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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifth-grader Penny writes a series of letters to her future sibling, including facts about their Oakland, California, home, questions about whether their moms will ever marry, and especially that he or she is loved.
Author
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
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Description
Maurice rides his bike all over selling lemonade, while Lotta rides her bike collecting sticks as she goes; they ride different routes and are completely unaware of each other--until their bikes are wrecked and they meet at Sid's who has turned their damaged bikes into one tandem bike, and a friendship is born.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community."--
9) Ghetto Bitch
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Hochglanz-Girl im Hochhaus-Schick: Die 15-jährige Nele wohnt mit ihrer Familie im schicken Hamburg-Poppenbüttel und führt ein unbeschwertes Leben. Doch plötzlich nimmt ihr Leben eine gravierende Wendung: Neles Vater stirbt und hinterlässt Berge von Schulden! Neles Mutter ist gezwungen, mit ihr und ihrem 14-jährigen Bruder das Villenviertel gegen eine Hochhaussiedlung in Hamburg-Steilshoop einzutauschen. Schnell ist Nele hier die arrogante Zicke...
10) Venomous
Author
Language
English
Description
Locke Vinetti is a high school junior, disenchanted and more than a little hostile. In fact, for years he's had a lousy social life because of a problem he has with his anger--a force he calls "the venom." Ever since he was eight years old and bit off a piece of a classmate's nose, he's been something of a loner. But all that is about to change when he goes out with his one friend, Randall, to meet some of Randall's crew hanging out at Riverside Park....
Author
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When the “grownup virus” hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings. And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way. Twin boys throw themselves into an independent research assignment on prehistoric people and embrace their own devolution. A budding track star is encouraged to run laps on his balcony by a neighbor who has a secret crush on him. A...
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Series
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a parent gets a new job, often the family must move to a new city. Sometimes, people move across town to a new house. But in either case moving can be scary. Giving up your neighborhood friends, the bedroom you know, maybe moving to a new school. Saying goodbye is hard, but meeting new friends is exciting. Readers discover what they need to know about getting ready to move"--
15) Brooklyn Rose
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, fifteen year-old Rose meets and marries Rene, a Yankee from Brooklyn, New York, who takes her north to his home where she encounters many differences in attitudes and lifestyles.
Author
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One house, then another, is built off in the distance. Then a road is paved through his field, and strange-looking newcomers start appearing all around him. Shutter by shutter, the house closes himself off to wait out this alarming new development. What will it take for him to notice that the wind may have blown in his favor? With great wit and an enchanting use of found objects and recycled materials, multidisciplinary artist Claudine Crangle has...
18) Owen at the park
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Language
English
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Description
"It's a busy morning in the park. All along the boulevard, families are picnicking and people are napping, playing checkers and reading on the grass. But Owen and his dad are hard at work, raking and mowing the grass. And today, Owen gets to do the best job all on his own. With his dad's encouragement, Owen gathers his courage and goes around to everyone in the park. He tells the families, the checkers players and the readers what he has to do, and...
19) Night walk
Author
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a little girl can't sleep one night, her dad asks if she'd like to go for a walk. They tiptoe through the silent house and step out into the dark"--
Author
Series
Ming stories (Deirdre Sullivan) volume 2
Lexile measure
AD 410L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ming and Poppy's journey takes them over sidewalk cracks and dancing shadows, past honking horns and crowded crosswalks. They greet old friends and make new ones, while sharing stories, secrets, and the sting of painful words"--
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