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1) Strider
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
Author
Language
English
Description
"After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel"--
Author
Publisher
Mira
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage’s mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it. Sage didn’t have Daisy’s smarts—she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters’ rivalry continued until...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An evocative new novel from the New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins. Beware the wrath of a woman scorned-she just might save the world. Lillie knew the empty nest would be hard when her son left for college, but she had no idea of the full extent to which her world would come crashing down-until her husband announced out of the blue that he was in love with another woman, and he would be leaving, too. Besides the fact that this announcement...
10) The last song
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father--a former concert pianist and teacher--moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father ... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. An unforgettable story of love...
11) Summer of Brave
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lilla wants to make everyone happy, so when her best friend Vivi dares her to start telling the truth as part of their Summer of Brave, Lilla hesitates because if she says out loud what she really wants, her whole life might crash down around her.
12) Hatchet: a novel
Author
Publisher
Bradbury
Pub. Date
1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
195 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The long anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank With Me, set in 1930s Reno, in which two very different women seeking divorces meet and form an unlikely friendship that is complicated by the handsome young ranch hand who befriends both--and who finds his life unexpectedly upturned by one"--
15) Booked
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 312 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ryan McKinley has tried to move on from his ex-wife Abby. He's sulked, he's gotten angry, and ultimately he bought her dream house. Big mistake. Living alone in the massive 2-story has only made him miss her more. When her parents call him out of the blue about their anniversary party in Summer Harbor, Maine, Ryan believes God has dropped a golden opportunity straight in his lap"--
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
92 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Abridged edition.
Physical Desc
113 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When she finds out that the basketball team at her new school is "boys only," Julie Albright, determined to fight for her right to play, starts a petition to persuade the coach to change his mind and give her the chance to be on the team.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The first Christmas since Julie's parents' divorce is difficult for the whole family, but Julie finds comfort sharing the Chinese New Year traditions of her best friend, Ivy Ling, and thinking about new beginnings.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a choose your own adventure story, the reader travels to 1970s sunny San Francisco to join Julie in adventures that can include challenging the boys to a basketball contest, spending a day at the beach, or rescuing a baby sea otter.