Jennifer E Smith
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Lucy lives on the twenty-fourth floor. Owen lives in the basement. It's fitting, then, that they meet in the middle — stuck between two floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, Lucy and Owen spend the night wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is back, so is reality. Lucy soon moves abroad...
5) Windfall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Alice loves Teddy, her best friend, but has never told him. On his eighteenth birthday she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. As a kid, Alice's parents died just over a year apart from each other. And Teddy's father abandoned his family not long after that, leaving them to grapple with his gambling debts. Through it all, Teddy and Alice have leaned on each other....
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Español
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Su historia empezó en un ascensor de Nueva York y continuó en postales al otro lado del mundo.
Lucy vive en la vigésimo cuarta planta de un bloque de apartamentos de Nueva York. Owen, en el sótano. No es extraño, por tanto, que se conozcan a medio camino, en un ascensor inmovilizado por un apagón local. Después de que los rescaten, dedican la noche a pasear juntos por las calles a oscuras, sólo iluminadas por la rara aparición de las estrellas...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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"Perfect strangers Graham Larkin and Ellie O'Neill meet online when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an e-mail about his pet pig, Wilbur. The two 17-year-olds strike up an e-mail relationship from opposite sides of the country and don't even know each other's first names. What's more, Ellie doesn't know Graham is a famous actor, and Graham doesn't know about the big secret in Ellie's family tree. When the relationship goes from online to in-person,...
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English
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"Right after the sudden death of her mother--her first and most devoted fan--and just before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta James falls apart on stage. The footage quickly goes viral and she stops playing, her career suddenly in jeopardy--the kind of jeopardy her father, Conrad, has always predicted. Months later, Greta--still heartbroken and very much adrift--reluctantly agrees to accompany Conrad on the Alaskan cruise her parents...
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Summer meets love in both fantasy and reality in this anthology featuring renowned writers of both teen and adult fiction
Summer is the perfect time for love to bloom, and these short stories of teenagers facing the confusing maze of first love will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. The selections range from heartfelt to outlandish, as the characters find passion in some very unexpected places