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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"What are you doing, Sam?" calls Stella.
Sam and his dog, Fred, are creating joyful havoc throughout the house. Be it snorkeling in the bathtub, teaching Fred to read or roll over, or cooking up a pancake feast, they are having a marvelous time. Of course, Stella joins in the fun as she observes the inventive antics of Sam and his beloved companion.
In this wonderful addition to the Stella and Sam series, Marie-Louise Gay has created another charming...
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Jay's gay agenda volume 1
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English
Description
Growing up in rural Washington as the only out gay kid means Jay is constantly bombarded with reminders that everyone around him can hook up and have relationships, but his list of love-related to-do's -- his own gay agenda -- is indefinitely, frustratingly, on hold. His parents suddenly move the family to Seattle right before his senior year, however, and the thriving LGBTQ+ community means he can finally begin checking things off his list! Will...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"I'll help you get dressed," said Stella.
"No," said Sam. "I can do it by myself."
But Sam takes a roundabout route to getting dressed and, as usual, his big sister Stella is there to help... but this time Sam has the last laugh.
Vibrant and humorous, Marie-Louise Gay's stories and pictures explore the endearing, intimate scenes of young childhood.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
Evan Panos's strict immigrant Greek mother sees him as a disappointment. His workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. His only escape is drawing, in an abandoned monastery that feels as lonely as he is. And Henry makes Evan believe that he deserves more than his mother's harsh words and terrifying abuse. As things escalate, Evan...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man...
10) The long run
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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When fate--in the form of a party that gets busted--brings together two very different track-and-field athletes, each trying to figure out what they want out of life, they find a love for which they'd risk everything.
11) Small town pride
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his school's first openly gay kid. While his family and friends are accepting and supportive, the same can't be said about everyone in their small town of Barton Springs, Ohio. When Jake's dad hangs a comically large pride flag in their front yard in an overblown show of love, the mayor begins to receive complaints. A few people are even concerned the flag will lead to something truly outlandish: a pride parade....
12) A seahorse year
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English
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In Stacey D'Erasmo's acclaimed second novel, a quintessentially modern family is ultimately transformed by the emerging breakdown of their teenaged son, Christopher. When he disappears from his San Francisco home, his extended family comes together in a frantic search. But Christopher is in much more trouble than they know, and their attempts to support him and to save him will challenge their assumptions about themselves and one another. Exquisitely...
13) Release
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Adam Thorn doesn't know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam's life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn't he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing...
14) Vanilla
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Told in a series of blank verse poems, two boys Van (called Vanilla) and Hunter tell of their relationship which began before they were teenagers, but foundered in high school, mostly because Hunter thinks they should be having sex and Vanilla is not so sure.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
Description
It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
18) Shine
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.
19) Here's to us
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What if it's us volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
Ben survived freshman year of college, but he's feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan's been acting weird for weeks. Ben's only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who's been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses. Mario's big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger--and the choices he makes now could be the key to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
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English
Description
Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die. Now that he's signed up for Death-Cast to see if his serious heart condition will finally end him, he's ready to begin living. That's why he decides to attend a once-in-a-lifetime event: the Death Cast premiere in Times Square. Getting an End Day call is the last thing on Valentino Prince's mind-he didn't even register for the program. His modeling career is about to take...
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