Janet Gurtler
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ever since her father died, Shyanna's home has been a sad place, but if the twelve-year old mermaid can conquer her stage fright before the Melody Pageant, she hopes to win the contest and bring song back to her mother's life.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is Shyanna's long-awaited, all-important thirteenth birthday, but nothing is going right--and when Cora's baby sister Jewel gets trapped in a fishing net, Shyanna is the only one small enough to get inside the net and rescue her at the risk of being turned into a human forever.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel is worried that she has done something to upset her human boyfriend, Owen, because lately he has not come to visit her in Neptunia--but it turns out that the truth could put an end to their relationship completely.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When two of her Neptunia relay team members are injured and unable to swim in the thirteen-year-olds' race, Cora presses her friends Rachel and Shyanna into service--but when the team's lucky Sea Lion statue disappears Cora fears sabotage and sets out to find the guilty party, and her chief suspect is a merboy on the rival Titania team.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Not only is Rachel's best friend a boy, but he is a human boy! Owen has no idea that Rachel is a mermaid and can never find out...or can he? Rachel wants her best friend to be involved in her life, and she is willing to risk everything to make this happen.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Spirit Squads that represent the different castles are an important part of the Kingdom of Neptunia, and Cora and Shyanna are delighted to be chosen--but their friend Rachel was left out, and when Cora finds out why, she is forced to make a big decision.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
HL 530L
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Jess's father orders her to work at a soup kitchen for the summer, she meets Flynn, a classmate from the wrong side of the tracks, and discovers that sometimes the person who should not fit in your world is the one who finally makes you feel as if you belong." -- Provided by publisher.
8) Who I kissed
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2012]
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Samantha didn't mean to hurt anyone. She was just trying to fit in ... And she wanted to make Zee a little jealous after he completely ditched her for a prettier girl. So she kissed Alex. And then he died--right in her arms. Sam is now the school pariah and a media sensation. Consumed with guilt, she'll have to find strength that goes way deeper than the fastest time in the 200-meter butterfly. Because if she can't figure out how to forgive herself,...
9) I'm not her
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Brainy Tess Smith is the younger sibling of the beautiful, popular, volleyball-scholarship-bound Kristina. When Kristina is diagnosed with bone cancer, it drastically changes both sisters' lives. Sometimes the things that annoy us the most about our siblings are the ones we'd miss the most if we lost them.
10) How I lost you
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"There are a few things Grace Anderson knows for sure. One is that nothing will ever come between her and her best friend, Kya Kessler. But in the summer before senior year, life throws out challenges they never expected"--
11) Small game
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book, a combination of a printed book and online content, describes small game hunting, the hunting of rabbits, squirrels, red foxes, beavers, raccoons, and coyotes.
12) You too?
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
303 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more. When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the millions of people who began to reflect on her past experiences. Things she had reluctantly accepted--male classmates groping her at recess, harassment at work--came...