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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs. Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs...
663) Brotherhood
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1867, and the South has lost the Civil War. Those on the lowest rungs, like Shad's family, fear that the freed slaves will take the few jobs available. In this climate of despair and fear, a group has formed. Today we know it as the KKK"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing Penny knows about herself for sure. From her point of view, everyone around her can make sense of their place in the world. So why can't Penny even begin to write a poem about herself for school? Then during spring break Penny spots something impossible in the creek behind her house: a dolphin,...
665) QB 1
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes volume 7
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Third-grader EllRay dreads the upcoming Winter Wonderland school assembly in which he must emcee and sing "Jingle Bell Rock."
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First hardcover edition, October 2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
253 pages : genealogical table ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion"--Amazon.com.
668) The beach trip
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Martinez family is headed for a weekend at the beach, along with their friends, but Sofia has packed so many games that she does not have room for clothes.
669) Allie's bayou rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life isn't always easy lately for twelve-year-old Allie Carroway in the Louisiana Bayou. Combine her allergies, asthma, and a possible move away from extended family and the family's reality TV show, Carried Away with the Carroways, and Allie has a recipe for potential disaster. On top of everything else is the exciting addition of a new cousin to the group--but Hunter is a twelve-year-old boy! Allie and her cousins, Kendall, Ruby, and Lola, have...
670) Gymnastics queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 pages : col. illustrated ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Summer Olympics inspires Kylie Jean Carter to take gymnastics lessons, but even better than that is making a new friend, Abby, who is deaf, and starting to learn sign language.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Physical Desc
468 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England. Includes movie stills from the 2019 feature film directed by Greta Gerwig.
Author
Series
Jasmine Green rescues volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
With a veterinarian mother and farmer father, Jasmine Green was bound to love animals so when she visits a new litter of piglets and finds a neglected runt, she is determined to save it--secretly.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
189 p.: 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in America in 1935.
674) The bluest sky
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There are two versions of Hector: the public and the private. It's the only way to survive in communist Cuba--especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Hector must always be seen as a fierce supporter of the regime, even if that means loudly rejecting the father he still loves. But in the summer of 1980, those two versions are hard to keep separate. No longer able to suppress a public uprising, the Cuban...
675) Tight
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his quick-tempered father gets in a fight and is sent back to jail, sixth-grader Bryan, known for being quiet and thoughtful, snaps and follows new friend Mike into trouble.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta's life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. Nearsighted, snaggletoothed Gusta arrives in Springdale, Maine, lugging her one precious possession: a beloved old French horn, her...