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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 770L
Language
English
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Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
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Description
In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade . . . when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds. This YA nonfiction is sure to be the beloved next volume for the first generation of Wimpy Kid fans who are all grown up and ready for a new misfit hero.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
A scientific thriller finds three traveling companions--itinerant artist Dylan O'Conner, his autistic younger brother Shepherd, and Jillian Jackson, a young stand-up comic--on the run, just one step ahead of deadly pursuers, as they race against time to uncover the meaning of an attack by a mysterious doctor and the injection that now appears to have vicious consequences.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Izzy is used to keeping her thoughts to herself--in school, where her boyfriend does the talking for her, and at home, where it's impossible to compete with her older siblings and high-powered parents. When she mistakenly walks into a stand-up comedy club and performs, the experience is surprisingly cathartic. After the show, she meets Mo, an aspiring comic who's everything Izzy's not: bold, confident, comfortable in her skin. Mo...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn't "look" autistic. But, as he's quick to point out in this memoir, autism "looks" different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary got hit with the performance bug not much later. During a difficult time in junior high, he started journaling,...
6) Comedy Girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shy, seventeen-year-old Trixie Shapiro, who dreams of being a professional comic, gets a big break after her friend signs her up to to a stand-up routine at their school's Talent Night.
7) I'm down
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esqe sweater, gold chains and a Kangol-telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter Down.
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9) Fault line
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Becky Martin, an aspiring comic, meets Kip Costello, she is caught in a mentally and physically abusive relationship. A hard-hitting novel that breaks open the gritty world of teen relationship abuse, by the author of The Gospel According to Larry. "Unlike Abby, I hadn't had a boyfriend since Peter last year, and even that was stretching the definition of boyfriend way past anything Webster would recognize. I had better luck...
11) Tim Allen
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the star of the television show "Home Improvement," focusing on how he turned his life around after serving a prison sentence for selling illegal drugs.
12) Rosie O'Donnell
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of comic, actress, and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell.
13) Robin Williams
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
This book profiles comedian and actor Robin Williams, whose award-winning career includes stand-up comedy work, the television series "Mork and Mindy," and movies such as "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Aladdin," and others.
14) Jim Carrey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
Describes the personal life and professional career of the comedian who has starred in such movies as "The Mask," "The Cable Guy," and "Batman Forever."
16) Jim Carrey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and career of the comedian who has starred in such movies as "The Mask," "Dumb and Dumber," and "The Truman Show."
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