Paul Langan
1) The Bully
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Darrell Mercer, a 9th grader at Bluford, is at the center of this story. Darrell and his mother move to the Bluford area in the middle of the school year. Physically smaller than his peers, Darrell quickly becomes a target for Tyray Hobbs, the freshman class bully.
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When a frightening ordeal turns her life upside down, Darcy reaches out to her friends for help, but discovers that one of them has an even bigger secret.
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 9
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Martin Luna is in deep trouble. Just months ago, a horrible tragedy took his little brother, and now it threatens to take him too. On one side are his desperate mother, a friendly teacher at Bluford High School, and a pretty girl named Vicky. On the other are his old neighborhood and his hunger for revenge. Torn between the two, Martin stands at a crossroad, with his life hanging in the balance. Which way will he go?
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 8
Pub. Date
2007, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Hakeem Randall, already upset by his father's illness, and his family's move to Detroit, finds his anger reaching a boiling point when he is forced to share a bedroom with his moody and secretive cousin Savon, a childhood friend who soon becomes an enemy.
5) Shattered
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 12
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Teenager Darcy Wills must deal with painful secrets from her past in order to save her family and her friendships.
6) The fallen
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 11
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Martin Luna's entire life changes as he tries to deal with the shooting death of his little brother and those who will stop at nothing to ensure his silence.
7) The gun
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 6
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Tyray Hobbs wants revenge. Weeks ago he was one of the most feared students in Bluford High. But then Darrell Mercer publicly humiliated him, and Tyray lost his reputation. To get it back, he must take down Darrell. But how? With a broken hand, a troubled family, and no friends in sight, Tyray's options are limited. And when the kids he once bullied start threatening him his world completely unravels. Desperate to settle the score and regain respect,...
8) Schooled
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Lionel Shephard dreams of joining the NBA, but while his father disapproves of his plans, his teachers are threatening to fail him--unaware of his poor reading abilities--and Lionel needs to decide how far he is willing to go for his dreams.
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"'Someone is stalking me!'...Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School. And now her sister has disappeared. Forced into a desperate race against time, Darcy must take action to save her sister--and her fragile family--before it is too late"--Book description.
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 13
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Ben McKee desperately tries to find a way to get himself and his mother out of an abusive situation after his mom marries Larry Taylor.
11) Survivor
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 20
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Tarah Carson has hidden the secret for years. No one--not her mother, her friends at Bluford High, or even her boyfriend, Cooper Hodden--knows what her uncle did to her years ago. Tarah hoped to keep it that way. But an upcoming reunion is forcing Tarah's past into the present."--Back cover.
12) No Way Out
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 14
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Afraid of being taken from his grandmother and placed in a foster home, Harold Davis, a Bluford High freshman, begins to work for the neighborhood drug dealer, Londell James, but Harold's choice leads him to world more dangerous than he could have imagined.
13) Promises to keep
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 19
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"No one likes Tyray Hobbs. Once a feared bully, he's become an outcast. At Bluford High, his peers taunt him for how he treated them. At home, his parents punish him for the trouble he's caused. Unable to escape his reputation or his past, Tyray is desperate. And when an unlikely friendship develops, he clings to it like a lifeline. Now that connection is threatened, and Tyray faces his toughest decision yet. Will his next move lead him to ruin or...
14) Pretty ugly
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 18
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After standing up for a bullied girl at her school, Jamee Wills becomes the victim of harassment herself when the bullies begin spreading lies about her all over school. Unsure how to respond to the situation, Jamee comes up with a plan that may solve her problems or make them worse.
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Cindy Gibson, an African-American teenager struggling with her mother's neglect and her mother's boyfriend's emotional abuse, must find strength she did not know she had when the boy she thought would be her savior begins beating her.
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Roylin Bailey is living a nightmare--and it's all his fault. It started when the new student, Korie Archer, arrived in his history class. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and unlike most people at Bluford High, she seemed to like him. But when Roylin tried to impress her, he made a terrible mistake. Now one of his friends is gone, and someone is out to destroy him. Caught in a tightening web of lies and threats, Roylin is desperate...
17) Breaking point
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 16
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Vicky Fallon can't take it. Her father has lost his job. Her parents are constantly fighting, and her troubled little brother is out of control. Once an honor student, Vicky is quickly falling behind in her classes at Bluford High. Now her teachers, friends, and new boyfriend, Martin Luna, want answers. Pressured from all sides, Vicky knows something is about to snap. But the explosion that hits her home is worse than anything she could image.--Book...
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"In grade school, Darcy Wills and Brisana Meeks were friends. But all that changed at Bluford High when Darcy started hanging with "the zeros"--a group of students Brisana despises. Now the former friends are bitter rivals, and the tension between them is getting worse. For a while, Darcy tries to stay calm, ignoring her old friend's daily taunts. But when she learns that Brisana is after her boyfriend, Hakeem Randall, Darcy knows she must do something....
19) The test
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 17
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Liselle Mason is in trouble. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with Oscar Price, her moody classmate at Bluford High. But when Liselle's clothes stop fitting, and her brother notices her growing belly, she panics. A pregnancy test confirms her biggest fears. Unwilling to admit the truth, Liselle suddenly faces a world with no easy answers. Where will she turn? Who will she tell? What will she...
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 7
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Darcy's distress over her boyfriend Hakeem's move to Detroit, her grandmother's increasing frailness, and other changes in her life, leads her to make a big error in judgment when she becomes involved with the brother of a young woman who is employing Darcy as a babysitter.