Jesse Andrews
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl. This plan works for exactly eight hours....
2) The Haters
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.
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Pub. Date
2018
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In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute—and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house...
4) Luca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...