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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 670L
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English
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"One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first Piddy is more concerned with trying...
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Zapato Power volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
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Freddie Ramos uses his super powers to give himself courage to learn how to swim and to deal with a new neighbor who is a bully.
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Nguyen kids volume 02
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Spontaneous and energetic Liz, the middle Nguyen sibling, grew up hearing stories from her Grandma Nội about the fantastically fierce Trung Sisters, freedom fighters in ancient Vietnam. And with a new school year about to start, Liz is determined...
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Jackson friends book volume 04
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
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Pa Lia and her classmates share memories of Stinky Stern, the second-grade bully.
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Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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"For Eva Brown, life feels lonely and small. Her mother, Shirley, drinks and yells all the time. She's the target of the popular mean girl, and her only friend doesn't want to talk to her anymore. All of it would be unbearable if it weren't for her cat, Toofie, her beloved nohkum, and her writing, which no one will ever see. When Nohkum is hospitalized, Shirley struggles to keep things together for Eva and her younger brother, Marcus. After Marcus...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 600L
Language
English
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Max Owens is Brooklyn's biggest baseball fan. On his birthday, September 28, 1955, Max's grandpa gives him the greatest gift of all: World Series tickets. During the game, Max watches his favorite Dodger player, Jackie Robinson, play against the New York Yankees. Although the Dodgers lose, Max gets to meet Jackie and learn the lesson of a lifetime.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She...
9) Just a hat
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English
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It's 1979, and thirteen-year-old Joseph Nissan can't help but notice that small-town Texas has something in common with Revolution-era Iran: an absence of fellow Jews. And in such a small town it seems obvious that a brown kid like him was bound to make friends with Latinos--which is a plus, since his new buds, the Ybarra twins, have his back. But when the Iran hostage crisis, two neighborhood bullies, and the local reverend's beautiful daughter put...
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English
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Mani Semilla is determined not to go to Guatemala until she finds letters written between her mother and her journalist aunt who has disappeared, revealing both the beauty of the country and its history of violence against women, which slowly transforms her into a budding activist.
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English
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As the only minority in school, sixteen-year-old Jamie grapples with honoring his Filipino heritage while still trying to fit in, but as racial tensions increase, he sometimes wonders if it would be easier to forget his birthright altogether instead of trying to embrace it.
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