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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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When her sixteen-year-old sister is hospitalized for depression and her parents want to keep it a secret, fourteen-year-old Elena tries to cope with her own anxiety and feelings of guilt that she is determined to conceal from outsiders.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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"You go through life thinking there's so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother. Marin hasn't spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she's...
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Meet the Children:
Kennedy, 17 – The Fashionist!
(Always telling others what’s wrong with their outfit)
Chloe, 15 – The Bookworm!
(Never Stops Reading)
Edwin, 12 – The Explorer!
(Often starts sentences with ‘did you know…’)
Bridget, 11 – The Pretentious Snob!
(Usually speaks in a false poncy accent)
Al, 9 – The Chatterbox!
(Quite frequently refers to something outside the current context of conversation)
These, along with...
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Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Because Yumi RuÍz-Hirsch has grandparents from Japan, Cuba, and Brooklyn, her mother calls her a poster child for the twenty-first century. Yumi would laugh if only her life wasn't getting as complicated as her heritage. All of a sudden she's starting eighth grade with a girl who collects tinfoil and a boy who dresses like a squid. Her mom's found a new boyfriend, and her punk-rock father still can't sell a song. She's losing her house; she's losing...