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All Together Now - Summer Reading Teen Reads
DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
HAR--Hispanic Heritage Month
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month
HAR--Hispanic Heritage Month
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Description
Two sisters mourn their father's death after his plane crashes on a flight to the Dominican Republic.
5) Astro girl
Author
Language
English
Description
After Astrid tells her father that she wants to be an astronaut, he tells her of all the things that astronauts have to do.
6) Fable
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Fable joins the young, motley crew of the Marigold to escape the island where her father abandoned her, but she quickly realizes life off the island is more dangerous than she imaged.
Author
Series
Madman's daughter trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Dr. Moreau's daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle.
10) The Gossip File
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The third book in Anna Staniszewski's award-winning middle school book series: The Dirt Diaries!
A gripping double identity book and delicious tale of gossip and its consequences, even if it's about someone else...
The Gossip File:
Chandra lets little kids pee in the pool.
Melody stole $ from the café register.
Ava isn't who she says she is...
Ava is cool. Ava is confident. Ava is really Rachel
...Author
Series
Madman's daughter trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Back in London after escaping from her father's island and the secrets she left behind, Juliet Moreau strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Ellie's father's career as a magician is ruined after an illusion fails on live television, they eventually lose the insurance that covers medications for his heart condition and her bipolar disorder, so when he gets a chance to redeem himself, she lies about his willingness and they head for California.
15) Prairie lotus
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Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
16) Lily's mountain
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Language
English
Description
Unable to believe their father died while climbing Mount Denali, twelve-year-old Lily and her older sister, Sophie, climb the mountain in order to rescue him.
17) Water balloon
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father's new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley's life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.
18) Chasing secrets
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English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
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