Written by Lauren Wolk After the financial crash, Ellie and her family are forced to live in the woods. Ellie and her family conquered Echo Mountain, or so they thought. An accident would put them off track and no one was the same. Things went downhill fast. A hag and her family were also struggling. …
Written by Aimee Lucido Emmy in the Key of Code is a book written in verse and code. Emmy was living a happy life in Wisconsin, when her parents decided to move to San Francisco, a place where everyone looks like they jumped off a magazine cover. At school, Emmy learns to code and makes …
Written by Antony John Lola Harmon, a ten year old whose father left before she was born, is given an assignment to describe a fictional version of herself. Lola digs deep into the assignment and with the help of Nick and Kiana, her best friends, she is determined to uncover her father’s mystery and bring …
Written by Carolyn Mackler While Sensory Processing Disorder gives Willa something to cause her to feel out of place and “weird,” she has managed to make a best friend who doesn’t know anything about Willa’s condition. Compartmentalizing and therapy help Willa appear “normal” and allow her to feel like she is more like other people. …
Written by Pablo Cartaya A Social Studies assignment ignites a spark in a Middle School classroom. As students work on their projects they find themselves in a heated real-life debate over a school district plan to merge students from two different schools. Students start to discover their history, their beliefs, their community, their opinions, and …
Written by Alyson Gerber Focused is about the struggles of a teenage girl who is diagnosed with ADHD and how she overcomes some of the challenges associated with her diagnosis. This book was very interesting to me as I noticed some of the habits and problems that Clea went through as being similar to some …
Written by Amy Sarig King This book deals with divorce and depression and really opened my eyes to a perspective I did not have. The story is told from the eyes of a 12 year old girl whose parents announce that they are getting a divorce and dad was moving out. This when she felt …
Read or Listen to this book in Sora, Granite’s Digital Library Written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
