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The Travis Roy Foundation

ELEVEN SECONDS by Travis Roy

Within the 11 seconds that inspired this memoir, Travis Roy realized his dream, then smashed into his nightmare. A talented young hockey player, Travis skated onto the ice for his varsity debut with Boston University and eleven fateful seconds later, he was paralyzed from the neck down. (Non-Fiction) $20.00

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Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph

Students must complete a second book from the choices listed below
and complete one assessment choice on it. Please see the assessment choices listed below.

The Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Science Fiction

Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

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The Uglies | The Uglies [sound recording]

The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney
Historical Fiction

In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.

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The Ransom of Mercy Carter (2001)

Basher 5-2: The True Story of F16 Fighter Pilot Capt. Scott O'Grady by Capt. Scott O'Grady and Michael French
Biography Non-fiction

U.S. Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and stayed alive with little water and no food in enemy territory after the F-16 he was flying on a peace-keeping mission in Bosnia was shot down.

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Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady (1997)

Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez
Memoir Non-fiction

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.

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Breaking Through (2001)

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Realistic Fiction

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

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Walk Two Moons (1994) | Walk Two Moons [sound recording]
Walk Two Moons [downloadable audiobook]

The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
Realistic Fiction

Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.

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The Gospel According to Larry (2001) | The Gospel According to Larry [sound recording]
The Gospel According to Larry [dowloadable audiobook]

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Historical Fiction

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

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Little Women | Little Women [sound recording] | Little Women [downloadable audiobook]

Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Realistic Fiction

Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.

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Inventing Elliot (2004)

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Suspense Fiction

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.

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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999) | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon [sound recording]
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon [downloadable audiobook]

	A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi Historical Fiction While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that tore her village apart in 1692. Click on the title below to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf. A Break with Charity (2003)
	Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne Science Fiction - Classic A team of explorers makes an expedition into a crater in Iceland which leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries. Click on the title below to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf. Journey to the Center of the Earth \| Journey to the Center of the Earth [sound recording] Journey to the Center of the Earth [downloadable audiobook]
	I, Dred Scott: a fictional slave narrative based on the life and legal precedent of Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses Historical Fiction Having served his master in northern states, under the provisions of the Missouri compromise the slave Dred Scott may be eligible for emancipation, but legal obstacles stand in the way of his freedom. Click on the title below to see if the Peabody Institute Library has a copy on the shelf. I, Dred Scott \| I, Dred Scott [sound recording]