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Seven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
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DJ thinks of himself as a leader - always out in front, always in charge and able to accomplish anything. So when he goes to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and scatter his grandfather's ashes, he is sure it won't be that difficult - how hard is a bit of hiking? But DJ Find that it will take everyting he's got to make it to the top - and he's going to need help.
2) Sleeper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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DJ wants it all: the car, the girl and the truth about his grandfather. After jetting across the Atlantic, DJ follows a series of obscure clues and symbols that lead him deep into the world of British espionage, complete with guns, double agents and a vintage E-type Jag.
3) House party
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Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Trying desperately to fit in and make friends, Casey and her friend hold a house party when her parents are out of town.
5) Overdrive
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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When Jake is involved in a street-racing accident, he struggles to do the right thing.
6) Tagged
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The city is cracking down on graffiti and guerilla art. Between that and cutbacks to the local art gallery it seems like nothing is safe. But Oswald, masquerading as a graffiti artist known as The Wiz, is fighting back—by painting elaborate murals in public places and planting art in the galleries, and then by taking on the mayor himself. As the fight escalates and the stakes become higher, Oswald gets in deeper than he meant to and needs to...
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English
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"Nothing to Fear" is an episode inspired by The Rule of Three, the opening novel in Eric Walter's trilogy of the same name about the terrifying challenges faced by an ordinary suburban kid, his family, and his neighbors, in the first days and weeks and months after a viral catastrophe causes the world to go dark. Sixteen-year-old Adam Daley is taking his girlfriend, Lori, on a picnic in his homemade ultralight aircraft-one of the few computer-free...
8) Innocent
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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After the orphanage she lives in is destroyed by fire, Betty, an innocent and trusting teen, takes a job as a maid in Kingston, Ontario. Welcomed into the household of the wealthy Remington clan, Betty makes friends with the staff at the house and soon discovers that her mother had also been a maid there-and that her father is in a nearby jail, convicted of murdering her mother. When she meets her father, she is taken aback by his claims of innocence,...
9) Grind
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
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Description
When Wally is badly injured skateboarding, Phillip must decide what is more important-- skating or making things right with friends. Philip lives for skateboarding. School is merely the break between trying to land a difficult jump and outrunning the security guards. When he and his best friend Wally meet a professional skate-boarder who videotapes himself for his website, Philip thinks they can do it too-and make money at the same time. When they...
10) Caged Eagles
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English
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When Canada went to war with Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Canadians of Japanese descent were declared "Enemy Aliens." Without recourse of any kind, they were forced to leave their homes along with the British Columbia coast, their possessions were sold, and their rights as citizens denied. Caged Eagles follows fourteen-year-old Tadashi Fukushima and his family as they embark on a tortuous physical and emotional journey. Along with...
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English
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During WWII, Jed's English father serves as a fighter pilot overseas, while Jed and his mother move back to her Tsimshian community on Canada's west coast. When the military sets up a naval base in town, Jed is hired to help out, honored it seems, for both his father's bravery and his own native skills as a hunter. Presented with a military jacket, Jed finds an allegiance to his country and a pride in his mixed heritage that he's never felt before.
But...
12) Juice
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
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Moose must decide if he should risk taking steroids to become a big star on the football team. When a Division One coach comes to their smaller school to bring the football program up to contender status, Moose and the rest of the players on the team are pumped. Coach Barnes has new ideas and a vision for the future-nothing is too good for his players. With a new training regimen, everything seems to be on a winning track. But when Moose and others...
13) Stuffed
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English
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When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian decides to start a boycott and stop everyone he can from eating at Frankie's, a huge fast-food chain with a questionable menu. The boycott takes off and Frankie's gets concerned. The company's lawyers threaten Ian and his friends and try to force them to stop the boycott. Ian must convince others that the boycott is a good idea. Can Ian stand up for...
14) A toda velocidad
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Español
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Jake consiguió por fin su licencia de manejo y esta noche además puede usar el auto de su hermano. Junto con su amigo Mickey, Jake sale a pasear en el auto. Cuando desafían a otro conductor a una carrera callejera, una desastrosa reacción en cadena provoca un accidente. Jake y Mickey abandonan el lugar y tratan de convencerse de que son inocentes. Pero Jake no puede simplemente hacer como si nada hubiera pasado y se siente muy confundido. ¿Tendría...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
Jake consiguió por fin su licencia de manejo y esta noche además puede usar el auto de su hermano. Junto con su amigo Mickey, Jake sale a pasear en el auto. Cuando desafían a otro conductor a una carrera callejera, una desastrosa reacción en cadena provoca un accidente. Jake y Mickey abandonan el lugar y tratan de convencerse de que son inocentes. Pero Jake no puede simplemente hacer como si nada hubiera pasado y se siente muy confundido. ¿Tendría...
16) Flight plan
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English
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In this YA thriller, thirteen-year-old Jamie's flight is just taking off when all technology fails, plunging the world into chaos. After the pilot manages to land the plane safely, Jamie sets out on the perilous 1,200-mile journey home with the flight crew and a small group of determined passengers. When the world turns to chaos, home is all that's left.
When all technology breaks down and he's far from home, thirteen-year-old Jamie learns he's...
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Español
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Luego de ver un documental sobre los problemas de salud que provoca la comida rápida, Ian organiza un boicot para que la gente no coma en Frankie's, una cadena de restaurantes con un pésimo menú. Los abogados de la empresa tratan entonces de detenerlo. ¿Podrá Ian luchar por sus convicciones? ¿Será posible ganarle a una corporación gigantesca?
When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian...
18) A reventar
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Español
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Luego de ver un documental sobre los problemas de salud que provoca la comida rápida, Ian organiza un boicot para que la gente no coma en Frankie's, una cadena de restaurantes con un pésimo menú. Los abogados de la empresa tratan entonces de detenerlo. ¿Podrá Ian luchar por sus convicciones? ¿Será posible ganarle a una corporación gigantesca?
When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian...
19) Branded
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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The principal announces that the school is implementing uniforms, and Ian finds himself caught in a conflict.
Julia, the student body president and Ian's friend, wants Ian to devise a plan to fight the decision, but the principal is determined to convince Ian the uniforms are a good idea. Ian doesn't see the problem with uniforms and wants nothing to do with the issue, but while doing research for a social-justice class,
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