Mary Hogan
Author
Language
English
Description
On her eighteenth birthday, genetic information from Lee Parker's closed adoption is unlocked. She also sees an old photograph of a genetic relative, a nineteenth Century woman with hair and eyes likes hers, standing in a pile of rubble from an ecological disaster next to none other than Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. Determined to identify the woman in the photo and unearth the mystery of that captured moment, Lee digs into...
3) Pretty face
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009.
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
When an overweight high school student from Santa Monica spends the summer in Italy, she learns to relish life and understand the true meaning of beauty.
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
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.
5) Perfect girl
Author
Publisher
Harper Teen
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ninth-grader Ruthie Bayer realizes that she is in love with her best friend Perry, the boy next door, but when competition appears, Ruthie calls on her glamorous aunt for advice.