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3) Yatandou
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Yatandou lives in a Mali village with her family and neighbors. And though she is only eight years old and would much rather play with her pet goat, she must sit with the women and pound millet kernels. To grind enough millet for one day's food, the women must pound the kernels with their pounding sticks for three hours. It is hard work, especially when one is eight years old. But as they work, the women dream of a machine that can grind the millet...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her father is banished by the emperor, Toyoko, a skilled diver, bravely goes in search of him. In the process, she breaks an evil spell cast on the emperor. Includes special educational sections: Words to know, What do you think?, and About Japan.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
At first Camila is thrilled to be chosen to represent her class in the school spelling bee, but than she becomes anxious about performing in front of an audience and considers withdrawing.
6) Bump
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: theworld of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new...
7) On the hook
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hector has always minded his own business, working hard to make his way to a better life someday. He's the chess team champion, helps the family with his job at the grocery, and teaches his little sister to shoot hoops overhand. Until Joey singles him out. Joey, whose older brother, Chavo, is head of the Discípulos gang, tells Hector that he's going to kill him: maybe not today, or tomorrow, but someday. And Hector, frozen with fear, does nothing....
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