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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his tenth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.
3) Sunwing
Author
Series
Silverwing saga volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Continues the adventures of Shade, a young bat, as he searches for his father and struggles to prevent the evil jungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun.
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.
9) Two roads
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing what's got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig who cannot produce a litter.
11) Rotters
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Everything changes when Joey's mother dies in a tragic accident and he is sent from Chicago to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known, a strange, solitary man with unimaginable secrets. At first, Joey's father wants nothing to do with him, but once father and son come to terms with each other, Joey's life takes a turn both macabre and exhilirating.
13) Baseball great
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball, but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
14) Onion John
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Maybe someday, Andy will make his father's dreams come true and be one of the first men on the moon. But for now, Andy is perfectly happy with everything the way it is. But Andy's father doesn't seem to see how great things are. All he can see is how much better they could be. So Andy's father starts making plans for Onion John who needs a little help. But Andy and his father will soon learn that a little help can sometimes lead to a lot of trouble....
15) Poppy and Rye
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
16) Kid owner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Ryan learns his estranged father left him the Dallas Cowboys in his will, it is all Ryan can do to keep his dad's other son from snatching the team away"--
17) The big field
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
18) Ted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
230L
Language
English
Description
A young boy manages to get his busy father's attention with the help of a special imaginary friend.
19) Travel team
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
20) Gym candy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Mick Johnson works hard for a placement on the varsity team during his freshman year, and decides to use steroids in order to hold onto his edge, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
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