Norma Fox Mazer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.
8) Girlhearts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is turned upside-down when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her orphaned, confused, and at the mercy of everyone who seems to know what is best for her.
11) Silver
Author
Pub. Date
1989, c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Despite their different backgrounds, Sarabeth, a teenager living with her mother in a trailer and transferring to a new school, makes friends with Grant and her affluent friends, including troubled Patty who shares a painful secret about her uncle.