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1) Runner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.
2) When
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Sixteen-year-old Maddie Flynn cannot help but see the death date of everyone she meets or sees in a photograph or on-screen, and her alcoholic mother exploits this by having her do readings for money, but when Maddie predicts the death of a young boy, she becomes the center of an FBI investigation.
3) Bottled up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
A high school boy comes to terms with his drug addiction, life with an alcoholic father, and a younger brother who looks up to him.
5) Lush
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Unable to cope with her father's alcoholism, thirteen-year-old Sam corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and asking for advice.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
For Georgia, this summer is shaping up to be a big disappointment. Mama is busy studying for her biology degree. Daddy is working nights, and often the man who comes home isn't Daddy: he's a man who looks like Daddy but walks a little wobbly, who sounds like Daddy but sings a little too loud. Georgia calls him the Shadow Man. So now, instead of riding horses with her friends at camp, Georgia is sent off to the country to stay with her mysterious great-aunt...
9) Dive
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Fifteen-year-old Virginia's world begins to fall apart when her dog is hit by a car, her father is hospitalized with a mysterious illness, and her best friend ignores her.
11) All my rage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism until the enigmatic Lani Garver helps her get control of her life at the risk of his own.
Author
Series
Neighborhood series (Adrian Fogelin) volume 5
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In Florida, Anna Casey lives with what she hopes is the last in a long line of foster mothers, and Mica Delano lives with her father on their small boat, and when the two of them begin corresponding, they discover they have a lot in common.
16) Thirsty: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships.
17) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
19) The serious kiss
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Relates the angst-ridden life of fourteen-year-old Libby Madrigal as she tries to deal with her unhappily married alcoholic father and overeating mother, moving to a new town, and finding the perfect boy to "seriously" kiss.
20) Burned
Author
Series
Burned volume Bk. 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.