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1) First Love
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Axi Moore is a "good girl": she studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone that what she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can confide in is her best friend, Robinson--who she also happens to be madly in love. When Axi impulsively invites Robinson to come with her on an unplanned cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life. But the adventure quickly turns from carefree...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A stunning debut novel about a teenage girl and her mother as they grapple with first love, family secrets, and tragedy.
Maddy is sixteen. Smart, funny, and profound, she has loyal friends, a mother with whom she’s unusually close, a father she’s never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Living in the shadow of uncertainty, she is forced to grow up fast.
All the Water in the World is the story of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism until the enigmatic Lani Garver helps her get control of her life at the risk of his own.
6) Unstoppable
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
Author
Publisher
Razorbill/Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Having spent several years in and out of hospitals for a life-threatening illness, pragmatic sixteen-year-old Cam is relocated by her miracle-seeking mother to a town in Maine known for its mystical healing qualities.
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Barbara Thorson, an acerbic fifth-grader so consumed with fantasy that she doesn't just tell people that she kills giants with an ancient Norse warhammer - she starts to believe it herself. This book reveals the reasons for Barbara's troubled behavior, as she learns to reconcile her fantasy life with the real world. --
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has already survived leukemia twice. This summer she will returning to the summer camp for children with cancer where she spent the best two weeks of each of the past two summers. This year, though, she'll be a counselor, sharing her experiences to help others deal with their cancers.
10) Always jack
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Jack's life is pretty good -- he has great friends, everyone loves his funny jokes and he's an awesome inventor. But things are getting complicated. Nanna's older and wobblier, and why does his face turn red when he sees his best friend, Anna? And to top it off, Mum and Rob's wedding seems to be taking over the world. Something really scary has also happened to his mum and it's going to take all of Jack's courage to deal with it"--P. [4] of cover....
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A story about sisters. A story about love. A story about how it feels when someone close to you is diagnosed with a serious illness. A book to help name and explore the complicated feelings borne of heartbreaking situations." -- Amazon.com.
12) After ever after
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
13) Miracle
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Amie struggles to find herself through friendship and music in the wake of her father's death.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A collection of the journals, fiction, letters and sketches of Esther Grace Earl, a cancer patient who passed away in 2010 at age sixteen, includes photographs and essays by family and friends that help tell Esther's story.
15) Letters to God
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Tyler is armed with strong faith and courage as he faces a battle against cancer. His prayers take the form of letters he sends to his ultimate pen pal, God, on a daily basis. These letters find their way into the hands of Tyler's postman, Brady, who is at a crossroads in his life, and is searching for meaning. Brady is at first is confused over what to do, but his decision ultimately is a testament to the power of Tyler's shining spirit,...