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22) Picture this
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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"Ethan lives in a foster home, struggling to put his life on the right track. Involved in a photography program for at-risk kids, he finds himself threatened again and again by someone who wants his camera. What does Ethan know? And what is on his camera that someone is willing to kill for? Struggling to stay out of trouble and solve the mystery, he discovers he has all the answers. He just has to figure out the questions."--p. 4 of cover
23) Overdrive
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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When a street race goes terribly wrong, Jake must make some tough choices.
24) Back
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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Description
When Jojo is released from prison after serving time for beating a man into a coma, Ardell, the victim's brother, makes plans to get revenge.
25) Infiltration
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Bex is into "urban exploration"—going where he's not supposed to go.
Bex has always done it just for fun and bragging rights, taking nothing but pictures and leaving nothing but footprints. He has explored almost every abandoned building and tunnel in the city. But that changes when a new kid arrives at school. Kieran is edgy, dangerous and into urban exploration as well. Together, they start pushing each other to
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Blake Pendleton is surprised to learn, after three years abroad, that things are very different at his school now."--
After three years abroad, sixteen-year-old Blake Pendleton returns to his old high school and is shocked to find that the world he knew has turned upside down. Everyone wears a military-style uniform now and Blake soon learns the hard way that independence in any...
27) Fastback Beach
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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Description
Miles Derkach is in trouble. Along with two friends, he stole a car and went joyriding. When the dust clears, he is all alone and his friends have left, leaving him to take the blame—and the punishment—while maintaining his silence. Placed on probation and sentenced to community service, Miles begins working for a man who after suffering a stroke and not being able to drive, has kept his beloved hot rod under wraps in the garage. Seeing...
28) Breathless
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Description
Beverly is in Hawaii, helping her uncle at his dive shop, learning how to dive and trying to lose weight and get a boyfriend. When Garth, an accomplished diver, shows an interest in her, Beverly is ecstatic, until it turns out Garth is only interested in one thing. Struggling with failing strength from her self-imposed starvation diet, Beverly finds herself in deep trouble when she has to fight Garth off underwater.
Also available in Spanish....
Also available in Spanish....
29) Lockdown
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
Some days it's just easier not to go to school at all. Adam has been slacking off lately, but today he stuck around to see his girlfriend. When Josh, who has been bullied mercilessly, brings a gun to school, the building is locked down and Adam is forced to risk everything to save himself and to find Zoe before Josh does. Calling on reserves he didn't know he had, Adam could end up a hero—or a victim.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
Jay, Kelvin and Cia are The Lunar Ticks, a dedicated band who are convinced they are on their way up. They hope to win an upcoming battle of the bands where the first prize is a full day in a recording studio. Jay is struggling to write new material but finds he lacks the experience to come up with a truly original song. Going up against Indigo Daze, a band from another school, Jay finds himself falling for Rowan, the leader of the other band. When...
31) Tell
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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He said they want to talk to you, David." "They?" I said. "The cops?" She nodded. "What for?" I don't think I ever worked harder at getting just two words out of my mouth. I tried to sound like I had no idea what the cops would want with me. / When his step-father Phil is shot dead in an apparent robbery, David becomes the prime suspect. Where was David that night, and what does he know about Phil? David has figured out the truth about his step-father,...
32) Lucky break
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"In this high-interest sports novel for young readers, Lucy "Lucky" Graves breaks her leg in a rugby game and jeopardizes her future."--
33) Juice
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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Description
Moose must decide if he should risk taking steroids to become a big star on the football team. When a Division One coach comes to their smaller school to bring the football program up to contender status, Moose and the rest of the players on the team are pumped. Coach Barnes has new ideas and a vision for the future-nothing is too good for his players. With a new training regimen, everything seems to be on a winning track. But when Moose and others...
34) Mr. Universe
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Michael accidentally finds himself in an alternate universe being chased by scary lizard men in gray suits."--
Seventeen-year-old Michael goes to visit his eccentric mad-scientist uncle who, busy working on yet another time-travel experiment in his cluttered lab, barely notices him. He keeps muttering things like "quantum multiverse transporter" and Michael has to entertain himself. Which is how Michael...
35) Bodyguard
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"Ryan Hale, aka Replay, is the most successful running back in his high school's history. With university scouts making him offers he can't refuse, his future seems set. The problem is, Ryan would much rather go to film school. But his dad doesn't want to hear it. His teammates sure don't. He can't afford the application fees anyway. But then a solution appears when Markus, a strange exchange student with outrageous stories about mobsters and hackers,...
36) Jacked
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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Description
Zane thinks it's just another boring day at his lame gas station job until he gets carjacked by a masked gunman. Zane has no idea where they're going, or what will happen when they get there. He tries to reason with the guy, and when that fails, he tries a couple of daring stunts to get free, but they backfire. Zane starts to wonder who this guy is and what he really wants.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Jake's friend Maria is the daughter of undocumented immigrants who have been living and working in the country for a long time. But the new government has implemented a crackdown. Maria's parents are detained and quickly sent out of the country. Maria, who was born here, decides to hide out in Jake's basement rather than risk becoming a ward of the state. But when she returns to her old apartment to retrieve her hidden birth certificate, Maria is...
38) Stranded
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"After his girlfriend's accidental death by overdose, Kipp has been living on the streets, overwhelmed by his grief. He wants to honor her memory and finds help to get clean, but just when he feels like he's getting his life together, everything comes crashing down. He gets fired from his job and kicked out of his rented room on the same day. So when Reba, a friendly woman he met at the shelter, offers him a job and a place to live, he leaps at the...
39) Cub
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Theo enters a cooking contest and catches the eye of a celebrity restaurant owner."--
40) Tornado
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Cam must find his way home to save his little brother when a tornado hits."--
When a distant storm knocks out the power at Cam's high school, he heads out of town for burgers with his friends before going to pick up his little brother, Peter, at the school bus stop. But suddenly they are caught in a deadly tornado and Cam barely makes it out alive. Rushing home, he returns to find...
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