Laura Hamilton
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Margaret Simon likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She's just moved from New York City to the suburbs and is anxious to fit in with her new friends. They swear they'll tell each other everything - from first bras, first kisses, first periods - everything. But some things are just too private to talk about, even with your friends, and especially when you're the new girl. Lucky for Margaret, she's got someone...
3) Rain reign
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Struggling with Asperger's, Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines in order to search for her pet.
7) Attachments
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"'Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you...' Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Abandoned in a library book drop slot in the dead of winter, this remarkable kitten miraculously endured the coldest night of the year. When librarian Vicki Myron found him in the morning, she wrapped him in her arms, nurtured him back to health, and introduced him to his new home - the library. Helping Myron through a difficult time, and inspiring the struggling town of Spencer, Iowa, Dewey gained worldwide fame as a symbol of hope, warming the hearts...
10) Bruiser
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abandoned in a library book drop slot in the dead of winter, this remarkable kitten miraculously endured the coldest night of the year. When librarian Vicki Myron found him in the morning, she wrapped him in her arms, nurtured him back to health, and introduced him to his new home - the library. Helping Myron through a difficult time, and inspiring the struggling town of Spencer, Iowa, Dewey gained worldwide fame as a symbol of hope, warming the hearts...
Author
Series
Vera books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vera cannot wait for the day when she starts school, but the first day does not go exactly as she has anticipated.
Author
Series
Winnie Fletcher books volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zoe is the smartest speller and Vanessa is the top actress in the fourth grade, but Winnie doesn't know what she does best until she helps a young neighbor in need.
Author
Language
English
Description
Freckle Juice: Andrew envies his classmate's freckles. But when another classmate offers him the recipe for her secret freckle juice, Andrew finds himself in a hilarious heap of trouble. The one in the middle is the green kangaroo: second grader Freddy Dissel tries to prove himself to his friends and family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it," the authors assess the state of American higher education. They provide a powerful expose of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, and explain in vivid detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it. Mapping different pathways available to students at a flagship Midwestern public university, the authors demonstrate that the most well-resourced...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
18) Truly Winnie
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winnie heads off to camp looking forward to a fun summer filled with laughter, friends, and swiming, but her life becomes too complicated when one little fib leads to a not-so-little lie.
20) Hyacinth girls
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her thirteen-year-old daughter Callie begins receiving suicidal notes from Robyn, the girl she supposedly bullied, Rebecca is determined to save the unbalanced Robyn, but in doing so, unknowingly places her own daughter's life in great danger.