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2) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
Author
Language
English
Description
Marie-Ange Hawkins lives an idyllic life in her family's French chateau until a tragic accident leaves her orphaned. Sent to America to work on her great-aunt's farm, she longs for a way home. When a young French widower offers her love and a tremendous gift--her old chateau--her life seems charmed again. But eventually a mysterious woman shows her that her life is not all it seems.
5) Persuasion
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Description
At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
7) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the story for younger readers. It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key parts of the story including Heidi's friendship with Peter, her life in Frankfurt with Clara, and fascinating details about life in the mountains
8) Peter Pan
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
AD 900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
J. M. Barrie's classic children's story is reimagined in this delightful full-color deluxe edition filled with all-new illustrations and ten removable features specially designed by MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter films. For more than a century, the adventures of Peter Pan-the boy who can fly and never grows up-and Wendy Darling have captured the hearts of generations of readers. In this enchanting...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
Great story of human courage and dedication recounted in autobiography of a remarkable woman: the magical moment when Miss Keller first recognizes the connection between words and objects, her joy at learning how to speak, friendships with notable figures, her education at Radcliffe and an extraordinary relationship with her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan. An unforgettable portrait of one of the 20th century's outstanding women.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Sam Castine is at summer camp while his mother is in rehab, but when the camp is evacuated ahead of a fast moving wildfire, he makes the mistake of going back for his phone, and finds himself left behind, disoriented, and running for his life, together with a girl, Delphy, from a different camp--finding an old jeep keeps them going, but in the wilds of Maine, there are only logging roads and the deadly crown fire is everywhere"--WorldCat....
Author
Series
Stella Diaz volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
In her first middle-grade novel, award-winning picture book author and illustrator Angela Dominguez tells a heartwarming story based on her own experiences growing up Mexican-American. Stella Díaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho. But Stella Díaz is not a betta fish. Betta fish like to be alone, while Stella loves spending time with her mom and brother and her best friend Jenny. Trouble is, Jenny is in another class this...
12) The Flyers
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Picked to become an intern at her favorite teen magazine and spend an adventure-packed summer, between seventh and eighth grades, in New York City, Elena is excited but also worried about losing her best friend.
Author
Series
Annie's Quilted Mysteries volume 12
Language
English
Description
Emma Cotton and Kelly Grace, best friends and business partners, have been on the trail of a murderer for nearly two years. And they are down to their last suspect. Danielle Moore, now known as Mary Jones, is the last student from Rose Peterson's college class Emma and Kelly need to track down. Was Mary involved in Rose's death? If so, that would explain her taking an alias and going underground since then. Either she was the killer, or she knows...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Emma Cotton is sure in her heart that the trail to the killer of her friend Rose Peterson is nearing an end. Chase Meyer is the next-to-last male suspect, and it was a man's DNA that was found under Rose's fingernails when she died fifteen years ago. He has to be the murderer. And Emma and her aunt intend to prove it -- once they find him. It seems Meyer has recently gone missing.
Author
Series
Annie's sweet intrigue ; volume 01
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
'Julianne Montgomery returns to her hometown to heal from the death of her husband, David, and find solace in the familiar surrounds. As Julianne settles into her new house and job, she struggles to put the tragedy behind her and rebuild her life. Late one night, Julianne receives the shock of her lifetime when her dead husband shows up on her doorstep very much alive and with a gunshot wound. David insists that Julianne is in danger and begs her...
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