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1) Starfish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
"Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies."--
Author
Series
Simon B. Rhymin' volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone calls Notorious D.O.G. But for now, he's just a Chicago fifth grader who's small for his age and afraid to use his voice. Simon prefers to lay low at school and at home, even though he's constantly spitting rhymes in his head. But when his new teacher assigns the class an oral presentation on something that affects their community, Simon must face his fears. With...
4) Windfall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Alice doesn't believe in luck-at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she's been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday-just when it seems they might be on the brink of something-she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no...
5) Knight owl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After achieving his dream of becoming a knight, a small owl protects the castle from a hungry dragon"--Verso page.
Author
Series
Iggy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Relates three times that nine-year-old Iggy got into trouble, two of which he does not regret and one for which he is very, very sorry"--WorldCat.
7) Fuzzy mud
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
If you go down to the woods today ... Well, every child knows NOT to, don't they? Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other - because Marshall can't be seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around. Chad-the-bully, who makes Marshall's...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 260L
Language
English
Description
What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...
Author
Series
Healer of the water mosnter volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Nathan, a young Navajo boy from Phoenix, Arizona, goes on an epic hero's journey"--Kirkusreviews.com.
"When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in...
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a thirteen-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt"--Title verso page.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
"When eleven-year-old Iris sneaks out at night to make snow angels, she was not expecting to raise the ghost of Avery Moore, a girl her own age; but bringing to light the segregated and abandoned black cemetery seems like the perfect way to help Avery get the recognition she craves, and it will also be a good idea for the school project about the history of her small North Carolina town, where racial tensions are never far from the surface--only it...
13) Lions & liars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Fifth-grader Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp where he and his terrifying troop mates have just started forging a friendship when they learn a Category 5 hurricane is headed their way"--Title verso page.
14) Fighting words
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tired of sitting all day on the Nature Finds shelf in Room 214, a rock named Rick escapes the classroom for the great outdoors, only to discover that sometimes the greatest adventure in life is friendship.
16) Code of honor
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labelled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
17) Ophie's ghosts
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Ophelia Harrison used to live in a small house in the Georgia countryside. But that was before the night in November 1922, and the cruel act that took her home and her father from her. Which was the same night that Ophie learned she can see ghosts. Now Ophie and her mother are living in Pittsburgh with relatives they barely know. In the hopes of earning enough money to get their own place, Mama has gotten Ophie a job as a maid in the same old manor...
18) Wink
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can help him survive both treatment and middle school"--Title verso page.
19) Dog vs. Cat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dog and a cat, both newly adopted and forced to share a room, do not get along until a howling, smelly, terrifying newcomer unites them in a common cause.
20) Alone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated...
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