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1) Birdland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jed spends Christmas break working on a school project filming a documentary about his East Village, New York City, neighborhood, where he is continually reminded of his older brother, Zeke, a promising poet who died the summer before.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
When jobs typically done by humans are replaced with alien technology from the vuvv, Adam's parents have no money for food, clean water, or medicine. Adam and his girlfriend Chloe are forced to get creative.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft - a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an overprotective grandmother - the closest thing to happiness is hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto Theatre watching Bride of Frankenstein for the umpteenth time. Of course he waits for the lights to dim before making an entrance, so that his own lurching down the aisle doesn't look like an ad for Monster Week. The last person he wants to run into is drugged-up...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
High schooler Ben Bancroft, a budding filmmaker with cerebral palsy, struggles to understand his relationship with drug-addict Colleen while he explores a new friendship with A.J., who shares his obsession with movies and makes a good impression on Ben's grandmother.
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