Laura Silverman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
When her aunt gets into a car accident, Anise is forced to leave her friends and surfing behind to spend the summer in Nebraska to help care for her cousins, and by doing so, forms familial bonds and new friendships that challenge her feelings of abandonment by her mother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. With her moms fighting at home, the store has become a welcome escape. When her boss announces a holiday bonus to the person who sells the most books, Shoshanna sees an opportunity to get her car fixed. The only person standing in her way? New hire Jake Kaplan. He doesn't even read! But somehow his sales start to rival hers. Jake may be cute, and he may be an eligible Jewish...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A charming and inclusive YA anthology all about games--from athletic sports to board games to virtual reality--from editor Laura Silverman and an all-star cast of contributors. From the slightly fantastical to the utterly real, light and sweet romance to tales tinged with horror and thrills, Game On is an anthology that spans genre and style. But beneath each story is a loving ode to competition and games perfect for anyone who has ever played a sport...
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Español
Description
Ariel es perfecto. No. Ariel quiere ser perfecto.
Estudiante modelo, deportista aplicado, primer violín, voluntariados, todo lo que sea necesario para ingresar a la universidad de sus sueños. Nada más ni nada menos que Harvard. Hasta que un colapso de estrés, una mala calificación en un examen y un tutor de Cálculo que parece salido de un sueño, entran a la ecuación para recordarle que en su afán de perfección está olvidándose de lo más...
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Language
English
Description
For fans of Adam Silvera and Nina LaCour comes a timely novel about a teen's struggle when academic success and happiness pull him in opposite directions.
Senior Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant: first chair violinist, dedicated volunteer, active synagogue congregant, and expected valedictorian. And he works hard-really hard-to make his success look effortless. A failed calculus quiz is not part of his plan. Not when he's number one. Not...
Author
Language
English
Description
After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-best friend, and two surprisingly attractive coworkers in this romp of a rom-com.
Hannah used to be all about focus, back before she shattered her ankle and her Olympic dreams in one bad soccer play. These days, she's all about distraction-anything to keep the painful memories of her recent past at bay, including the string of bad decisions that landed...
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Series
Sarah Silverman volume 9
Language
English
Description
Sarah thinks she's psychic but quickly discovers her friends are just really predictable and boring. Her answer is to abandon her friends and trade them in for new ones. Steve's pot-tits are out of control, but he doesn't fully realize the seriousness until he slams them in a window.
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Series
Sarah Silverman volume 12
Language
English
Description
Sarah loses her keys, so has no choice but to become homeless. She meets an old friend who shows her the beauty of homelessness, causing Sarah to never want to go home again. Brian professes his loyalty to the dark lord by getting a Satan tattoo, and Steve's faith is called into question when four terrible things happen to his penis at the same time.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 15
Language
English
Description
Sarah strives to leave a legacy by creating a popular slang word: "Ozay." While she struggles to get others interested, Brian effortlessly succeeds in the same pursuit with his word, "Dot-nose."
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 14
Language
English
Description
Sarah discovers that her father is not dead. When she and her father reconnect, they form a soft rock cover band. Brian spends a ridiculous amount of money on a DVD and commits to watching it enough times to make his purchase more economical.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 16
Language
English
Description
Sarah mocks the institution of marriage by announcing that she and her dog, Doug, are engaged. When Doug saves Sarah's life, she ceases to view the "engagement" as sarcastic. Brian and Steve discover an old pickle jar that Steve farted in 10 years ago.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 6
Language
English
Description
When Sarah's cherished Hamburglar doll goes missing, she fires her maid, Dora, believing she stole it. Without a maid, Sarah's life descends into squalor and chaos. Realizing she needs her maid back, Sarah sets out for Mexico, where Dora has relocated – and has become a surprisingly powerful woman.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 5
Language
English
Description
Sarah enters into a serious romance with God. She starts to sour on his neediness and deep-seated insecurity, but she also wants to show him off at her high school reunion. In the meantime, Brian and Steve wonder if smoking marijuana is what originally caused them to be gay.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 8
Language
English
Description
Sarah discovers her Russian ancestors were raped by Mongolians. Believing this has personally affected her, even 800 years after the fact, Sarah sues the entire nation of Mongolia. Steve's homemade short films get him some popularity with a demographic he'd never thought possible.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sarah is tired of being woken up by church bells every Sunday morning, and goes to the church to express her outrage. Upon leaving, she is approached by several kind women who express their own frustrations with the church. Sarah joins their organization to become their most passionate recruit, unaware that they are a radical anti-abortion group.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 3
Language
English
Description
After their mother's grave – and skeleton – are defiled, the Silverman sisters become contestants on their favorite TV show in hopes of winning the money to replace the tombstone. In the stress of competition, Sarah's childish obsession with doodie humor rocks her relationship with Laura and threatens the honor of their departed mother.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 7
Language
English
Description
Sarah gets high for the first time and leaves herself a voicemail imploring herself to treat her stoned thoughts seriously and to act on them. Some of these thoughts prove to be good ideas but others don't. Jay inadvertently lets the world know that he had a nocturnal emission as a result of a dream about a local news correspondent.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 2
Language
English
Description
Sarah's curiosity is piqued when Doug, her dog, repeatedly licks his own ass. When she finally gives in to temptation and takes a taste for herself, she is witnessed in the act. The authorities take Doug away from Sarah, sending her on an odyssey of self-doubt and a quest for redemption.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 10
Language
English
Description
Sarah thinks she sees Osama Bin Laden on the street and runs him over with her car. After discovering it wasn't the infamous terrorist, Sarah is ridiculed by the public and sets out to make sure that no one forgets the horrors of 9/11. Steve misunderstands the term "full release" and causes a catastrophe at a local massage parlor.
Author
Series
Sarah Silverman volume 13
Language
English
Description
Sarah is oblivious to the fact that she is 9-months pregnant, assuming she's just been bloated. When she finally comprehends her situation, she realizes she may be in over her head. Steve throws his back out on the toilet, and Brian goes to save him. In doing so, he ends up in a similar predicament.