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Struck

By: Deb Loughead

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Claire's life is a mess. She's failing math, her depressed mother won't get off the couch, Eric, the boy of her dreams, is dating her nemesis Lucy. While Claire is wishing her life were better, lightning strikes. Soon afterwards, everything changes. With Lucy in the hospital and out of the way, Claire attracts Eric's attention and gets the starring role in the school play. But good fortune has a cost: her newly energized mother reconciles with her deadbeat dad, the dream boy turns out to be a dud and Claire feels terrible guilt about gaining everything Lucy has lost. But how can Claire turn it around when lightning only strikes once? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible. Also available in French.

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Orca Book Publishers

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1554695422

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9781554695423

Sidetracked

By: Deb Loughead

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Sidetracked

By: Deb Loughead

Maddy doesn't find it easy adjusting to grade nine. The friendships and loyalties she took for granted in middle school are being challenged, and there's so much more competition on her track team now. When Maddy stumbles across a friend being bullied behind the school after a track practice, she suspects something nasty is going on. So when Coach announces one of the team members has been robbed, she realizes the two incidents must be connected. Everyone on the track and field team is under suspicion. How can the team function with so much uneasiness among its members? Maddy realizes the only way to bring the team together again is to make some changes.

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135

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Orca Book Publishers

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1459802527

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9781459802520

Payback

By: Deb Loughead

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Payback

By: Deb Loughead

Dylan knows he better keep his mouth shut.

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Orca Book Publishers

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1459814703

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9781459814707

Caught in the Act

By: Deb Loughead

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Caught in the Act

By: Deb Loughead

Dylan and his friends attract the attention of the police when a summer bonfire gets out of control. Dylan almost loses a job opportunity at a local inn because of his antics, but he is saved by the lies of Heather, an employee of the inn. When he is caught on camera stealing towels from a summer cottage after a skinny-dipping prank, Dylan and his friends become suspects in several cottage robberies. Dylan learns everything he can about the robberies, with the hope of clearing his name, and finds himself in more than one sticky situation in the process. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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Orca Book Publishers

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1459804988

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9781459804982

Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows

By: Deb Loughead

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Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows

By: Deb Loughead

Dylan is back, and this time he is making a movie, The Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows, with his best friend, Cory, and his girlfriend, Monica. The film is for school credit, and their plan is to film on Halloween. Everything is falling into place until Dylan and Monica encounter a zombie scarecrow that causes Mr. Dalton, a friend of Dylan’s grandmother, to have a heart attack. Dylan and Monica learn that a couple of zombie scarecrows are pranking a local neighborhood. The police shut down Dylan’s project until the pranksters are caught. But Dylan is determined to see his film through to completion, no matter what the cost. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

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Orca Book Publishers

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1459809998

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9781459809994

Beyond Crazy

By: Deb Loughead

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Beyond Crazy

By: Deb Loughead

Being in a band is Stelles salvation. It is her escape from the chaotic clutter at home and her mothers depression. Even though she is able to lose herself for a few hours, pounding away on the drums in the basement of her dads new house, as soon as she leaves, its as if the world is going crazy all around her: one bandmates parents refuse to acknowledge their son is gay; her bands only potential lead singer dresses like a vampire; and even her best friend, Lu, with the perfect family, has been on edge lately. But its the strange, confused conversations that Stelle has with her grandmother in the nursing home that hold the key to unlocking the unhappiness at the heart of her family.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1459407172

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9781459407176

Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows

By: Deb Loughead

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Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows

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Dylan is back, and this time he is making a movie, The Rise of the Zombie Scarecrows, with his best friend, Cory, and his girlfriend, Monica. The film is for school credit, and their plan is to film on Halloween. Everything is falling into place until Dylan and Monica encounter a zombie scarecrow that causes Mr. Dalton, a friend of Dylan’s grandmother, to have a heart attack. Dylan and Monica learn that a couple of zombie scarecrows are pranking a local neighborhood. The police shut down Dylan’s project until the pranksters are caught. But Dylan is determined to see his film through to completion, no matter what the cost.

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1459809963

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9781459809963

The Secrets We Keep

By: Deb Loughead

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The Secrets We Keep

By: Deb Loughead

First she blamed herself. Now she doesn’t know who to trust. When Kit disappeared at a party and was found drowned in the quarry the next day, Clem knew who to point the finger at: herself. She was the last person to see him alive, the last person who could have helped. If she had just kept a closer eye on him instead of her crush, Jake, maybe Kit would still be here. She knows she made a mistake, and wishes she could just forget about it — but Clem’s friend Ellie says she’ll expose Clem’s secret if she doesn’t play along with Ellie’s lies. Jake seems to have his own difficult secrets, and when he and Clem start to talk, they make a plan to help themselves move on. But when an unexpected discovery at the quarry makes everyone question what they thought they knew, Clem and Jake decide it’s up to them to uncover the truth.

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Dundurn

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1459737318

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9781459737310

Beyond Crazy

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Beyond Crazy

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James Lorimer & Company

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Sidetracked

By: Deb Loughead

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Sidetracked

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Maddy's track team struggles to stay focused after a theft and an incident of bullying.

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1459802519

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9781459802513

Payback

By: Deb Loughead

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Payback

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Dylan knows he better keep his mouth shut.

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1459814703

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9781459814707

Wildfire

By: Deb Loughead

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Wildfire

By: Deb Loughead

Bridgewood is having one of the hottest summers on record. Despite the strict ban, fires have been popping up all over town and it's starting to look like arson. Dylan O'Connor gets pulled into the middle of it all when his friend Eliot becomes a suspect. At first, Dylan is certain Eliot isn't responsible, but when he finds out his friend has been hiding a big secret, he's not so sure. Dylan has to get to the bottom of these mysterious fires—and fast—before someone gets hurt.

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1459818121

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Just Run

By: Deb Loughead

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Just Run

By: Deb Loughead

She can run fast, but she can't run everything.

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104

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James Lorimer & Company

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1552776689

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9781552776681

Bright Shining Moment

By: Deb Loughead

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Bright Shining Moment

By: Deb Loughead

Aline hides under the hay when her father takes her to school in their horse-drawn sled. She's embarrassed that her mother raises chickens in their yard, and doesn't want her school friends to find out that their family has taken in boarders for the extra money.When she learns that her sworn enemy, Jeanine, can buy chewing gum, Aline is furious at the unfairness. She knows that Jeanine's family is even poorer than her own. When Aline's mother can't spare any money for a charity drive at school, Aline decides to steal a coin from her purse. She quickly feels terrible. But how can she confess? Aline comes to realize that life is more complicated than she thought. A ten-cent coin can cost you more in unhappiness than you ever imagined, a sworn enemy can become a friend, and the hard times make the bright and shining moments glow even brighter.

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1772600687

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9781772600681

Time and Again

By: Deb Loughead

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Time and Again

By: Deb Loughead

Kate loves running, bird watching, and her grandparents' farm. She is a typical whiny, selfish 15-year-old who doesn't get along with her mother. Spending the summer with her grandparents is supposed to help her to push herself out of the center of the universe and recognize that others have problems more pressing than her own. When she arrives, she discovers that her beloved farm is for sale because her grandfather is not well and her grandmother cannot care for it alone. Then she is thrust into a family mystery as the ghost of her great-aunt begins to visit her dreams and inspire her to solve a 70-year-old puzzle. The teen's life begins to intertwine with the ghost as clues are revealed that may help save the family home. A couple of handsome yet mysterious farmhands complicate Kate's life as she struggles with the dilemma of whom she can trust. Mystery lovers will enjoy the blend of modern conflicts, historical fiction, and ghostly visits.

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1894549392

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9781894549394

The Snowball Effect

By: Deb Loughead

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The Snowball Effect

By: Deb Loughead

Dylan and his friends snowball cars for entertainment on the weekend. When they don't get enough reaction from passing cars, they put rocks in the middle of their snowballs. Their first attack with the loaded snowballs causes a car crash. His friends flee, but Dylan goes to the scene of the accident to make sure the driver is okay. He runs off when he knows help is on the way. Dylan is sighted, and rather than being punished, he is lauded as a hero. As his lies pile up, so does the hype about his heroics, and along with it, Dylan's guilt. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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