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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.
At eleven, Gilly is nobody's real kid. If only she could find her beautiful mother, Courtney, and live with her instead of in the ugly foster home where she has just been placed! How could she, the great Gilly Hopkins, known throughout the county for her brilliance and unmanageability, be expected to tolerate Maime Trotter,...
2) Gossamer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past -- for only then can they really begin to build their future.
7) The maze
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.
8) Fast break
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
11) The lottery rose
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Georgie Burgess, a victim of child abuse, is sent to live in a home for boys, where he learns to replace suspicion with trust and friendship.
12) Raven's gate
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Series
Gatekeepers (Anthony Horowitz) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
13) Homeroom diaries
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Margaret "Cuckoo" Clark keeps a journal detailing the trials and tribulations of high school life as she and her close-knit group of outcast friends try to break down the barriers between their school's "warring nations.".
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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"Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their...
15) Out of nowhere
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Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When he no longer fits into his vagabond mother's life, thirteen-year-old Harley adopts an abandoned dog and falls in with an outspoken old woman, a cantankerous junk collector, and an energetic and loving teenage girl.
16) Ball Don't Lie
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
-- Ball Don’t Lie -- Riveting " -- Gritty and mesmerizing."I have never before seen blacktop ball depicted so well. In this novel, you will find its flash, its power, and its elegance without chains. This is powerful "Truly authentic in its examination of both the game I love and the invariable missteps toward manhood. You cannot fail to be moved by the eloquence and truth of this story. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Quick Pick for...
17) Runaway twin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sunny, accompanied by a stray dog, takes advantage of a monetary windfall to travel from her Nebraska foster home to Enumclaw, Washington in order to find the twin sister from whom she was separated at age three.
20) Cliff-hanger
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.