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1) Music
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes some of the many different types of instruments made throughout history, and discusses their construction and sound. Includes photographs.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Cline Alden's grandmother says that music is in the family's blood, but Cline's mother is dead-set against her daughter's dreams of becoming a country music singer; Cline is determined to find the money to attend a Young Singer-Songwriter Workshop in Lexington (not too far from her Paris, Kentucky home), so now she has a lot on her mind--she is hiding things from her mother, she is losing her beloved grandmother to Alzheimer's, and she has begun...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. Not to be missed by fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's the only time she doesn't feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming...
15) Born to rock
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
When her favorite rock band Lulu and the Handbags announces a contest, Georgia is determined the all-girl rock band she's in will win--even if she has to ask her brother Rafe for help.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Things are finally looking up for Amelia Jones: she's officially a Mystwick student, and she even has a teacher to help her learn how to use her rare Composing magic. When Mystwick enters an international magic competition, it's Amelia's chance to Compose something that will help them win the day. The only problem is that she still doesn't understand how her powers work. But then she hears about a super exclusive Midnight Orchestra--half performance,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Amelia Jones always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world's most promising musicians learn to create magic. So when Amelia botches her audition, she thinks her dream has met an abrupt and humiliating end - until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't. Meanwhile,...
18) Jonas Brothers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book describes the lives and careers of Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas, members of an American pop group band that gained popularity on the children's television network, Disney Channel.
19) Music concerts
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title focuses on the music concerts that take place in large stadiums and gives information related to its origin, fun facts, and worldwide influence.
20) Echo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, as the second World War approaches, the lives of three children -- Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California -- become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting...
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