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Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.
Author
Series
Amber Brown volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.
4) Level 13
Author
Series
Slacker volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money); but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the back wall--and all Cameron wants to do is to conquer the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
"In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world"--Title verso page.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Caroline, 1812 volume 2
American girls collection. Caroline 1812 volume 2
American Girl.Caroline volume 02
American Girl 1812 volume 02
American girls collection. Caroline 1812 volume 2
American Girl.Caroline volume 02
American Girl 1812 volume 02
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Caroline and her mother make a dangerous trip across Lake Ontario to the British fort where her father is a prisoner. When Mama isn't allowed to see Papa, it's up to Caroline to deliver a secret message to him--right under the nose of a British guard.
10) My Louisiana sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.
11) Doll bones
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
12) Soof
Author
Series
So B. it volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
All her life Aurora has heard stories about how wonderful and lucky Heidi is, and soon this paragon (now grown up and expecting a baby) will be visiting; but before she arrives part of their house is damaged in a fire, and worse, Aurora's beloved dog disappears--and while her parents have always believed in "soof" (Heidi's mom's word for love), Aurora, who has never really fit in with children her own age, will just have to find her own soof.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Laws protecting the spotted owls in the old growth forest of northern California cost Borden's father his logging job. Angry, Borden vows to kill any spotted owl he sees, but has a change of heart when he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet.
14) The runaways
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Dani hates living in the small desert town of Rattler Springs, Nevada, but her plans to run away get complicated when a pesty young boy and an imaginative new girl decide they want to go along.
15) Ereth's birthday
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Olivia endeavors to care for her younger sister, possibly make a new friend in the quirky and secretive Bart, and keep hope alive for her, her family, and her community of idiosyncratic neighbors at Sunny Pines Trailer Park.
17) Batting order
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?
18) Focused
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is...
19) Heaven
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1945, Gordy's grandmother takes him and his family into her North Carolina home after his abusive father is arrested, and he just begins to respond to his grandmother's loving discipline when his father returns.
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