Lisa Schroeder
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Since she ran away from home Emerson has been living on the streets of Portland, relying on her wits and her friend Vince to get by, but as a meteor approaches North America they meet Carl, who tells them he has been granting people's wishes--so what will they do if this is their last day on Earth, and, more important, what will they do if it is not?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Juliet and her friends, Emma and Carmen, hang out at the local bookmobile and dream up ways to grant wishes around town, and when they learn the bookmobile is going to close unless the owners can pay rent, they organize a fund-raising craft fair.
Author
Series
Cupcake novels (Lisa Schroeder) volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sophie is excited to have the opportunity to audition for a television commercial until she learns the company is Beatrice's Brownies, the biggest competitor to her best friend's family's cupcake shop. Includes recipes for chocolate treats.
Author
Series
Cupcake novels (Lisa Schroeder) volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Ava can't see or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear his voice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she's crazy, but she knows he's here. Jackson. The boy Ava thought she'd spend the rest of her life with. He's back from the dead, as proof that love truly knows no bounds"--Cover, P. [4].
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Lauren is the new girl in town with a dark secret. Colby is the football hero with a dream of something more. In alternating chapters they come together, fall apart, and build something stronger than either of them thought possible--something to truly believe in"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Hazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise. But then Hazel discovers a list that rates the girls at her middle school based on their looks -- started by her best friend's older brother. She knows she has to do something, and she can't do it alone. The wave she'll...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In the beautiful Cartier makeup compact she bought at a flea market, Phoebe finds a letter written during World War II in London, from one sister to another, which contains a "spell" for bringing people closer together, a kind of treasure hunt around London--and Phoebe could really use such a spell, because her older sister, Alice, will be leaving for university soon, and just now she seems to be cutting Phoebe out of her life.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Lily finds herself knee-deep in sugar and sheet music as she tries to juggle her responsibility to her bandmates and give her friend the best Sweet Thirteen party ever"--
12) Chasing Brooklyn
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As teenagers Brooklyn and Nico work to help each other recover from the deaths of Brooklyn's boyfriend--Nico's brother Lucca--and their friend Gabe, the two begin to rediscover their passion for life, and a newly blossoming passion for one another.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.
14) Day before
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.
15) Far from you
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about sixteen-year-old Ali's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby sister, and the terror that ensues after they end up lost in the snow-covered woods.
16) Falling for you
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Very good friends, her poetry notebooks, and a mysterious "ninja of nice" give seventeen-year-old Rae the strength to face her mother's neglect, her stepfather's increasing abuse, and a new boyfriend's obsessiveness.
17) Baby can't sleep
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ten unusual sheep take over when two very tired parents cannot put Baby to sleep.