James Frey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
A memoir of drug and alcohol abuse and the rehabilitation experience examines addiction and recovery through the eyes of a man who had taken his addictions to deadly extremes, describing the battle to confront the consequences of his life.
5) Sky key
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
In New York, Aisling Kopp believes the unthinkable: that Endgame can be stopped. Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia. Hilal ibn Isa al-Salt narrowly survived an attack that leaves him horribly disfigured--but he carries a secret that can help redeem humanity--and maybe even be used to help defeat the beings behind Endgame. London, England. Sarah Alopay has found the first key. Two keys--and nine Player--remain. The keys must be found, and only one Player can...
Author
Series
Endgame volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve teens who have prepared their entire lives for an ancient life-or-death game must finally come to terms with its arrival, forming tenuous alliances and kiling each other for the chance to be the last one standing and the winner of the ultimate prize: the ability to save a select group of people from the end of the world"--
8) Queen & Slim
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...
Author
Publisher
Playaway
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Before they were players...before the calling...they trained to be selected as the one to save their ancient bloodline-- and win Endgame. In this collection of Training Diaries novellas, follow Marcus, Chiyoko, Sarah, Alice, Aisling, Baitsakhan, Jago, An, Shari, Kala, Maccabee, and Hilal through sacrifices and betrayals, broken hearts and broken bones, as they shed their normal lives and transform into the Players they were meant to be"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Several decades before the Players of Endgame met at the Calling, an earlier generation of Players is learning the rules. Each has been chosen as the one to save their ancient bloodline--and win Endgame. But not everyone wants to see Endgame take place. A group of conspiracy theorists called the Zero line will do whatever it takes to stop Endgame from happening.
11) Katerina
Author
Publisher
Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Katerina...is a sweeping love story alternating between 1992 Paris and Los Angeles in 2018. At its center are a young writer and a young model on the verge of fame, both reckless, impulsive, addicted, and deeply in love. Twenty-five years later, the writer is rich, famous, and numb, and he wants to drive his car into a tree, when he receives an anonymous message that draws him back to the life, and possibly the love, he abandoned years prior."--
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An alcoholic and drug addict, 23 year-old James has two options: treatment or death. After waking up on a plane with a smashed up face and no memory of the past few weeks, he heads to rehab where he discovers much more than detox and therapy.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Kissing a fool: Max and Samantha are about to get married but Max is not sure whether Sam is faithful. He asks his best friend Jay to seduce Sam.
Heart and souls: Four souls learn why they are earthbound and tied to a hard driving executive--through him, they each have one chance to resolve the unfinished business in their lives.
The matchmaker: Marcy heads to a wee quaint Ireland burgh during its annual matchmaking festival, where she finds love...