Johnny Heller
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
The story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.--From publisher description.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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Series
NERDS volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Led by Duncan "Gluestick" Dewey, the NERDS team uses brain power and courage rather than gadgets when they face off against supervillian Simon, his band of savage squirrels, and Albert, a middle-aged computer genius who lives with his mother.
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Series
NERDS volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Former NERDS teammate Heathcliff Hodges introduces a virus to Arlington, Virginia, home of the NERDS headquarters, and it transforms people into superintelligent criminal masterminds. Flinch is determined to destroy the virus, and in order to do that, he must shrink himself and take a trip through Heathcliff's body.
6) This is war
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Series
Cats vs. robots volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
The Robot Federation and the Feline Empire have been at war for eons. And now that fight is coming to a tiny primitive planetoid called Earth. The mission for both cats and robots: retrieve the Singularity Chip. Meanwhile, twin siblings Max and Min Wengrod are as different as can be. Min always gets good grades, and she loves to read and build robots. Max hates school, and he prefers to play games and spend time online with friends. When Max rescues...
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English
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The Twelve is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel about a most unusual man. As a child, Max lives in a world of colors and numbers, not speaking until the age of six. As an adult, Max ventures on a journey of destiny to discover the secret behind the ancient Mayan prophecy about the end of time, foretold to occur on December 21, 2012.When he is fifteen years old, Max has a near-death experience during which he has a vision that reveals to him...
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English
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It's been two years since the events of Gangsterland , when legendary Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine disappeared into the guise of Vegas Rabbi David Cohen. It's September of 2001 and for David, everything is coming up gold: Temple membership is on the rise, the new private school is raking it in, and the mortuary and cemetery--where Cohen has been laundering bodies for the mob--is minting cash. But Sal wants out. He's got money stashed in safe-deposit...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 500L
Language
English
Description
"In this enduring and internationally popular novel, Mark Twain combines social satire and dime-novel sensation with a rhapsody on boyhood and on America's pre-industrial past. Tom Sawyer is resilient, enterprising, and vainglorious. In a series of adventures along the banks of the Mississippi, he usually manages to come out on top. From petty triumphs over his friends and over his long-suffering Aunt Polly, to his intervention in a murder trial,...