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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Nora and Ben's younger sister, Birdy, loves to keep secrets. She surprises her family more than once: She hides a kitten in her room. She writes a beautiful poem. One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself and where her family came from. Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, there is a surprise. Where did Birdy come from? Nora and Ben must...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
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Pitching a tent on the roof of her home during a summer when she gets fed up with her dysfunctional relatives, Joyce bonds with a boy who is grieving the loss of his brother before concocting a plan to build and sell tickets to a UFO display.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Each member of Erik Sheepflattener's modern-day Viking-heritage family has a motto to live by. Erik is developing a motto he can truly believe in: avoid stuff. But when he and his older sister Brunhilde spend the summer with their rough-and-tumble cousins in Minnesota, axe-wielding Bru gets the idea to name and conquer all of Erik's fears."--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
For their twelfth birthday Willow's mom is planning a combined birthday party for Willow and her twin brother, Winston--boys and girls will both be invited for a Halloween masquerade, but soon the games threaten to get out of hand.
6) Taking sides
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
At odds with his sister, Tina, fourteen, who says their father murdered their mother, Todd, fifteen, who claims it was self-defense, begins to lose faith in their father when he pressures Todd to get Tina to change her story, and being in separate foster homes only makes things harder.
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Series
Mallory McDonald books volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Mallory, determined to find out what her brother Max does while spending time with his girlfriend, Winnie, spies an innocent kiss on the cheek then tells her babysitter and friends a more exciting tale. Includes a recipe for double chocolate chip cookies and directions for playing four games.
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Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
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If your grown-ups bring home a small monster, er, baby, don't panic. Just send it back! In this hilarious and heartfelt book about sibling relationships, a girl can't believe it when her parents bring home a fussy, stinky, attention-stealing monster. She hatches a plan to send it back to where it came from, with hilarious results . . . and along the way, she learns that maybe monsters--and siblings--aren't so bad after all.
9) Perfect
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English
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"Perfect is a story of anticipation, disappointment, acceptance, and, ultimately, love. Suffused with natural imagery, Perfect is an ideal way to open up the subject of disability with children, as well as being a great story in its own right. This beautifully illustrated, truly remarkable book is guaranteed to bring a lump to the throat"--Www.amazon.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When seventeen-year-old, small-town Australian girl Manon Clarkeson leaves home in the middle of the night, wearing her mother's long, inappropriate red silk dress and riding her bike, she is heading for Melbourne, not exactly sure what she is looking for but not wanting to stay at home alone with her father anymore.
12) The Huffalots
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English
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When Mom wakes up her Huffalots, nothing is right--they don't like their clothes, their breakfast is yucky, and they just don't like each other. When one of them trips, the other offers a hug, and they magically transform into Huffalittles, then Lovealittles, and finally--with a big cuddle--they become Lovealots. But it's been a long day and Mum is now grumpy and tired. Good thing the Lovealots know exactly what to do... A gorgeous picture book that...
16) Rules
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
17) Way past mad
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Language
English
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Keya is so angry at her little brother, Nate, that when her best friend Hooper tries to help she lashes out, then must get past his anger to ask forgiveness.
19) Henry at home
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English
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"Liza is Henry's big sister, and Henry is Liza's little brother. As long as there has been a Henry and Liza, they have always done everything together. Haircuts, birthday parties, tree climbing, even flu shots. Liza and Henry. Henry and Liza. But that all changes when Liza starts school for the first time, heading off to kindergarten and leaving her little brother behind. Henry is incredulous. How can Liza do this to him?"--
20) The goody
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chirton Krauss is a good child--the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is not quite as good. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's pen, and she drops her cocoa puffs all over the rug. But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides...
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