J. D. Jackson
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Language
English
Description
We are here at home now, watching the world through our windows. Outside we see the city we know, but not as we've seen it before. The once hustling and bustling streets are empty-well, almost empty. Around the city there are still some people out and about. These are the people keeping us safe, keeping us healthy, keeping our mail and our food delivered, keeping our grocery stores stocked, keeping the whole city going. Brian Floca speaks for us all...
Author
Language
English
Description
Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn't a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what's coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening and sure enough, everyone is lined up at the town hall! For the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn't a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what's coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening and sure enough, everyone is lined up at the town hall! For the...
5) Lockdown
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.
6) Homeboyz
Author
Series
Hoopster trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
You know the Super Soaker. It's one of the top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson's life. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a...
9) Dope sick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.
Author
Series
Jericho trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their classes. And when Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member. But as the initiation week becomes...
11) Northwind
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When sickness decimates his fishing camp, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline"--Title verso page.
12) Tears of a tiger
Author
Series
Hazelwood High trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
15) November blues
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever. She's pregnant and now she's faced with the biggest decision of her life. How in the world will she tell her mom? And how will Josh's parents take the news? She's never needed a friend more. Jericho Prescott lost his best friend when he lost...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. In this provocative biography, Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, presents a forthright portrait of a complex man whose life reflected the major events of our times.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
"Athlete after athlete in this book found discipline, hope, and inspiration on the playing field, rising above their circumstances. Filled with first-hand accounts from stars who exemplify the idea of enduring at all costs, Rising Above will serve as a must-read source of inspiration for kids and sports fans of all ages"--
Author
Series
Jericho trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jericho, November, Arielle, and their friends must step up big time to prevent a deadly school tragedy in this harrowing conclusion to Sharon M. Draper's Jericho Trilogy. Arielle Gresham, disliked and mistrusted by most of the students at her school, has a secret past, an unbelievably complicated present, and a shaky future. But no one knows or cares because she has managed to alienate anyone who could help her. She tries to cope with problems at...