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Series
Breadwinner series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
GN 710L
Language
English
Description
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a charming, enigmatic young man who playfully refuses to tell her his name, she is intrigued--so when he is found dead in her family's pond in Amherst she is determined to discover his secret, no matter how dangerous it may prove to be.
4) Sand spider
Author
Series
Shadow Squadron volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Part way through integrating their first female member into the Shadow Squadron, Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his team are called upon to investigate the possible kidnapping of a powerful senator's son in Mali--and find themselves confronting an infamous slaver called the Spider.
Author
Series
Agatha Oddly volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddlow's set to become the youngest member of the Gatekeepers' Guild, but before that, she's got a mystery to solve. There's been a murder at the British Museum and, although the police are investigating, Agatha suspects that they're missing a wider plot going on below London - a plot involving a disused Tube station, a huge fireworks display and five thousand tonnes of gold bullion.
7) Dragonfell
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don't trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being “dragon-touched,” Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons -- and about himself. On his journey, Rafi befriends a brilliant scientist, Maud, who has secrets of her own. Together they search for dragons while escaping from a dangerous dragon hunter,...
Author
Series
Supergirl volume 02
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Supergirl (aka Kara Danvers) has been running across average citizens performing amazing feats all over National City. But that's not even the weirdest thing going on. The Department of Extranormal Operations has captured a mysterious humanoid sea creature. Supergirl must find out what has drawn him to National City, and his connection to this surge of super-citizens"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When best friends Abbi and Skylar witness a clandestine meeting between a mysterious woman and someone in a dark van, they're thrilled. Finally, a mystery to spice up the summer! Who could these people be? Why are they meeting? Are they spies? Criminals? The two girls are determined to find out. But then a local woman goes missing and is found dead in the woods. And Abbi and Skylar realize that their detective work could hold the keys to solving...
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Imagine living in a country where women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. This is the life of Parvana, a young girl growing up in Afghanistan under the control of an extreme religious military group. When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Emily would rather spend her days dreaming of adventures and wandering the moors, but when her father falls sick, and her sister Charlotte is sent away to school, reality comes crashing in.
12) The darkest hour
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the Nazis killed my brother on the North African front, I volunteered at the Office of Strategic Services in Washington to do my part for the war effort. Only instead of a desk job at the OSS, I was tapped to join the Clandestine Operations--a secret espionage and sabotage organization of girls. Six months ago, I was deployed to German-occupied France to gather intelligence and eliminate Nazi targets.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1970 thirteen-year-old Marika dreams of going to Harvard to study economics, but her parents both believe that a woman's place is in the home; Marika does not understand why they are so attached to "traditional values," especially since they defied convention when they were married at a time when interracial marriages were illegal in many states--so Marika defies her parents and joins her Black friend, Beth, and her parents and attends the Women's...
Author
Series
Hereville volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
320L
Language
English
Description
The Orthodox Jewish heroine of Hereville must save her sister from a malevolent magic fish in this "consistently clever" preteen graphic novel series (Kirkus).
Welcome back to Hereville, where Mirka, the world's first time-traveling, monster-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl, faces her greatest challenge yet: babysitting! Mirka just wants to find new adventures, but instead she's stuck babysitting her disapproving little sister, Layele....
Welcome back to Hereville, where Mirka, the world's first time-traveling, monster-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl, faces her greatest challenge yet: babysitting! Mirka just wants to find new adventures, but instead she's stuck babysitting her disapproving little sister, Layele....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The finest heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are here to answer one vital question: What makes a hero? Whether they're fighting evil throughout the realms or defending humanity on Earth, these heroes have their own approaches to strength, goodness, and heroism. Join these incredible women as they explore what it means to be a hero. Where we find real strength, and how to find your very own super-power. What makes a hero is the perfect story...
16) Disappeared
Author
Series
Disappeared (Stork) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Juarez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened--meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cassidy Rain Berghoff didn't know that the very night she decided to get a life would be the night that Galen would lose his. It's been six months since her best friend died, and up until now Rain has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around her aunt Georgia's Indian Camp in their mostly white Midwestern community, Rain decides to face the outside world again -- at least through the lens of her camera. Hired...
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Language
English
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"This simple, touching picture book shows readers a women's shelter through the eyes of a young girl, who, with her mother's help, uses her imagination to overcome her anxiety and adjust. Includes factual endnotes detailing various reasons people experience homelessness and the resources available to help."--Publisher's website
Author
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Supergirl fan faces her most elusive adversary sleep! As darkness falls, a young girl attempts to catch some Z's while DC Comics' SUPERGIRL tracks down an elusive enemy. With super hero traits, like BRAVERY, PATIENCE, and PERSISTENCE, they'll both turn sleepless nights into sweet success and sweet dreams. Along with Omar Lozano's action-packed art, bestselling author Michael Dahl (Bedtime for Batman, Good Morning, Superman and Be a Star, Wonder...
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