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Go Ask Alice (Unabridged)

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Life at 15 isn't easy for a girl if she's shy and hates the way she looks. Each day is heaven or hell, depending on who talks to her, or who doesn't. So when she's finally accepted by a group, she doesn't refuse their party games, even if it means taking LSD. Soon she's taking little pills to wake up and others to go to sleep, and the days begin to blur.

Author:

Anonymous

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1010L

Length:

10:15

Things That Are (Unabridged)

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Popular children's author Andrew Clements scored a young adult hit with Things Hoped For.

Things That Are continues the story of Bobby Phillips - the boy who woke up one day to find himself invisible - and his friend and confidante, a blind girl named Alicia.

Author:

Andrew Clements

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

HL660L

Length:

04:29

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Unabridged)

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Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.

Author:

Zora Neale Hurston

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1080L

Length:

06:44

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Unabridged)

I Got a "D" in Salami: Hank Zipzer, the Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever (Unabridged)

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It's report card day, the most dreaded day of Hank Zipzer's school year. And when Hank gets his grades, they're his worst nightmare come true: a D in spelling, a D in reading, a D in math. This is not going to make his parents happy. This will certainly get him grounded for life. Hank needs help. And he needs it fast!

Author:

Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

650L

Length:

02:54

I Got a "D" in Salami: Hank Zipzer, the Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever (Unabridged)

Niagara Falls, or Does It?: Hank Zipzer, the Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever (Unabridged)

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Hank Zipzer: He's smart. He's creative. He's funny. His pencils are sharpened. His binders are bound. He wants to do well in school, he really does. He tries not to be lazy, like his parents claim he is. So why is he always getting into trouble?

Author:

Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

610L

Length:

02:16

Niagara Falls, or Does It?: Hank Zipzer, the Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever (Unabridged)

The Zippity Zinger: Hank Zipzer, the Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever (Unabridged)

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It's time for PS 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year! But when Hank Zipzer is chosen as his team's softball pitcher, the pressure is on. Can Hank lead his team to victory, even though he thinks he is the worst athlete in the history of the world?

Author:

Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

730L

Length:

02:33

The Zippity Zinger: Hank Zipzer, the Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever (Unabridged)

The Trumpet of the Swan (Unabridged)

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Louis is a Trumpeter Swan, but he has no voice. Though he is frightened when his father explains to him that he is different from the other cygnets, Louis is resourceful and determined. Leaving his wild and beautiful home, he finds a young human friend, Sam Beaver, who helps him learn to read and write.

Author:

E.B. White

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

750L

Length:

04:21

Things Not Seen (Unabridged)

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Bobby Phillips is an average 15-year-old boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming, Bobby is just plain invisible. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby's new condition; even his dad the physicist can't figure it out. For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life. He's a missing person. Then he meets Alicia.

Author:

Andrew Clements

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

690L

Length:

13:22

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