Angie Thomas
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leaves him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Movie tie-in edition.
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer...
Author
Series
Nic Blake and the Remarkables volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist · Printz Honor Book · Coretta Scott King Honor Book · #1 New York Times Bestseller!
"Absolutely riveting!" —Jason Reynolds
"Stunning." —John Green
"This story is necessary. This story is important."
...Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller!
Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the launch of an inventive, hilarious, and suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African American history and folklore.
It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool—like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth
...Author
Language
English
Description
The top 50 indoor houseplants for brightening your interiors, what's best and how to keep them alive. Bring the outdoors in and breathe new life to your home with plants! Houseplants are well and truly back on trend, they instantly lift an area, make a room feel fresh and welcoming, and brighten your mood. On top of this, indoor plants are great for purifying the air and creating a healthier home.
Together with microbes in the soil, plants work wonders...
Author
Publisher
Grantravesia
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Starr es una chica de dieciséis años que vive entre dos mundos: el barrio pobre de gente negra donde nació, y su escuela situada en un elegante barrio residencial blanco. El difícil equilibrio entre ambos se hace añicos cuando ella es testigo de la muerte a tiros de su mejor amigo, Khalil, a manos de un policía. A partir de ese momento, todo lo que Starr diga acerca de la aterradora noche que cambió su vida podrá ser usado de excusa por unos...
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
La autora premiada de El odio que das regresa con una historia poderosa sobre hip hop, la libertad de expresión y la importancia de luchar por tus sueños, aunque la suerte parezca estar en tu contra. Bri quiere ser una de las mejores raperas de todos los tiempos. Como hija de una leyenda del hip hop underground que murió antes de que alcanzar el éxito, Bri tiene unos zapatos gigantes que llenar. Pero cuando su primera canción se hace viral por...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"With 24 illustrated inspirational quotes from Angie's acclaimed novels The Hate U Give and On the Come Up, and plenty of blank pages for your own words, Find Your Voice will ignite your creativity and help you bring your own unique stories to life" -- cover, page [4]