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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Language
English
Description
"The Wonky Donkey has a daughter in this hilarious sequel to the runaway hit, now available as a board book! Wonky Donkey had a child, it was a little girl. Hee Haw! The laugh-out-loud follow-up to the viral sensation The Wonky Donkey is finally here! Featuring playful verses by Craig Smith and charming illustrations by Katz Cowley, The Dinky Donkey follows the same formula that made its predecessor a worldwide hit. Readers will love the antics...
2) Wild swans
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English
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No summer classes this year, none of Granddad's intense expectations to live up to the family name. The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be all bonfires, barbecues, and friends. But when the mother who abandoned her returns home with two young daughters in tow, all of the stories Ivy wove to protect her heart start to unravel. And the secrets of the Milbourn past... and the curse that Milbourn women die young and tragically... need to...
5) Killing time
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Language
English
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When her favorite teacher is murdered, true-crime obsessed teenager Natalie Temple launches her own investigation with the help of a new boy in town, but soon discovers some secrets were never meant to be told.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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Description
"When eleven-year old Jayla finds out that her mother used to be a Double Dutch champion, she's stunned. Her mom, who's on doctor's orders to lower her blood pressure, could move like that?! Jayla decides to follow in her mom's footsteps, thinking that maybe Double Dutch can make her stand out in her big, quirky family. But as she puts together a team at school and prepares to compete, Jayla finds that Double Dutch is about a lot more than jumping...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana--but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.
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English
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"For twelve-year-old Rose, sight and sound have always been intertwined. Her synesthesia lets her see music in colors, though she's never told anyone this. She already stands out more than enough as a musical "prodigy" who plays better than most adults. Rosie's mom expects her to become a professional violinist. But this summer, Rosie refuses to play. She wants to have a break. To make friends and discover new hobbies. To find out who she would be...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
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Description
Victoria Torres has always had a family birthday party that she shares with her beloved grandmother, but this year she is so impressed by her classmate's birthday party at GlamaRama, the mall's newest spa store, that she decides that she wants to celebrate her twelfth birthday there--and her mother refuses to do both.
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
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Description
"A stone when it's thrown can damage, can break, but nothing can shatter the promise I make. So begins the poem a mother writes on a scrap of paper. She wraps the paper around a stone and places it in a basket to give to her daughter on her first birthday. They are poor, but the mother is determined that gifts will be given when gifts need giving. She keeps her promise, and the Promise Basket, too. Every time there is a need for gifts, the mother...
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