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1) Eden West
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
While dutifully patrolling inside his isolated religious community's fence, Jacob meets Lynna, who lives on the other side - a very different world from Nodd.
2) Taken
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2035 kidnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen-year-old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family. When a captain from the south arrives to trade with Ukpik's father, Ukpik is excited to learn how to use the forks, knives, and spoons he brings with him. At first, Ukpik enjoys teaching the other children how to use thses new tools. But soon, she starts to wonder if they'll need to use the new tools all the time, and if that means that everything in camp will change.
Author
Series
Harvey stories volume 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young boy volunteering at a retirement home finds a stray dog and notices that it revives decades-old memories for a bitter resident. The boy bonds with the resident as he listens to stories about growing up in Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Thanks to his new friend and his canine companion, the elderly man is able to pass away peacefully, immersed in fond memories of his youth"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
While trying to jumpstart the zombie apocalypse, twelve-year-old Ernestine Montgomery and her new stepbrother, Charleston, stumble upon a murder mystery in the retirement apartments where their parents do maintenance.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mortimer Bray is not okay. It seems like everything in his life is changing for the worse. After his own much-loved dog dies, he can't bring himself to carry on with his dog-walking business; there's a strange new girl who's moved into the house next door; and suddenly there's a buzzing feeling of anxiety in his head and heart when he's faced with something new. His neighborhood, Townsend Heights, used to feel like the most comfortable place in the...
10) Paletero man
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 420L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Follow along with our narrator as he passes through his busy neighborhood in search of the Paletero Man. But when he finally catches up with him, our narrator's pockets are empty. Oh no! What happened to his dinero? It will take the help of the entire community to get the tasty treat now."--
12) Freewater
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Inspired by the Lucky Band's popular song of the same name, Paletero Man is a refreshing tale of determination, kindness, ice pops - and the true meaning of being part of a community" --
"Inspirado en la canción Paletero Man interpretada por Luck Band. "¡Qué paletero tan cool!" es un cuento refrescante, lleno de determinación, cariño, paletas - y de lo que verdaderamente significa ser parte de una comunidad" --
16) Seeds of change
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text illustrates how small acts become powerful seeds that improve oneself and the community.
17) Gather round
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In this gorgeous picture book, a girl and her father build a campfire together to keep the cold at bay. But as they welcome passing travelers--from musicians to animals--they create a community, fostered by a crackling fire and its comforting warmth.
Author
Series
If only novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Holly Mathews lives at a retirement home for the super wealthy that her mother manages on expensive Mercer Island, but when she meets Malik Buchannan, grandson of one of the residents, she allows him to think that she just visiting, so he will accept her as belonging to his A-list world--it is just supposed to be a summer fling, but soon she finds herself falling in love.
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