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1) Holes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a satire portraying a future and dystopian Western society with a culture of extreme youth rebellion and violence: it explores the violent nature of humans, human free will to choose between good or evil, and the desolation of free will as a solution to evil.
4) House arrest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
While under house arrest for one year for stealing a wallet, young Timothy keeps free-verse notes on his life in a court-ordered journal as he deals with having a sick brother and tries to stay out of trouble.
5) Holes
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a detention camp after being falsely accused of a crime, and told by the warden to dig holes in the desert in search of a mysterious buried treasure.
6) Boot camp
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After ignoring several warnings to stop dating his teacher, Garrett is sent to Lake Harmony, a boot camp that uses unorthodox and brutal methods to train students to obey their parents.
7) Gangs
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Explores the issues surrounding gangs. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
Author
Publisher
Dell Yearling
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Stanley Yelnats (Caveman, to some of you) offers anecdotes and advice on everything from digging the perfect hole to identifying and avoiding the wildlife (scorpions, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, yellow-spotted lizards, Mr. Sir) to help you make your stay at Camp Green Lake a more pleasant one.
9) Cry baby
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Wade "Cry-baby" Walker drives the girls in his high school class wild with his ability to shed a single tear in this juvenile delinquent musical comedy.
10) Last chance
Author
Series
A Robyn Hunter mystery volume 1
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When troubled Nick, Robyn's fellow volunteer at an animal shelter, is arrested, she sets out to prove his innocence.
11) Juvenile crime
Publisher
Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores the issues surrounding juvenile crime by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
12) Overdrive
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Jules Parish turned to stealing cars to try to get her sister out of foster care, but after she is caught, a wealthy eccentic offers a promising--but perilous--solution.
13) On the free
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a mudslide wipes out multiple members of a wilderness therapy trip, the three surviving teenagers must survive the elements, their demons, and one another.
Author
Series
Garvie Smith volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
When a student from Marsh Academy is shot and killed and Detective Inspector Singh is assigned the case, Garvie Smith, scoundrel, genius and sometimes detective, begins his own investigation into the murder.
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