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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
When the teen creator of "Monstrous Sea," a popular webcomic, is tempted by a school newcomer to pursue real-world relationships, everything she has worked so hard to build crumbles in the wake of their highly publicized romance.
Author
Series
Aurora County trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.
4) Save Rafe!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
"Middle schooler Rafe Khachadorian faces his greatest challenge yet as he struggles to complete a week-long wilderness survival course to prove to his school administrators that he can succeed." --
5) The river
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. Sequel to "Hatchet."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time."-- Provided by publisher.
7) Tex
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.
10) Firstlife
Author
Series
Everlife volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Tenley "Ten" Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl...who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let her parents choose where she'll live-after she dies. There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death. In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad,...
Author
Language
English
Description
An empowerment-focused keepsake edition of one of the world's best-loved picture books.
40 years. 7 million copies. 1 kick-ass princess who has inspired generations of readers to stand up for themselves.
How do you celebrate an occasion as special as 40 years in print for a book as beloved as The Paper Bag Princess? You track down some of the most poignant commentary about the story; you share behind-the-scenes insights from the author and his...
12) Saving Winslow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"Perfect for fans of Charlotte's Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and NewberyMedal winner Sharon Creech. Louie doesn't have the best luck when it comes to nurturing small creatures. So when his father brings home a sickly newborn mini donkey, he's determined to save him. He...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
"A keepsake edition of one of the world's best-loved picture books. Forty years. Seven million copies. One princess who has inspired four generations of readers to stand up for themselves. How do you celebrate an occasion as special as 40 years in print for a book as beloved as The Paper Bag Princess? You track down some of the most poignant commentary about the story; you share behind-the-scenes insights from the author and his partner; and you present...
14) All by myself
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 230L
Language
English
Description
All the many things a young child can do independently are demonstrated, (tying shoes, riding bike, kicking ball), but there is one thing one cannot do alone.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
18) All by myself!
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child shows all the things he has learned to do all on his own.
Author
Series
Spectacular spelling bee volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Terribly shy, India Wimple is brilliant at spelling and her loving family will do whatever it takes to help her compete in a televised national spelling bee in Sydney, Australia."--Title verso page.
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