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Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1963 in the Bronx, New York, eighth-graders Fiona and Yolanda help one another face hard decisions at home despite family and social opposition to their interracial friendship, but Fiona is on her own when popular classmates start paying attention to her and give her a glimpse of both a different way of life and a new kind of hatefulness.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Description
It's summertime in New York City, and aspiring filmmaker Wes Auckerman has just arrived to start his summer term at NYU. While shooting a séance in the East Village, he meets a mysterious, intoxicating girl named Annie. As they start spending time together, Wes finds himself falling for her but there's something about her that he can't put his finger on. Why does she use such strange slang? Why does he only seem to run into her on one block near...
325) Rucker Park setup
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
326) Lux: the new girl
Author
Series
Flyy girls novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Lux Lawson is on a spree. Ever since her dad left, she's been kicked out of every school that would take her, and this is her last chance: Harlem's Augusta Savage School of the Arts. If this doesn't work, Lux...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Seventeen-year-old Arden, of Cumberland, Maryland, finds solace in the blog of an aspiring writer who lives in New York City, but when she goes to meet him, she discovers that he is a very different person than she believes him to be.
328) Skyscraping
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1993 in New York City, high school senior Mira uncovers many secrets, including that her father has a male lover.
330) Girl vs. superstar
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When Lucy B. Parker gets friend-dumped right before school starts, she thinks things can't get much worse. But then her mom announces she's dating Laurel Moses' dad. Laurel is the TV-movie-music star and now Lucy will be the less-pretty less-talented sister of the famous girl.
Author
Series
Confessions volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
As she fights for the family company, Tandy Angel's detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, forcing her to face the possibility that her stalker could be all in her head--or the very real danger that will finally bring her down.
332) Dance of shadows
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Fifteen-year-old Vanessa follows her sister Margaret to an elite Manhattan ballet school, not only gaining admission but also earning the lead in a production of the Firebird, while trying to uncover why and how Margaret and other lead dancers have disappeared.
Series
Diviners volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 27
Description
The Diviners face ghosts that are haunting an asylum and wreaking havoc all over New York City, forgotten ones with dangerous ties to the King of Crows.
335) Born of illusion
Author
Series
Born of illusion volume 1
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Anna Van Housen has a secret. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920's New York. As the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdini -- or so Marguerite claims -- sleight of hand illusions have never been a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her own gifts secret from her opportunistic...
337) Girl on fire
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business constantly teeters on the edge...
338) Jane
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"A powerful modern day reimagining of Charlotte Bront'͡s classic novel Jane Eyre. Jane learns that in the world of New York's elite, secrets are the greatest extravagance and she must decide if she should trust the man she loves or do whatever it takes to protect her best friend from the consequences of his deception" -- Provided by publisher.
"Growing up in an unhappy family in a small New England town, Jane dreamed of escaping to New York City...
Author
Series
Miles Morales Spider-man volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"The villain called Ultimatum is here - and New York doesn't know what hit it! But while chasing this mysterious man from a mysterious place, Miles Morales finds himself in a very awkward situation involving his uncle. And when something huge happens, the young Spider-Man is faced with a dilemma that could threaten everything he holds dear! Caught in the middle of a war between Ultimatum and the old guard, Miles is about to cross paths with a monumental,...
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