Robert Cormier
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
As The Avenger searches for the teenage boys who trashed a house in his neighborhood, Buddy, one of the trashers, increases his drinking in order to cope with his parents' separation and his obsession with the daughter of the owner of the vandalized house.
5) Fade
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but this power soon leads to death, destruction, and no escape.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.
Author
Pub. Date
2000, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When her father is transferred to an army camp in Massachusetts during the Second World War, Darcy feels isolated in her French-Canadian neighborhood until she meets the vivacious Kathleen Mary O'Hara and learns about Catholicism.
Author
Series
Chocolate Wars volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School, climaxing in a public demonstration of one student's homemade guillotine. Sequel to "The Chocolate War."
17) Tenderness
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Lori Cranston is a confused fifteen-year-old dreamer in search of an escape from her troubled home life. She discovers and becomes enthralled with Eric, a young man with a violent past. As they embark on a harrowing journey, a hardened local cop, who has been following Eric for years, is intent on exposing him as a serial killer before Lori's fate is determined.