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Tig Ripley volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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Looking to propel her into the spotlight at her middle school, thirteen-year-old Tig Ripley starts an all-girl rock band with her cousin and two school friends.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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Miles Darr and his friends in room 217 love band. And they love their director, Mr. Byrd. Colorful tropical shirts? Check. Sandals in winter? Check. High expectations? Double check. But lately, he's been distracted. And rumor has it, Byrd might be flying the nest. Can they convince him to stay? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
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Description
The Benton Bluff Junior High band is one of a number of bands that will compete to perform for a chance to play for the governor, and two of the band members are fighting over who gets to be the soloist--Baylor Meece (clarinet) is not one of them, so can she come up with a plan to bring the band back into harmony?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventh-grader Davis Beadle joins the Benton Bluff Junior High band, stubbornly determined to play the trumpet--but that section is full, so the band director instructs him to spend time with several of the other instruments, hoping Davis will find his true place in the band.
7) I am drums
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A single-minded twelve-year-old drummer, challenged by her school's budget cuts and her family's financial woes, must find a way to keep her dreams of drumming alive"--
8) First chair
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
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Description
Flutist Hope James is under a lot of pressure from her mother to win first chair in the band, so when Sherman Frye enrolls at Benton Bluff Junior High she panics because he could steal it from her--so Hope and her friend Baylor come up with a plan to sabotage Sherman, not realizing that he is under pressure too.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before the school year even starts, the Benton Bluff Junior High band is back in room 217 for summer arts camp. Morgan Bryant wants to be a famous conductor someday, and leading the clarinets is perfect practice! But somehow, goofy Zac Wiles and his saxophone campers are stealing the show. How can she get her section in sync?" -- back cover.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Sixth grade is hard enough, but Mexican American Selena Estrella Herrera has to do it in a new town. Her family has moved to El Paso to help care for her grandfather (who seems not to want them there and insists on speaking only Spanish). One upside to being at a new school, though, is that she can finally leave behind her embarrassing obsession with musical megastar Selena--whom her parents named her after even though she can't sing. She renames...
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English
Description
"Fourth period is hands down the best time of day in Connor U. Eubanks Middle School, because that's when Mr. Lewis teaches Jazz Lab. So his students are devastated when their beloved teacher quits abruptly. Once they make a connection between budget cuts and Mr. Lewis's disappearance, they hatch a plan: stop the cuts, save their class. Soon, they become an unlikely band of crusaders, and their quest quickly snowballs into something much bigger--a...
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