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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the Earth to find her. Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she is a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she is a disgrace; to design mavens, she is a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply,...
2) False Memory
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 33
Description
When two friends both start displaying a descent into mental chaos, a husband of one takes his wife to a renowned therapist. He then tries to reconstruct the events of the recent months in a frantic search for clues. As he comes closer to the shocking truth, Dusty finds himself afflicted with a condition even more bizarre and fearsome than his wife's.
Author
Series
School of Fear volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, and thirteen-year-old Garrison, are sent to a remote Massachusetts school to overcome their phobias, but tragedy strikes and the quartet must work together--with no adult assistance--to face their fears.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When a reporter plans an exposé that could shut down the School of Fear, Garrison, Lulu, Madeleine, Theo and Hyacinth seek help from Bishop Basmati, head of the nearby Contrary Conservatory, whose hyperactive, fearless, and extremely impulsive students soon overrun the School of Fearians.
5) Fool's gold
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Reluctant to admit that he suffers from claustrophobia and anxious not to alienate his friends, Rudy tries to find a way to distract them from pursuing their plan of exploring an abandoned gold mine.
6) Sky ropes
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Breanna is forced to go to the team-building camp that kicks off sixth grade where she will have to face the sky ropes course and her fear of heights that is linked to her father's abuse while still keeping her fear a secret from her friends.
Author
Series
School of Fear volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Thirteen-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, fourteen-year-old Garrison, and ten-year-old new "contestant" Hyacinth, must face their phobias and join forces to learn who is stealing wigs and pageant trophies from the School of Fear.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Collects L. J. Smith's "The Hunter," "The Chase," and "The Kill," in which Jenny and her friends begin a game that puts them at the mercy of Julian, the Prince of Shadows, who will force each player to face their phobias, but Jenny quickly learns that death in the game equates death in reality.
9) Fear itself
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
On his last day with the FBI, special agent E.L. Pender is drawn into the case of phobia disorder patient Dorie Bell, whose fellow attendees at a Las Vegas phobia convention have died in manners inconsistent with their fears.
12) Crush hour
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ella does not like being touched so she usually sits at the back of the bus, but today she is at the front of the school bus when something strange happens--the actual seats at the back start pushing forward like a giant compacter, driving all the children together until all are crowded into the single remaining row, threatening to crush them all.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
Quinn's journal is where she writes down everything -- in list format -- that she doesn't want to admit out loud, or even face; once they're written, she can release them and feel a little bit more at peace. When the journal goes missing and her list of biggest fears is posted online with a challenge to face each of them or else have the entire journal go public, it's time for Quinn to move out of the realm of her mind and into real life. She's not...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"What are you running from? Sam is afraid of just about anything and everything that's unhealthy ever since his father died. Something about the Springtrap costume in the roleplaying area of Freddy Fazbears Mega Pizzaplex chills Luca to the core. And Grady's fear of being trapped in small spaces makes working as a Pizzaplex technician extremely challenging. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, our deepest fears have a way of chasing us."--Provided...
15) Breaker boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1911 Pennsylvania, Corey, eleven, works in coal mines to help support his family, but when an accident triggers a phobia, he must turn to a strange recluse for help.
Author
Series
Goosebumps. HorrorLand volume 18
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonathan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Eve party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone. But strange, mean-spirited things keep happening to his little brother, and Slappy always seems to...
Author
Pub. Date
â<2016.
Description
This is a book about phobias and obsessions, isolation and dark corners. It's about families, friendships, and carefully preserved secrets. But above everything else it's about love. Finding love - in any of its forms - and nurturing it. Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition's caused by some traumatic incident from my past I keep deep-rooted in my mind. As soon as I come clean I'll flood out all these tears and it'll all be ok and I...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Bernadette Fox es famosa. Para Elgin, su marido y guru de Microsoft, es una esposa con mucho caracter. Para las madres del colegio privado de Seattle adonde lleva a su hija es una deshonra. Para el gremio de arquitectos es un genio, y para Bee, su hija adolescente, es sencillamente mama. Esta historia comienza cuando Bee llega a casa con excelentes notas. Sus padres le habian prometido que podria escoger el regalo sondo, y Bee decide que quiere un...
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"It's election season at Itan High, and one of Komi's classmates is running for school president! But according to school rules, Kiyoko Isagi needs to select a campaign representative, and the chilly perfectionist doesn't have anyone she feels comfortable asking. Luckily, Komi and friends have some good ideas for solving her problem"--Back cover.