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Jimmy Cajoleas
After Goldeline’s mother is burned as a witch, Goldeline survives in the Hinterlands with Gruff and a group of bandits. They travel between camps and steal from passing carriages. A man who wants to rid the Hinterlands of people he considers different hunts Goldeline because he believes she is a witch. After she rescues a boy, Goldeline begins discovering her own abilities.
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Auma’s Long RunEucabeth OdhiamboIn 1980s Kenya, thirteen-year-old Auma hopes that a track scholarship will help her leave her small village, attend high school, and eventually become a doctor. Her plans are tested by classmates, expectations around marriage, and night runners who visit while she sleeps. As AIDS devastates her village, Auma’s ambitions come into conflict with family responsibilities and tragedy at home. Running remains central to the future she is trying to build.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
What Goes UpKatie KennedyRosa and Eddie are among hundreds of teenagers applying to NASA’s secretive Interworlds Agency. They want to join even though they do not know the program’s purpose. When three teens earn places in the agency’s space-mission training program, they discover that the work places them in greater danger than they anticipated.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Greetings from Witness Protection!Jake BurtThirteen-year-old Nicki Demere, an orphan in foster care with a history of kleptomania, is recruited to pose as the daughter of the Trevor family. The family is living in witness protection, and Nicki’s role is intended to confuse criminals searching for them. As she joins her new family, threats to their security emerge from her own past. The story combines a new family arrangement with secrecy, danger, and criminal pursuit.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 750LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details