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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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Fourteen-year-old Aarash Husayni is starting his freshman year at Freemont Central High School, and even though he has been in the United States for six years he still feels like an outsider and mostly he tries to keep his head down and avoid the bullies; so when his fifteen-year-old cousin Ferhana and her friend Anton persuade him to join the wrestling team it is a big step--but his chief tormentor is also on the team, and Aarash has a choice: quit...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
"Mira Ravi is the first-seed singles star on Hilltop Middle School's tennis team, but her life off the court is a much harder match to win as she juggles tough responsibilities at home, in school, and with her team"--Title verso page.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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Description
Now that he has new glasses, fourteen-year-old Jaylin is anxious to put his speed and accurate shot to use on offense, but his lacrosse team has always relied on his stellar defense, and without it too many goals are ending up in their net--so the team needs to come up with a strategy to balance both halves of his game.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Sofia Martinez is the best gymnast at Riverside Gymnastics Center, but when a fall from the balance beam (usually her best event) results in a concussion, she finds herself afraid of the beam, and equally afraid to tell anyone about her fear of falling--Sofia needs help before her trauma drives her away from gymnastics forever.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tanisha Carter can't believe her luck when she finds out her favorite extreme obstacle course challenge is coming to her town. She needs a partner to compete, so her pal Derek, agrees to team up with her. But when training reveals Tanisha's fear of heights, the pair realizes they have more than one obstacle to overcome in this extreme challenge"--Title verso page.
6) Digging deep
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
Asiyah Najjar enjoys playing volleyball with her friend, Lucy, and the rest of the players in their recreational league, but this year Lucy has talked her into joining the travel team--and suddenly volleyball is a lot more demanding, and a lot less fun, then it used to be, and easy-going Asiyah must learn to dig deep if she does not want to let her teammates down.
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English
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Beat the buzzer and sink that three-pointer to win with Basketball Big Shots! From bestselling author Jake Maddox comes a collection that brings together three thrilling full-color graphic novels into one book. In A Taste for Victory, Hank tries to find balance and success with his two biggest passions in life-basketball and cooking. In Basketball Camp Champ, Ana goes to a summer basketball camp where she learns lessons both about her favorite game,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Aniyah's mother and all of her aunts went to historically Black universities and were drill and step team members, but Aniyah does not like performing and has avoided stepping, until her friend Stacy convinces her that now they are entering eighth grade they should both join the school step club which does not compete; Aniyah discovers that stepping can be fun--but when the club decides to enter a competition all of Aniyah's fears...
9) Second shot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
10) Strange Boarders
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 560L
Language
English
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Description
Adnan Zakaria's family recently fled Syria and resettled in America. Adnan feels like a stranger in a strange land. He's lonely and homesick. The one thing that gives him comfort is his best friend's skateboard that he brought with him from Syria. As Adnan navigates his new community, he bonds with new friends at a local skatepark. But he also faces adversity in the form of local troublemaker Mike Proctor. After Adnan loses his precious skateboard...
11) WCMX daredevil
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Davalyn Hart was born with spina bifida, but she is determined not to let that define her, and, being a daredevil, she has taken up the sport of wheelchair motocross; now that she has a brand new, specially designed, wheelchair, she is ready to fly--until a bad fall while trying to impress another player shakes her confidence."--
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