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2019 Mount Sinai Summer Reading List 9th Grade
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Behind the eyes
by Francisco X. Stork
Sixteen-year-old Hector is the hope of his family, but when he seeks revenge after his brother's gang-related death and is sent to a San Antonio reform school, it takes an odd assortment of characters to help him see that hope is still alive.
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Beware the wild
by Natalie C Parker
When her brother disappears in their town's swamp and is replaced by a mysterious girl, Sterling sets out the find him after she realizes that no one in town remembers that her brother ever existed
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Complicit
by Stephanie Kuehn
Jamie's mother was murdered when he was six, about seven years later his sister Cate was incarcerated for burning down a neighbor's barn, and now Jamie, fifteen, learns that Cate has been released and is coming back for him, blaming him for all the bad things that led to her arrest
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Count all her bones
by April Henry
Cheyenne reconnects with Griffin in the weeks before Roy's trial but is targeted by Roy's henchmen, who want to keep both her and Griffin from testifying and cause her to question Griffin's allegiances
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The crossover
by Kwame Alexander
A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health. 20,000 first printing.
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Dumplin'
by Julie Murphy
Questioning her plus-sized body for the first time when an athletic boy appears to return her affections, Willowdean enters her city's beauty pageant and uses her sassy styles and talents to compete against thinner contestants
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The fallout
by S. A. Bodeen
Eli and his family struggle to acclimate to the outside world after escaping the compound where his father imprisoned them for six years, an effort that is complicated by an intrusive media and disturbing revelations about his father's company
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The fault in our stars
by John Green
Despite the medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, but when Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be rewritten
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Girl, stolen
by April Henry
When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father
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Ghost house
by Alexandra Adornetto
After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again, only this time she encounters the spirit of Alexander Reade, an alluring man who is 157 years dead and whose ghostly past love, Isobel, will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens to take him away. By the best-selling author of the Halo trilogy. Simultaneous eBook.
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Help for the haunted
by John Searles
Struggling with the loss of her parents, who helped haunted souls find peace, Sylvie Mason pursues the mystery, moving closer to the truth of what happened that night as she comes to terms with her family's past and uncovers secrets that have haunted them for years. 75,000 first printing.
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Her dark curiosity : a madman's daughter novel
by Megan Shepherd
A sequel to The Madman's Daughter finds Juliet struggling to forget Dr. Mureau's horrific legacy only to confront what she fears is one of her father's murderous creations and her own worsening illness, in a tale inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. 75,000 first printing.
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Hollow city
by Ransom Riggs
A follow-up to the best-selling Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children begins in 1940 with Jacob and his new friends escaping from Miss Peregrine's island and traveling to London, where they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals and other unexpected surprises.
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If I stay
by Gayle Forman
With no memory of the car accident itself, 17-year-old Mia must come to terms with never really knowing what happened one horrific winter's day that changed her life forever. Reprint.
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In her skin
by Kim Savage
Jolene Chastain, a con artist since early childhood, assumes the identity of a girl who went missing years before and weaves a new life of deception with a wealthy Boston family
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Library of souls
by Ransom Riggs
Jacob, Emma, and Addison travel through time from present-day London to the slums of Victorian England to rescue the other Peculiar Children from a guarded fortress
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The madman's daughter
by Megan Shepherd
Dr. Moreau's 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors and a love triangle. Inspired by H. G. Wells' classic The Island of Dr. Moreau. 75,000 first printing.
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Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children
by Ransom Riggs
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there
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Mosquitoland
by David Arnold
Enduring a dysfunctional existence with her father and new stepmother, snarky Mim learns that her mother is sick and hops a bus to visit her, experiencing a journey filled with unexpected revelations. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Orphan train girl : the young readers' edition of Orphan train
by Christina Baker Kline
Molly, close to aging out of the foster care system, takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian, who was an orphan, solve a mystery from her past
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Purple Heart
by Patricia McCormick
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali
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Puddin'
by Julie Murphy
A companion to the best-selling Dumplin' follows the unlikely friendship between a longtime weight-loss camper who aspires to become a newscaster and kiss her crush, and a pretty and popular dance-team captain with an equally popular boyfriend who tends to clash with girls her own age. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Rash
by Pete Hautman
In the late twenty-first century, Bo, after being falsely accused of spreading a rash throughout his school, is sold into forced labor at a pizza factory in the Canadian tundra where he's promised early parole if he joins an illegal football team, while, at home, his school project takes on a life of its own. Reprint.
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Rebound
by Kwame Alexander
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past
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Restless : a ghost's story
by Rich Wallace
Frank, a teen-aged ghost who has not been able to move on to a higher realm in the afterlife, tries to connect with his younger brother Herbie, a high school senior who was eight years old when Frank died. Reprint.
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Sorta like a rock star : a novel
by Matthew Quick
Although Amber Appleton lives in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who helps everyone, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression
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Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother, Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Simultaneous. 10,000 first printing.
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Top prospect
by Paul Volponi
A pre-teen quarterback who has considerable potential is offered the opportunity of a lifetime when the University of Florida football coach offers him a scholarship even before he is in high school, a situation that elevates him to a high-stress level of celebrity.
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To all the boys I've loved before
by Jenny Han
Keeping private love letters written to five secret crushes she has had, Lara Jean Song finds her personal life going from imaginary to out of control when the letters are unexpectedly mailed
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P.S. I still love you
by Jenny Han
In this sequel to the New York Times best-seller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean, who didn't expect to really fall for Peter, and now she's more confused than ever when another boy from her past returns and Lara Jean finds herself in love with two boys at once.
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A tree grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century
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True legend
by Mike Lupica
Fifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA
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The glass castle : a memoir
by Jeannette Walls
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities
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His name was Raoul Wallenberg : courage, rescue, and mystery during World War II
by Louise Borden
Documents the inspirational, lesser-known work of a World War II humanitarian who helped save thousands of Jewish citizens in Budapest from Holocaust persecution, describing how he issued protective passports and offered shelter to Jewish refugees in Swedish-territory housing before disappearing in 1945. 15,000 first printing.
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Unstoppable : true stories of amazing bionic animals
by Nancy Furstinger
"In this title, readers learn the stories of animals that are both benefitting from and helping out the world of prosthetic science - covering all species, situations, and science backgrounds. From the high-tech science of 3D printing, to inflatables, totoy wheels, this title has it all, including visits with subjects who are accessible for interviews and photography. INSPIRING is a perfect fit for animal lovers and science enthusiasts alike."
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