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Alice McKinley. Main series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Description
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
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Language
English
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"Dear Dad: Love, Nelson is a glimpse into the life, family, struggles, hopes, and questions of Nelson-and the more than five million other children in the US who have experienced parental incarceration. Told through letters he writes his father, Nelson shares his feelings, thoughts, wishes, and happenings, from the celebrations they've had to the progress Nelson has made on the car they were fixing to how excited he is to have Dad coming home." --publisher's...
Author
Series
Tales from Maple Ridge volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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"When his father is hired for a temporary job at the general store, farm boy Logan can't wait to lend a hand. But his eagerness may cause his dad to lose this job. Can Logan's mistake be fixed in time?" -- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Emily is flying with her parents to China to adopt and bring home a new baby sister. She's excited but nervous to travel across the world and very aware that this trip will change her entire life. And the cracks are already starting to show the moment they reach the hotel;--her parents are all about the new baby, and have no interest in exploring. In the adoption trip group, Emily meets Katherine, a Chinese-American girl whose family...
9) The peacock
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English
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"In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl's father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family's yard, much to her mother's dismay. The girl devises a plan to earn the peacock's trust and return it to its home at the zoo."--
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English
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Depicting diverse families and their communities of support, this joyful celebration of welcoming a new child into the family invites children to explore the meaning of family, community and the blend of science, wisdom and love that brought them into the world.
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English
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"Noor's cousin is getting married tomorrow, and tonight, her family is throwing her a henna party. They will sing traditional songs, eat delicious treats, and have their hands painted in swirling designs using a dye called henna. Noor is especially excited to play the henna name game. The henna artist will hide the name of the person Noor loves the most in the pattern she paints on Noor's hands. But whose name will Noor choose?"--Page [2] of cover....
13) Sons of liberty
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
When thirteen-year-old Rock helps his friend Liza run away from home, he wonders whether escaping from his own troubled family would be an act of patriotism or of treason.
15) Almost a winner
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Series
Teddy Mars volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Teddy's whole class decides to break a bigger, better world record, friends turn into enemies, Teddy is forced to do something he's never done before - try not to break a world record"--
16) Amma's sari
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Language
English
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When her mother's sari draws stares, a little girl asks her mother to tell her more about her culture and learns to take pride in her differences.
17) The big city
Author
Series
Tales from Maple Ridge volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Logan Pryce and his father spend a day in the big city of Sherman, but despite his eagerness to leave "boring" Maple Ridge, Logan is glad to return to quiet, familiar surroundings after the hustle and bustle of the city.
18) Leapin' leopards
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Series
Magnificent Mulligans volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Life in a big, diverse family is already an adventure, but life at the Mulligan Wild Animal Park is downright epic! Meet the Magnificent Mulligans, a crazy family with a bunch of cool kids--living the dream as they operate a 1250-acre wild animal park. Except it doesn't feel like much a dream for Hector. Fresh off the tough streets of Bogota, Columbia, Hector can't understand why the Mulligan family cares so much about taking care of animals--especially...
19) Juneteenth is
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English
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"This book is an ode to the history of the Black community in the United States, a tribute to Black joy, and a portrait of familial love"--
A girl contemplates what Juneteenth means to her, her family, and her community.
20) Squad goals
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
"Mackenzie Miler has big goals. For instance, conquering seventh grade--with projects. There's the Mom Project (finding her mom a boyfriend--even if she says she's not interested), the Friend project (win back the BFFs who dumped her and make a new friend), and the Band project (so what if she's never planned a fundraiser? How hard can it be?). But finding real-life romance is a lot more complicated than her mom's favorite movies make it look. And...
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