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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The students in Miss Fox's class lead their school in making choices to help keep the planet healthy, such as turning off lights when leaving a room, taking shorter showers, and using cloth bags instead of plastic ones.
3) River rescue
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Silver Dolphins volume 10
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English
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Antonia and Cai join forces with local fishermen and the coast guard to try to save a stranded whale and Cai faces a difficult decision that may result in his leaving the Silver Dolphins.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
When his family moves from Tucson, Arizona to Massachusetts, fifth-grader Ben has a hard time leaving the desert he loves, but when he finds a kindred spirit in his science teacher and ends up trying to help her with some of her problems, he finally begins to feel at home.
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English
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In 1860s Japan, young Norihei saves the life of a kappa, one of the mythological beings who keep the water clean, and the two become friends, but changes brought by the Industrial Revolution force the kappa to leave, only to return when Norihei needs him most. Includes historical and cultural notes.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
With a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and unexpected help from her Hallelujah-spouting cousin, Henry James, Elsie Mae tries to prevent a company from building a canal through the Okefenokee Swamp.
12) The family tree
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In the 1800s, a man clearing land in a beautiful forest to build a home leaves one special tree, but many years later the tree is in trouble, and the man's great-great grandson enlists a host of animal friends to try to save it.
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English
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text set to the tune of "The More We Get Together" follow a group of friends as they work together to make their urban neighborhood cleaner, friendlier, and safer for everyone. Includes "Ways to make a difference" and musical score.
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Otter Bay novels volume 2
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English
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"Callie Duflay just isn't like the rest of her family. While they've built white collar lives, she prefers getting her hands dirty by working with children and local California causes. When Callie learns that a beloved piece of untouched property in her town of Otter Bay may soon be developed, she confronts the architect assigned to the project"--Publisher.
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English
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Since the Gold Rush, California prospectors have siphoned off the waters of isolated Tufa Lake, exposing the fragile, otherworldly mineral formation of the lake basin. Now a local environmental group seeks to block the latest incursion by developers - a massive mining operation funded by TransPacific, a U.S.-Hong Kong interest that seems to be behind a series of break-ins, disappearances, and shady land deals. Into this stark lunar landscape walks...
16) Saving Wonder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
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Description
Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.
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Violet Mackerel books volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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Description
After discovering that a green sea turtle was harmed by plastic in the ocean, twin mice Sydney and Simon come up with a creative campaign to increase recycling and reduce the amount of trash created in their home, school, and town.
19) The player
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English
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"When he hears residents of a Newark neighborhood are getting sick--and even dying--from a strange disease, investigative reporter Carter Ross dives into the story--so deep he comes down with the illness himself. With even more motivation to track down the source of the disease, Carter soon hits upon a nearby construction site. But when the project's developer is found dead, and his mob ties surface, Carter knows he's looking at a story much bigger--and...
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AstroNuts volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
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Description
So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainable future--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the Fittest Olympics, hoping that with a little help the...
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