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22) The serious kiss
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Relates the angst-ridden life of fourteen-year-old Libby Madrigal as she tries to deal with her unhappily married alcoholic father and overeating mother, moving to a new town, and finding the perfect boy to "seriously" kiss.
23) Gone
Author
Series
Wake trilogy (Lisa McMann) volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
While eighteen-year-old Janie ponders her future with Cabe, knowing that her being a dream-catcher means eventual blindness and crippling, she encounters her past as the father she never knew is hospitalized with brain trauma and seems to need her help.
25) Burned
Author
Series
Burned volume Bk. 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
27) Never say quit
Author
Pub. Date
1994, c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Angry when they are excluded from the soccer team, sixth grader Justine and the rest of the school misfits form their own team and begin training with a coach who drinks heavily but gives them a special gift.
28) Freefall
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
A bass guitar player in a teen rock band deals with alcoholism, his best friend's death, and first love.
29) Tink
Author
Series
Children of Crow Cove volume 3
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Feeling as though he does not belong there, Tink leaves Crow Cove, only to return with the drunken Burd, who teaches Tink to fish and to have confidence in himself and his place in the community.
30) Burnout
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Months after coming out of alcohol and drug rehab, high school student Nan wakes up on the subway the day after Halloween wearing a torn Halloween costume, her long hair cut, and "HELP ME" scrawled across her chest, feeling sick and having no idea how she got there.
Author
Series
Wake trilogy (Lisa McMann) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
While eighteen-year-old Janie ponders her future with Cabe, knowing that her being a dream-catcher means eventual blindness and crippling, she encounters her past as the father she never knew is hospitalized with brain trauma and seems to need her help.
32) Burned (#1)
Author
Series
Burned volume 1
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
33) Smashed
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Maine high school senior Katie Martin is set to win a field hockey scholarship until her life is derailed by drinking, a car accident, and an angry classmate.
34) The blue mirror
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Seventeen-year-old loner Maggy Klass, who frequently seeks refuge from her alcoholic mother's apartment by sitting and drawing in a local cafe, becomes involved in a destructive relationship with a charismatic homeless youth named Cole.
35) Dreamsleeves
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
During a momentous summer, thirteen-year-old Aislinn's dreams include that her father will stop drinking and give her more freedom, that her fifth sibling will be born safely, that she will not lose her best friend or her potential boyfriend, and that she can teach members of her community both to express their dreams and to help others' dreams come true.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When eleven-year-old Ivy Blake leaves the nice farm family where she has been living in upstate New York and moves back in with her mother she is finally forced to face up to the fact that her alcoholic, dysfunctional parent will never be able to provide her with a stable home--and if she wants to achieve her dreams she is going to have to take charge of her own future.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Thirteen-year-old Cynnie has had to deal with her mother's alcoholism and stream of boyfriends all her life, but when her grandparents take custody of her brother, who has Down Syndrome, Cynnie becomes self-destructive and winds up in court-mandated Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
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