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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. After failing her swimming lessons, she is done with the water--and she knows the trip is just a way to get her in the lake. Her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation at public pools. They want Celeste...
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
Meet Judy Moody, the queen of moods! Judy Moody can't stop winning - at bowling, at spelling, at everything! Until her lucky penny has an unlucky accident, that is. Suddenly it's good-bye, Lucky Duck! Hello, C-A-L-A-M-I-T-Y! Has Judy's luck gone down the toilet for good?
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Now that Ramona is eight years old, she's doing all kinds of things she's never done before. She's in a new school with a new teacher, and best of all, she takes the school bus-all by herself! But since her mother works and her daddy's in art school, Ramona has to stay with old Mrs. Kemp every day until Beezus comes for her. And as if all that isn't bad enough, she has to be nice to four-year-old Wila Jean. Ramona knows the family is depending on...
6) Stowaway
Author
Series
Icarus chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth's crust, they have no idea that it just happens to be the most valuable substance in the entire universe. It's not long before aliens show up . . . offering a promise of protection, some fabulous new technology, and entry into their intergalactic coalition--all in exchange for this precious resource. A material so precious that other alien forces are willing to start a war...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lola and Momma have always been a team of two. It hasn't always been easy for Lola, being one of the only kids she knows with just one parent around. And lately she's been feeling incomplete, like there's a part of herself that she can't know until she knows her dad. But what will happen--to Lola, to Momma, to their team of two--if she finds him?"--Goodreads.com.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When Ava Wren hears about an injured yellow tabby with mismatched ears, she becomes obsessed and wants to rescue him. She even picks out a perfect palindromic name: T-A-C-O-C-A-T. But when Taco joins the family, he doesn't snuggle or purr-all he does is hide. Worse, Ave's best friend starts hanging out with Zara, a new girl in fifth grade. Ava feels alone and writes an acclaimed story, "The Cat Who Wouldn't Purr." What begins as exciting news turns...
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"The best year ever...That's what Ramona thought the fourth grade was going to be, but things aren't turning out as she hoped. Sure, she has a new best friend named Daisy. But how can she improve her spelling as her teacher insists, or be the role model for her baby sister, Roberta, that Mrs. Quimby expects? Fourth-grade life is full of adventure and challenges, and at the end of it all - a "zeroteenth" birthday to celebrate!" - from back cover.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are spending a week on a houseboat! Throughout the journey, the children have the feeling they are being watched--and they are. Someone wants something that's hidden on their boat, and they'll stop at nothing to get it.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping...
13) Hate list
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
"Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Val was as shocked as everyone else--but, despite her own serious injury, she's implicated in the crime because of the list. The list she and Nick made of people they hated. The list Nick used to pick his targets."--from back cover
14) Ramona forever
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich Uncle Hobart, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. But then Papa must leave town to help his...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
17) Rhyme schemer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This novel in verse tells Kevin's journey from bully to being bullied, and how he learns about friendship, family and his talent for poetry.
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Prequels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After she, her older brother, and their father move from Chicago to Maryland, Alice has trouble fitting into her new third grade class, but with the help of some new friends and her own unique outlook, she survives.
19) Kick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair.
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