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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jellybeans for a living. One sister acts as if she's always on stage, and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion's grandfather, Papa Kwirk. He's the kind of guy who shows up on his motorcycle only on holidays handing out crossbows and stuffed squirrels as...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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Formats
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"Since her mom died, Andie's family has crumbled. Instead of working, her dad gambles away insurance money, while her sister, Paige, has put her future on hold in order to pick up extra waitressing shifts. Andie's afraid of what will happen if people find out just how bad things are. She's not sure how long she can hide the fact that there's no food or money in the house...or adults, for that matter. When her science partner suggests they study paranormal...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although she loves her father, their home in New York City, and third-grade teacher Miss Meadows, Annie misses her mother who died recently. Eight-year-old Annie lives in a sunny apartment in Manhattan with her father, Professor Rossi. Life would be pretty good if only Annie didn't so achingly miss her mother. When Mrs. Rossi died suddenly, she left not only Annie but also a class full of students - who pour out their hearts in a scrapbook Annie will...
5) Dare to fall
Author
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Still dealing with the repercussions of her own family's tragedy, Mackenzie Rivers abandons her almost boyfriend, Jaden, and his twin sister, Dani, after their parents are killed in a car accident.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their friend Scooter dies of a rare disease, teenagers Nick Gardner and Jaycee Amato set out on a secret journey to find the father who abandoned "The Scoot" when he was an infant, and give him a signed first edition of "Of Mice and Men."
Author
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
What does you in-brain or heart?
Frannie asks herself this question when, a week before she turns fifteen, her dad dies, leaving her suddenly deprived of the only human being on planet Earth she feels understands her. Frannie struggles to make sense of a world that no longer seems safe, a world in which one moment can turn things so thoroughly for the worse. She discovers an elegant wooden box with an inscription: Frances Anne 1000. Inside, Frannie...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young readers are introduced to the important and sensitive topic of losing a family member in this age-appropriate and accessible book. The struggles of dealing with a loved one's death, including the grieving process and the difficult questions asked during it, are addressed within this relatable narrative. The carefully crafted text inspires thoughtful discussion about life, death, and grief. Helpful fact boxes, vibrant, full-color photographs,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hovering in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. AMPLUS-68 has an 84.7% chance...
14) Georgia rules
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Magnolia Grace never wanted to leave Georgia. She never wanted to move with her mama to the farm her daddy owned before he died. But now here she is, in a tiny Vermont town where everybody sings the praises of the father Maggie never knew. Then Maggie meets the Parker family-two moms, six kids, plus a pony. The Parkers are loud and wild, ask lots of questions, and don't follow any of the rules Maggie grew up with in Georgia. Suddenly Maggie has questions...
15) Sybil at sixteen
Author
Series
Sebastian sisters volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sybil's sixteenth birthday brings the Sebastian family together again--a reunion that initiates a series of crises and confrontations between the four sisters and their parents that have far-reaching consequences.
16) Sitting shiva
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this gorgeously illustrated, deeply moving picture book, a young girl learns about the practice of sitting shiva after her mother dies."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eve gave up her belief in stories and magic after her mother's death, but a mysterious seed given her as an eleventh-birthday gift by someone she has never met takes her and a boy who claims to be a ghost on a strange journey, to where their supposedly cursed town of Beaumont, New York, flourishes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
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