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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War." --
2) Jo's boys
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
Jo's boys, and how they turned out: A sequel to "Little Men" is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1886. The novel is the final book in the unofficial Little Women series. In it, Jo's "children", now grown, are caught up in real world troubles. The book mostly follows the lives of Plumfield boys who were introduced in Little Men, particularly Tommy, Emil, Demi, Nat, Dan, and Professor Bhaer and Jo's sons Rob and Teddy,...
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In a series of humorous diary entries, fifteen-year-old Mia tries to figure out how to raise money for the bankrupt student government at her school while also worrying about how to become a "party girl."
Author
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her activist parents off fighting for good causes, Edie Berger is sent off to boarding school by her strict grandmother, Odette, and gets a chance to visit Paris, where she has a series of madcap adventures while trying to figure out her place and purpose in the world.
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Princess Mia's junior year in high school begins with a difficult course load, a crazy student council race, Grandmere's search for temporary lodging, and learning that her boyfriend is moving to Japan for a year, partly because she will not sleep with him.
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Although she has recently completed a 400-page romance novel, Princess Mia, in her last month of high school, has yet to pick a college, find a prom dress, or decide if her boyfriend J.P. is really The One.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
High school sophomore Princess Mia records in her diary her struggles with geometry, the expectations of being a college student's girlfriend, running for president of the student council, and a potential ecological disaster in her native land, Genovia.
10) I'm from nowhere
Author
Language
English
Description
A few weeks into her sophomore year at Ventura High School in California, Wren Verlaine is shipped off to Hardwick Hall, a prestigious boarding school in Connecticut, where clues begin appearing about the one secret her mother has ever kept from her.
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
Jasper John Dooley volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jasper just wants to play knights and dragons but Isabel loves him and wants to plan their wedding.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Tuyet is excited about the holiday and the vacation from school. There's just one problem: her Vietnamese American family is having duck for Thanksgiving dinner-not turkey! Nobody has duck for Thanksgiving. What will her teacher and the other kids think? To her surprise, Tuyet enjoys her yummy thanksgiving dinner anyhow, and an even bigger surprise is waiting for her at school on Monday. Dinners from roast beef to lamb...
14) Everybody's home
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Lola and her twenty-nine classmates don't understand the words to a traditional song they're meant to sing at the upcoming Winter Concert, so they make up their own, very silly (and very funny) words. Lola's mother and her Grampa get involved too, and we all learn not only the words to the song, but something about global warming, by the time of the concert.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
As his English teacher focuses on poetry during the month of October, Benny faces down the smartest girl at school while also navigating his friendships and a difficult family life after his grandfather's multiple strokes.
16) Princess in pink
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
In a series of humorous diary entries, high school freshman (and Genovian Princess) Mia tries to get her reluctant boyfriend to take her to the prom.
Author
Series
Nguyen kids volume 02
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Spontaneous and energetic Liz, the middle Nguyen sibling, grew up hearing stories from her Grandma Nội about the fantastically fierce Trung Sisters, freedom fighters in ancient Vietnam. And with a new school year about to start, Liz is determined...
Author
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
• My Name is Not Ed Tug is inspired by the author's experience of growing up and having her name misspelled/mispronounced by others, and her experience of volunteering in her children's classrooms in which ESL students are often encouraged to shorten or change their names to make it easier on others.
• My Name is Not Ed Tug celebrates uniqueness and family tradition, and empowers young readers to celebrate who they are.
• Book guide will be...
19) Princess Mia
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
While Mia tries to get over breaking up with her boyfriend, she discovers a diary kept by a former princess of Genovia from the 1600s, the contents of which could change the fate of her country forever.
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