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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep, accusing Pete's father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete's family?"--
3) Left out
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2016
Edition
1st edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tim Green, a former NFL player, writes an action-packed story about one boy's journey to change how others see him, both on and off the field.
4) All shook up
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
261 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Josh goes to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers--to his horror--that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
128 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Evan visits an old toy store and buys a dusty can of monster blood. It is fun to play with at first, but then Evan notices it is growing, and getting an appetite.
7) Rebound
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
414 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
Author
Series
The Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
174 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Siblings Evan and Jessie must solve the mystery of a missing cherished family treasure while coming to terms with their beloved grandmother's unsettling behavior.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
202 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.
11) The line tender
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Not having school for two weeks gives Tom time to do important things, such as inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dory, the youngest in her family, is a girl with a very active imagination. She spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend, pretending to be a dog, battling monsters, and generally driving her family nuts.
15) Caboose mystery
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c1966
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the Aldens' train journey they find that Caboose Number 777 has a secret, and they discover clues about its past at every stop.
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
c2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story. Maddie is a normal twelve-year-old, but when a CT scan reveals she has a brain tumor, it will take all her imagination, courage, and support from her friends and family to meet this new challenge.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Abbey's father falls into a coma and is accused of a crime he didn't commit, Abbey sets out to prove his innocence--and repay a century-old debt.
18) Free verse
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left and nowhere to turn, but soon discovers family she didn't know she had, and begins to heal through poetry"--
Author
Series
Publisher
West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
52 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jayden Jackson is always in trouble. He has a quick temper and gets detention on the regular. When Jayden meets rule-following Eli, they find common ground in the music they love. But Jayden can't tell Eli the truth behind his anger: that his dad is in jail. Jayden has fun hanging out with Eli, but can he really let another person in and show them who he really is?"--Provided by the publisher.