Shaun David Hutchinson
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
At nineteen, Hutchinson was struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself. Convinced that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future, Hutchinson followed through on trying to make that a reality -- an attempted suicide. Over time, he came to embrace life, and to find self-acceptance. In his deeply honest memoir, he takes readers through the journey of what...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
When his best friend-turned-boyfriend goes missing and seems to be remembered by nobody else, Ozzie begins to believe that the universe is shrinking and forges ties with a new friend while struggling to figure out what is happening.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sixteen-year-olds Noa, DJ, and Jenny awake on a spaceship, unaware of how they got there or what is coming, but soon Noa and DJ are falling in love.
When Noa closes his eyes on Earth and wakes up on a spaceship called Qriosity just as it is about to explode, he's pretty sure things can't get much weirder. Boy, is he wrong. Also trapped aboard Qriosity are DJ and Jenny, neither of whom remember how they got on board the ship. Together, the three face...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jack Nevin's clever trickery and moral flexibility make him the perfect assistant to the Enchantress, one of the most well-known stage magicians in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Europe. Without Jack's steady supply of stolen tricks, the Enchantress's fame would have burned out long ago. But when Jack's thievery catches up to them, they're forced to flee to America, where they'll perform at Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific World's Fair Exposition. But...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
After the suicide of his boyfriend, Henry deals with depression and family issues, all while wondering if he was really abducted and told he has 144 days to decide whether or not the world is worth saving.
7) Howl
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
When no one in the small town of Merritt, Florida, believes that he was attacked by a monster, fifteen-year-old Virgil Knox fears the monster will return to finish him off, or worse--that he is becoming a monster himself.
Author
Series
The Kairos files volume 1
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When the normally unseen sixth grader Hector discovers he can turn invisible, he learns that he is not the only invisible boy at his school and there are worse things than bullies lurking the halls.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
Convinced he should have died in the accident that killed his parents and sister, sixteen-year-old Drew lives in a hospital, hiding from employees and his past, until Rusty, set on fire for being gay, turns his life around. Includes excerpts from the superhero comic Drew creates.
10) The state of us
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Dean and Dre, the seventeen-year-old sons of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president of the United States, fall in love on the sidelines of their parents' presidential campaigns"--
11) Violent ends
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of essays and illustrations that illuminate mental health topics in a straightforward way"--
To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. This collection explores a wide range of topics, from the authors' personal experiences with mental illness and understanding how our brains are wired, to exploring the do's and don'ts of talking about mental health. -- adapted from back cover.
13) Feral youth
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
Follows ten teens who are left alone in the wilderness amid a three-day survival test.