus, Suleima meets the strange and reticent Nassim and soon the two begin a strained relationship. But when Nassim, a writer, flees Syria for Germany, he gives Suleima the manuscript for his most recent novel, whose protagonist's life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? What is fact and what is fiction? Narrated in alternating chapters by Suleima and the mysterious woman in Nassim's...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"No longer content to lay eggs on command only to have them carted off to the market, a hen glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild--and to hatch an egg of her own"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Every big moment starts with a dream--for adventure, for freedom, for something more--and no one knows that better than the Disney princesses. In this beautifully illustrated hardcover storybook, Ariel, Mulan, Belle, Cinderella, and more fan-favorite Disney Princesses will encourage and inspire children ages 3 to 7 to dream big, believe in themselves, and follow their hearts."--Provided by publisher
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