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Rules for Life

Rules for Life

by Darlene Ryan
edition:eBook
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : alternative family, drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, death & dying

When her mother died two years earlier, Izzy thought the world would change in some identifiable way, but it didn't. It didn't even slow down.

Along with constantly watching her brother, Jason, to ensure he didn't repeat his involvement with drugs, Izzy has managed to get through school and the rest of her life using her mother's endless "rules" as …

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Overdrive

Overdrive

by Eric Walters
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : law & crime, death & dying

A street race ends in a tragic accident. Jake's friends tell him to run, but he doesn't know if he can—or should—run from the truth.

Jake has finally got his driver's license, and tonight he has his brother's car as well. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disast …

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Tough Trails

Tough Trails

by Irene Morck
edition:eBook
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
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tagged : horses, survival stories, farm & ranch life

When Ambrose is forced to sell his horse because of an injury, he must find a new animal that can handle the rigors of the mountains while packing for his uncleís trail-riding outfit.

To save an old lady's beloved companion from the meat-buyers, Ambrose buys a horse who would be better off in retirement than climbing the treacherous trails of the R …

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Bull Rider

Bull Rider

by Marilyn Halvorson
edition:Paperback
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
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tagged : general (see also headings under social themes), death & dying

Layne wants nothing more than to follow in his father's footsteps and to be a bull rider. His dad was one ride away from a National Championship when he got trampled to death. Layne wants to be able to give his dad that championship—by winning it for him. What he doesn't want, though, is to end up like his father and die in the rodeo arena. When …

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Waiting for Sarah

Waiting for Sarah

by Bruce McBay, other primary creator James Heneghan
edition:Paperback
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
tagged : death & dying, mysteries & detective stories, ghost stories

Mike's parents and sister are dead and his legs are gone. The horrific accident that shattered his life continues to haunt him. When he grudgingly returns to school and a life that he no longer understands, Mike is bitter and unwilling to participate in school life. To avoid one of his classes Mike agrees to put together a 50th Anniversary history …

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Before Wings

Before Wings

by Beth Goobie
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also available: Hardcover
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
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tagged : paranormal, occult & supernatural, death & dying, diseases, illnesses & injuries

Having barely survived a brain aneurysm two years earlier, fifteen-year-old Adrien, working at her Aunt Erin's summer camp, is caught between the land of the living and the spirit world, unsure where she belongs. As she struggles to understand the message delivered by the spirits of the five young women that only she sees, she learns of the tragic …

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Alone at Ninety Foot

Alone at Ninety Foot

by Katherine Holubitsky
edition:Paperback
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
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tagged : death & dying, friendship, self-esteem & self-reliance

Fourteen-year-old Pamela Collins is struggling to come to terms with her mother's death.

Somewhat shy, Pamela is thoughtful, full of passion, often funny, and sometimes tearful as she learns to cope with the emotional overload the tragedy has brought to her life. Her favourite things include walking alone in Lynn Canyon Park, the art of Emily Carr, …

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