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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.
3) The dogs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cameron is used to moving at a moment's notice because he and his mother are always running away from his supposedly violent father, but he is disturbed by their latest refuge, a creepy, deserted farmhouse, haunted by bloodthirsty dogs--and when he sees a boy hiding in the barn, and finds an old picture of the same boy, he starts wondering about the possibility of human ghosts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"The heir to the Land should be strong. Fierce. Ruthless. At least, that's what Beau's father has been telling him his whole life, since Beau is the exact opposite of what the heir should be. With little control over his future, Beau is kept locked away, just another pawn in his father's quest for ultimate power. That is, until Beau meets a girl who shows him the secrets his father has kept hidden. For the first time, Beau begins to question everything...
7) Borderline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite the strained relationship between them, teenaged Sami Sabiri risks his life to uncover the truth when his father is implicated in a terrorist plot.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For as long as he can remember Curtis Pith has wanted to become a chef. When the host of his favorite cooking show announces a kids-only final season, Curtis sees his chance. And more than wanting to be a chef, Curtis sees a chance to meet his biological father, Lucas Taylor, the Super Chef himself. A cross between Willy Wonka and Master Chef, this book is full of delicious food, teamwork and a wonderful tale of a young boy trying to find his place...
9) Honestly Ben
Author
Series
Openly straight volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
Ben Carver returns for the spring semester at the exclusive Natick School in Massachusetts determined to put his relationship with Rafe Goldberg behind him and concentrate on his grades and the award that will mean a full scholarship--but Rafe is still there, there is a girl named Hannah whom he meets in the library, and behind it all is his relationship with his distant, but demanding father.
11) The frame-up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old artist Sargent Singer must team up with some very unusual partners to thwart a theft of the masterpieces in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery"--
12) Taking sides
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
At odds with his sister, Tina, fourteen, who says their father murdered their mother, Todd, fifteen, who claims it was self-defense, begins to lose faith in their father when he pressures Todd to get Tina to change her story, and being in separate foster homes only makes things harder.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Xavier's father returns to Boston after serving ten years in federal prison, tensions quickly mount and Xavier's anger explodes on the baseball field, making it less likely that he will achieve his dream of playing in the major leagues than that he will follow his father's path.
14) 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.
15) Game changers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
When the coach's son, shawn o'brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old ben mcbain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
17) A different pond
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
18) Papasaurus
Author
Series
Babysaurus volume 2
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
Description
Babysaurus loves to play hide-and-seek in the jungle with his Papasaurus, but one day Papasaurus hides and Baby cannot find him--so he asks the other dinosaurs--Stego, Anky, Velo, and others--for help finding his father.
19) I'll be there
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Raised by an unstable father who keeps constantly on the move, Sam Border has long been the voice of his silent younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and, welcomed by her family, the brothers are faced with normalcy for the first time.
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