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Harper Connelly mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver travel to Memphis at the request of anthropologist and skeptic Dr. Clyde Nunley to test Harper's unique ability to find dead people--a talent she acquired after being hit by lightning--only to find themselves under suspicion when Harper senses and finds the body of a child who went missing from Nashville eighteen months earlier.
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Series
Language
English
Description
On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia-and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia-driven by dark needs to know everything about her past,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years"--
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Series
Boxcar children volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
The four Aldens take shelter in an old abandoned house during a rainstorm while on a bicycle trip to their Aunt Jane's house when a lost dog finds them.
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Series
Narwhal and Jelly volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
Appears on list
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A New York Times Bestselling series
“Hilarious and charming. The most lovable duo since Frog and Toad.” —NYT-bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey
Narwhal's obsession with a new favorite food leads the duo into hijinks and hilarity in the third book of this all-star early graphic novel series!
Narwhal and Jelly are back and Narwhal has a new obsession...
“Hilarious and charming. The most lovable duo since Frog and Toad.” —NYT-bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey
Narwhal's obsession with a new favorite food leads the duo into hijinks and hilarity in the third book of this all-star early graphic novel series!
Narwhal and Jelly are back and Narwhal has a new obsession...
7) Chosen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, has seen a great evil decimate much of his beautiful world. With a dwindling army and an epic threat, Thomas is forced to supplement his fighters with new recruits aged 16 and 17. From thousands, four will be chosen to lead a special mission.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
GN 530L
Language
English
Description
A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.
Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So...
Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So...
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Series
Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 2
Baby-sitters Club volume 2
Baby-sitters little sister) volume 2
Baby-sitters Club volume 2
Baby-sitters little sister) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Language
English
Description
"Karen has new roller skates. She is a very good skater. She can even do tricks. But oh, no! Karen falls down and breaks her wrist! She has to go to the hospital and get a cast. Karen wants somebody famous to sign her cast. It isn't going to be easy--but Karen won't give up till she gets the job done!"--
10) Karen's witch
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Language
English
Description
Karen Brewer's imagination gets the best of her when she decides that her neighbor, Mrs. Porter--who has wild gray hair, wears black robes, and has a garden full of mysterious herbs--must be a witch.
11) The good earth
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1530L
Language
English
Description
Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
Description
"Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--
13) Blue Bay mystery
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
What will the Aldens discover on a vacation to a beautiful island in the South Seas? The island is supposed to be deserted, but as the Aldens explore, they start to find signs that they suggest they are not alone.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 470L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Molly and her brother, Michael, agree that their new stepsister is a spoiled brat. Mom wants Molly to watch out for Heather, since she's only seven. But Heather only wants to make trouble for Molly and Michael. She lies and tattles and misbehaves, and somehow they get the blame. They know she's trying to drive a wedge between her father and their mother, who recently married, so she can have her father all to herself--and it seems to be...
15) The tenth circle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Trixie Stone is only a freshman in high school when Jason, the junior she thinks she loves, dumps her. Then one night at a party, their paths cross again. A few hours later, a visibly shaken Trixie comes home to tell her father that Jason sexually assaulted her. Daniel Stone has always done everything in his power to keep his daughter safe. But he never imagined anything so devastating could happen to Trixie--and now he's not sure how to help her....
16) Macbeth
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
310L
Language
English
Description
This complete, line-by-line Macbeth translation makes the language of Shakespeare's play more modern while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture the sound and sense of Shakespeare's tragedy without the need for glosses or notes--to use contemporary language without simplifying or modernizing the play in any other way.
17) Best Friends
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 380L
Language
English
Description
A National and New York Times Bestseller!
The creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own path in the graphic novel, Best Friends.
Follow your heart. Find your people.
Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon's got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen,
18) Booked
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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade
From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third!
Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay...
From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third!
Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the...
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