Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Contemporary Fiction)

03/10/19 • 5 min

Ghost By Jason Reynolds

Ghost, or Castle as his mom calls him, feels that he’s been running for some time. It all started one night when his dad got out of control and tried to shoot him and his mother. Since then it feels like he just can’t take a breath and catch his breath. When he tries to show up a kid on a track team, he ends up getting on the team. But can he stay on it?

Recommended for 6th grade and up.

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Ghost By Jason Reynolds

Recommended for 6th grade and up.

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The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe (Novel in Verse)

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Sound of Letting Go By Stasia Ward Kehoe

Daisy feels like she is strangling under the pressure from everyone to keep up the facade of being the “perfect girl.” She needs to be that, because without it, she believes her family will fall apart. Her younger brother, Steven, is severely autistic and it is getting to the point where no one can control him. What will happen then?

Recommended for 8th grade and up.
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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Historical Fiction)

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Chains By Laurie Halse Anderson

Isabel thinks her life is going to change with the death of her mistress. She believes she will finally be free and so will her younger sister Ruth. However, when the nephew of her dead mistress comes to claim all she owned, he decides to disregard the will stating Isabel and Ruth are now free. And thus begins a new saga for Isabel and her sister.
Recommended for grades 7 and up.