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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this gender-flipping reimagining of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" set in 1964 Houston, Evie must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knows about loyalty after she is saved from the unimaginable by a good girl from the "right" side of the tracks.
Author
Series
Bright young things novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Cordelia Gray's high-profile romance with celebrity pilot Max is threatened by secrets, ambitious Letty becomes a target in cutthroat Hollywood and newlywed Astrid finds herself in the company of a man other than her husband.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At the Foot of the Rainbow uses fishing as a backdrop to tell the story of Jimmy Malone and Dannie MacNoun, who is in love with Jimmy's wife, Mary. The characters, setting, dialogue/dialect, and virtues are classic Porter; the issues and values are timeless; and the thought-provoking manner in which Stratton-Porter concludes her story leave one considering their own lives on a deeper level.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Despite their political differences Nyl, a young Ukrainian farmer, and Alice, a Canadian girl whose father has come to the Soviet Union, struggle to survive the famine-genocide known as the Holodomor, when the forced collectivization of the Ukrainian farms and hard winters led to mass starvation and death.
5) Conversion
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
When girls start experiencing strange tics and other mysterious symptoms at Colleen's high school, her small town of Danvers, Massachusetts, falls victim to rumors that lead to full-blown panic, and only Colleen connects their fate to the ill-fated Salem Village, where another group of girls suffered from a similarly bizarre epidemic three centuries ago.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked--Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"--but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Estrild is not like the other girls in her village; she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps train her in spite of his twisted back, also stands apart. In a world where differences are poorly tolerated, just how much danger are they in? Inspired by the true discovery of the two-thousand-year-old Windeby bog body in Northern Germany, master storyteller Lois Lowry breathes life back into the Windeby Child, left in the bog to drown...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong is a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese mission school has closed, but frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children--and over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship.
11) Heroes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee; Ground Zero; Two Degrees) is a major publishing moment. A new World War II novel from Alan Gratz? That's even bigger! Get ready for an action-packed, inventive, and powerful take on the attack on Pearl Harbor, as only Alan Gratz can tell it. December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the...
12) My Vicksburg
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
During the siege of Vicksburg, thirteen-year-old Claire Louise struggles with difficult choices when family and friends join opposing sides of the war.
13) Secret soldiers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In 1917, Thomas, a thirteen-year-old coal miner seeking his missing brother, James, joins the Claykickers, who tunnel beneath the battlefields of the Western Front as they learn to be men.
14) Taking off
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Maryellen, 1954 volume 2
Maryellen classic volume 02
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 2
Maryellen classic volume 02
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"In the 1950s, if fourth-grader Maryellen is going to invent a flying machine, become famous, and get her big sister Joan's wedding off the ground, she will need all the help and all the friends she can get!"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside -- and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a creature dies, its spirit can go looking for somewhere to hide. Some people have space inside them, perfect for hiding. Makepeace, a courageous girl with a mysterious past, defends herself nightly from the ghosts which try to possess her. Then a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard for a moment. And now there's a ghost inside her. The spirit is wild, brutish and strong, but it may be her only defence in a time of dark suspicion and fear....
Author
Series
Time dogs volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a pack of senior dogs find themselves transported back in time--and turned into puppies!--they must make their way back home, helping real-life historical dogs along the way. In this first adventure, meet Baxter, Trevor, Newton, Titch, and Maia--the time dogs!--as they find themselves transported through time and space to 1925 Alaska. There, deep in the wilderness, the puppies must help Balto in his famous sled race to deliver medicine during...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the 1980's. Mia and her best friend, Lara, have known each other since kindergarten. But even thought they both live in the same cul-de-sac in the coastal fishing town of Prince Rupert, Mia's life is very different from her non-Indigenous, middle class neighbor. Lara lives with her mom, dad and little brother in a big house with two cars in the driveway. Mia lives in a shabby wartime house that is full of relatives-- her churchgoing grandmother,...
20) Muse
Author
Series
Muse duology volume 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The year is 1893, and war is brewing in the First American Kingdom. But Claire Emerson has a bigger problem. Claire's father is a sought-after inventor, but he believes his genius is a gift granted to him by his daughter's touch, so he keeps Claire under his control. As their province prepares for war, Claire plans to escape, even as her best friend, Beatrix, tries to convince her to stay and help with the growing resistance...
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