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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kara and Amanda are cousins and best friends. But then Kara's family moves from the city to the Rez. Now everything feels different to both girls -- school starting, powwows, holidays. After a long year apart, it's time for the family reunion on the Rez. Each girl wonders if the other will be happy to see her. Is it possible that they've forgotten how to be together? This Native family story with universal themes highlights the ongoing impact of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Skye's cousin Hiroshi and his family move to Virginia from Japan, the cultural differences lead to misunderstandings and both children are unhappy at the changes in their lives--will flying the dragon kite finally bring them together?
Author
Series
Turtle of Oman volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Aref is excited to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will start a new school, and while Aref misses his grandfather, his Sidi, he knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him.
Author
Series
Fresh Princess volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Destiny, the Fresh Princess, moves to a new neighborhood, she must be courageous as she makes new friends.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After moving to Rome with her father, thirteen-year-old Beatrice witnesses a shadowy figure steal the turtle sculptures from a fountain located outside her window and is determined to solve the crime herself when no one believes her story.
Author
Series
Malaika stories volume 2
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nadia L. Hohn's prose, written in a blend of standard English and Caribbean patois, tells a warm story about the importance of family, especially when adjusting to a new home. Readers of the first Malaika book will want to find out what happens when she moves to Canada, and will enjoy seeing Malaika and her family once again depicted through Irene Luxbacher's colorful collage illustrations.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Garcia family is moving to a new house, and twins Carlos and Carmen do not want to leave their small, familiar home--especially since they do not understand why their father describes the new place as a one-tire house.
11) Maribel's year
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New country, new school, new friends. A lot can happen in a single year. But one thing's for certain: Maribel won't forget her Papa, even when he's 8,000 miles away in the Philippines"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any friendships here because they will just disappear as soon as the family moves again--but Aurora County has other ideas, and so does a girl named Ruby Lavender who plans to teach Emma a thing or two about friendship.
14) Neighbors
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lying in bed, a child reflects on her new apartment, and the neighbors living around and above her, and looks forward to meeting them and her new classmates.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Stacey McGill is moving back to New York, and her friends must face the sadness of saying good-bye, hunt down the perfect farewell gift, and take on the difficult task of filling Stacey's place in the Baby-sitters Club.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hovering in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. AMPLUS-68 has an 84.7% chance...
18) White smoke
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Language
English
Description
"The phantoms of her old life keep haunting Marigold, but a move with her newly blended family from their California beach town to the Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation that comes with a free house, one that Mari now has to share with her bratty ten-year-old stepsister, Piper. The renovated home on Maple Street has secrets. Household items vanish, doors open...
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