. Then, one moonless night in the North Atlantic, the unthinkable happensthe supposedly unsinkable ship is dealt a fatal blowand Val and her companions suddenly find themselves in a race to survive. Her passion for music extends beyond her exacting fathers expectations-she composes music in secret, dreaming of achieving fame despite it being a craft forbidden to women. But Vivys mom is worried about Vivy being the only girl on the team, and the only autistic kid. PAUSD Middle School Sora ebook collection. You will need your PAUSD library card number, printed on your student ID card, to access these books. 1. Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out.

When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. . Regina finds a whole new world in her neighborhood on 58th Place. Flavia is beautiful and charismatic, and Nishat falls for her instantly. . But the smaller, lesser-known moments of violence, injustice, and helplessness are no less painful than these major events to read about, and Lewis recalls them with intimate familiarity and bracing honesty. Nora longs for things to go back to normal, like they were when her mother was still alive, while her father keeps them isolated in fear of other people. The wealthy dine and dance under bright orb light, while the poor toil away in darkness. All of Papis efforts are in vain, however, because a Gabi from another universe has gone rogue and is popping up all over the place, seeking revenge for the fact that her world has been destroyed.

But Skye dreams of joining the glittering, intense world of K-Pop, and to do that, shes about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother have set for girls like her. Instead of fleeing from Soraya, he seems desperate to save her, and though she has convinced herself that she is content in her isolation, Soraya feels, for the first time, the stirrings of a more dangerous impulse. Maya and her friends, Frankie and Eli, set off on a quest to find Mayas missing dad, face their fears, and contend with powers and worlds they never knew existed. And a thousand years from home, is there any way of knowing that Earth is better than the planet shes woken to?

When Skye nails her audition in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, shes immediately swept into a whirlwind of countless practices, shocking performances, and the drama that comes with reality TV. And goes places few would ever dare go. WRITE ABOUT EACH Clay County Public Libraries are excited to host pop-up libraries as part of our Summer Reading Prog Parents, join us for our first ever Camp BOOK IT! Duke cant vote. But the demons have a land of their own: a Far Country peopled with the souls of the transient dead, governed by demonic dukes, barons, and earls. Suddenly, Nora finds herself lost and alone in the desert, facing dehydration, venomous scorpions, deadly snakes, and, worst of all, the Beast who has terrorized her dreams for the past year. Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. But Sals father, a calamity physicist, is trying to shut down all the wormholes Sal creates, because Papi thinks they are eroding the very fabric of our world. After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to persuade a local girls club to change an outdated tradition, they form an alternative group that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Now shes suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying shes not black enough. The Truly Devious casean unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936has consumed Stevie for years. 3). From there, he experiences the gritty nightmare of life on the streets, running from the infected and those hunting them, until he ends up in the Crank Palace, the last dumping ground of those without hope. Capturing his heart is a dream come true. Four years ago, the sleeping Goddesss glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to finding it. Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? When their moms boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her pasther mothers struggle with addiction, her Nigerian fathers attempts to make a home for her. She knows shes nothing special, but shell play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth. Adjusting to life in the middle of Idaho has not been easy, but Ben manages to make new friends, and the most popular girl at school has asked him to the school dance. A driven 17-year-old girl whose family life has fallen apart after the death of her Cuban abuela and the divorce of her parents turns to a kitchen apprenticeship in Lyon, France, as the only means to bring order back to her life. Lesters demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. Skye Shin has heard it all. Because girls bodies are not a distraction. Because when Jessica was pulled over by the principal and missed a math quiz, her teacher gave her an F. Because its impossible to find shorts that are longer than her fingertips. Corey Fletcher has an active imagination. Meanwhile, her father believes that if he works hard, their family will be treated just like white Americans.

Of a contagion, a madness. When Lily, her sister, Samboth biracial, Korean and whiteand their widowed mom move in with Halmoni to be close with her as she ages, Lily begins to see a magical tiger. But then her classmate Hayes Major was murdered, and though she identified his killer, her parents quickly pull her out of school. Darius thought he knew exactly who he was and what he wanted, but maybe he was wrong. Hes not a bad kid, hes really not. But in junior high, its like all the rules have changed. When her social skills teacher makes her write a letter to someone, Vivy knows exactly who to choose: her hero, Major League pitcher VJ Capello. However, an incident in the school cafeteria involving a thrown hot dog lands Ben in hot water. But Khosrous stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment he, his mother, and sister fled Iran in the middle of the night, stretching all the way back to family tales set in the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan, the palaces of semi-ancient kings, and even the land of stories. Hes getting along with his dad, and his best friend Sohrab is only a Skype call away. He is really, really, really sorry. Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in. Their power-mad leader wants nothing less than to control the worlds energybut there are still three missing objects to track down. On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoons adventure. , he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his fathers and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. Nicks friends cant help him, as they are spread across the globe grappling with their own mysterieswith Vince in Scotland, Caitlin and Mitch on their way to New Jersey, and Petulas whereabouts unknown. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot on Middlefield Preps fencing team and maybe learn something about himself along the way. And someone keeps calling, looking for a missing piece of art . On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. Now hes hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the throneif he can get her to play her part, that is. Apple, Skin to the Core: A Memoir in Words and Pictures. Now she must compete for a spot against kids whove known about magic their whole lives. Cracks jokes no one else gets. . Ollies dad disappears in the middle of the night, leaving her only a cryptic note and instructions to destroy it. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team. All light in Chattana is created by one manthe Governor, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. The Maze. Hawkings Hallway (Accelerati Trilogy bk. but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day. As the launch of the Challenger approaches, Ms. Salonga gives her students a project-they are separated into spacecraft crews and must create and complete a mission. Long before George Takei braved new frontiers inStar Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his fathers and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. All he needs is a metal artifact from a point in time, and Corey can go there. Vivy Cohen wont let anything stop her from playing baseballnot when she has a major-league star as her pen pal. Hannas adjustment to her new surroundings, and the townspeoples prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story. Newt has been to hell and back with his friends. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marvas missing cat), its clear that theres more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy. One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find peace. Olympia knows her dad is the keybut first, she has to find him, and time is running out. But when they reach the bottom of the canyon, the unthinkable happens: A flash flood rips across their path, sweeping away Noras father and all of their supplies. Between his first boyfriend, Landon, his varsity soccer practices, and his internship at his favorite tea shop, Darius is feeling pretty okay. He was sure he liked Landon, but when he starts hanging out with Chipsoccer teammate and best friend of Trent Bolger, epic bullywell, hes just not so sure about Landon anymore, either. Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kidstrouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life? On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her Yu-MEAT because she smells like her familys Korean barbecue restaurant. Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp. is Takeis firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mothers hard choices, his fathers faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. The internship isnt what Darius thought it would be, and now he doesnt know about turning tea into his career. Fat girls cant dance. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it.

But if she doesnt stick it out and pass the tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. But there is little joy, even for Ellie, as they all struggle with the sorrow and aftermath of an accident that left her father in a coma. Lesters final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York. She and her family have carved out a stable, happy life in small-town Vermont, but when Valis mothers counterfeit chip starts malfunctioning and the Deportation Forces raid their town, they are forced to flee. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. Its 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is trackedfrom buses to grocery stores. This book is written so young people will feel empowered to stand up to the adults in their lives. This summer, kids in grades 1-6 earn a FREE book through the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program. The only problem is that the instructor and all the students think shes a girl named Kay Nakamuraand Yumi doesnt correct them.As this case of mistaken identity unravels, Yumi must decide to stand up and reveal the truth or risk losing her dreams and disappointing everyone she cares about. Ten-tear-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. Being the school mascot will mess up his chances with the popular kids, but he reluctantly dons the costume. Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new questions about this woman who shares her name. Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. They have started over, carving out a new life in the unforgiving terrain of Echo Mountain. Until the day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attica box full of letters signed Love, Edith, and photos of a woman who looks just like her. No matter how hard she tries, Amari cant seem to escape their intense doubt and scrutinyespecially once her supernaturally enhanced talent is deemed illegal. With an evil magician threatening the supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking shes an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone.