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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
"Karen loves to spell words. She is very good at it, too. First she wins the spelling bee in her class. Then Karen wins another spelling contest. And another...and another! Soon Karen might be the best junior speller in the state of Connecticut. She's even going to be on TV! Karen thinks that is so great. But her friends don't. They think Karen is a show-off!"--Back cover.
5) Spinky sulks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Description
Spinky believes his family does not love him or understand him and nothing they say will convince him otherwise.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Certain that his grandfather doesn't want him around, Corby is unhappy when he and his mother go to spend the summer in Wisconsin to help take care of his ailing grandmother, until a local boy takes him to the Wish Master.
Author
Series
Jack Henry adventure volume 04
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
After moving with his unbearable sister to Miami, Florida, Jack tries to break some of his bad habits but finds himself irresistibly drawn to things disgusting, gross, and weird.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rebecca "Rebel" Blue, a loner rebel and budding artist, reluctantly completes the bucket list of Kennedy Green, an over-committed do-gooder classmate who dies in a car accident following a stint in detention where both girls were forced to consider theirmorality and write bucket lists.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Laura Dyson's seventh grade history teacher schedules a class trip to the slave shack on her grandmother's Texas farm, Laura is forced to come to terms with her family's past and what it means for her future.
10) Prettiest doll
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beauty contestant since she was three, Olivia, now thirteen, has begun feeling limited by her beauty but a shared journey with Danny, a boy struggling with his own appearance, show her she has choices and resources beyond her appearance.
11) What I call life
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Placed in a group foster home, eleven-year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Adam started kindergarten, the teacher wanted him to learn about letters. But "p" looked like "q," and "b" looked like "d." In first grade, he had to put the letters into words so he could read. That was the beginning of the Alphabet War! This engaging picture book will encourage children with dyslexia that their struggles will get easier over time, and provides a great resources for parents and educators.
13) The vacation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his parents go to Africa to work as missionaries, twelve-year-old Henry's eccentric aunts, Pigg and Mag, take him on a cross-country car trip, allowing him to gain insight into his family and himself.
14) Have a nice day
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Anna returns from a three-week stay in a mental hospital she struggles to resume a normal life in the face of her parents' arguments and peers who are afraid to ask her what happened.
15) Trading places
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fifth-grade twins, Amy and Todd, tackle a school project, they also have to cope with issues of friendship at school and problems at home, including their father's unemployment.
16) Lucy the good
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Lucy's great-aunt Bep comes from Holland to Adelaide, Australia, to visit, she is shocked by some of Lucy's behavior, and Lucy begins to wonder about herself. Includes a glossary of Dutch words and a recipe.
17) Vibes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kristi Carmichael has always been able to read people's minds, but when her father returns home two years after he abandoned Kristi and her mother and Gusty, the popular boy Kristi has a crush on, starts showing an interest in her, Kristi begins to wonder if she can read people at all.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ruby feels her life is over when she learns that her parents are splitting up at the same time she hears rumors that she will be fired soon from the television soap opera she has worked on since age six.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Three close friends start down the path of self-discovery and begin to find their own voices. When the twin brother of one of the friends dies in a childish prank, they come together to grapple with feelings of revenge, learn the burden of grief, and to experience the changes of growing up.
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