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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
Author
Series
Clementine volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 720L
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Clementine's school field trip to Plimoth Plantation leads to all kind of discoveries, from fourth grade eating rules to the source of the stink on the bus.
Author
Series
The Penderwicks volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
Author
Series
Hailey Twitch books volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Second-grader Hailey's frustration over a school project releases Maybelle, a sprite whose punishment for being a rulemonger will end when she grants Hailey's wish to have fun, but Maybelle's efforts only seem to cause trouble.
Author
Series
The Penderwicks volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbour Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
7) Time's up
Author
Series
Beacon Street girls volume 12
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Katani tries to juggle the demands of school work and a Think Pink fundraiser while working on her submission for a contest for young entrepreneurs. She worries that her competitor, Betsy, will write a better essay due to the growing popularity of her tutoring service.
8) Ghost Hawk
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003, 2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
The 1653-1654 diary of a fourteen-year-old Pocasset Indian girl, destined to become a leader of her tribe, describes how her life changes with the seasons, after a ritual fast she undertakes, and with her tribe's interaction with the English "Coat-men" of the nearby Plymouth Colony.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream? Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Hattie grew up in Brooklyn, so her family's move to a small town in Massachusetts required a lot of adjustments, but by the time sixth-grade starts she has several new friends--but when she somehow invokes the harvest festival jinx, suddenly none of her new friends even recognize her, and she must find a way to break the spell.
Author
Series
Clementine volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
With her kitten, Moisturizer, missing and having fought with her best friend, Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine finds it hard to concentrate on doing her best as her classmate's Friend of the Week.
Author
Series
School of Fear volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, fourteen-year-old Garrison, and ten-year-old new "contestant" Hyacinth, must face their phobias and join forces to learn who is stealing wigs and pageant trophies from the School of Fear.
14) Tagging freedom
Author
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in the early days of the Syrian Civil War, cousins Kareem and Samira living in Massachusetts navigate the growing conflict in Syria, new friendships, and the use of art to express themselves"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When time-traveling cousins Patrick and Beth use the Imagination Station to go to Plymouth Colony in 1621 hoping to find Hugh and return him to his own time, they meet William Bradford, Myles Standish, and Squanto.
16) It's itchcraft!
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 30
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
A few days before his school's Halloween dance, Zack meets a girl who seems to be already wearing her costume.
17) Braced
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Rachel learns that her scoliosis has worsened and she will need to wear a back brace to keep her spine straight, she is devastated; afraid that she will not be able to play soccer, and terrified that she will not be able to hide her condition from her friends and classmates--but her mother is determined to spare her the spinal fusion surgery that she herself had as a teenager.
Author
Series
Beacon Street girls volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Ramsey is the new girl again, and ready to make friends and stay in one place. After causing the biggest cafeteria blunder in the history of Abigail Adams Junior High School, Charlotte's assigned lunch partners, Katani, Avery and Maeve, can't wait to dump her. Can it get any worse?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
A quietly reassuring story showing that change can be a good thing at times. --Kirkus Reviews This is a feel-good story...a wonderful read-aloud, especially for snuggling by a fire on a cold night! --School Library Journal This lovely celebration of quirky individualism applauds both creativity and science. --Booklist Try though she might, ten-year-old Lucy Castor can't seem to stop the world around her from changing in this charming and funny novel...
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