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Elizabeth Acevedo
Emoni Santiago is a teen mother finishing high school while caring for her daughter and living with her abuela. Since becoming pregnant in her first year of high school, she has done what her family needs. Cooking is where she can set those pressures aside, and she dreams of becoming a chef after graduation, even as that goal seems out of reach.
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StarworldAudrey Coulthurst, Paula GarnerSam Jones and Zoe Miller, a popular teen and an artistic loner, form an unexpected connection through text messages. Together they invent Starworld, a universe that gives each of them distance from everyday life. Sam avoids attention at school and navigates life at home with a mother who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. As Sam and Zoe’s friendship deepens, they exchange private thoughts and wonder whether their bond can continue beyond Starworld.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When We Were LostKevin Wignall, foreword by James PattersonWhen a plane carrying high school students crashes in a remote rainforest, Tom Calloway and the other survivors discover that no adults are left alive. Tom had not wanted to join the school trip, but he and his classmates must endure heat and unfamiliar jungle dangers. As days pass and desperation grows, trauma and a struggle for leadership set the survivors against one another, and each decision can determine who lives.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Women in the Military: From Drill Sergeants to Fighter PilotsConnie GoldsmithThis study examines women’s expanding roles in the United States armed forces through personal stories and historical examples. It covers work including nursing, ambulance driving, administration, mechanics, aviation, surveillance, ship command, and front-line combat. It also addresses discrimination women have faced, including limited advancement, economic inequity, inadequate veteran support, sexual harassment, and rape. The 2015 Pentagon change allowing women in front-line ground combat is among the developments discussed.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 1100LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details