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1) I like me!
Author
Publisher
Viking Kestrel
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
[32] p. : chiefly ill. (all. col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Citing how over-protected youth are ill-equipped to handle the demands of the real world, a guide to raising self-reliant young adults explains how to revive core formative experiences to create responsible, active, and engaged citizens.
5) Roawr!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) ; col. ill
Language
English
Description
When Liam hears a load roar in the middle of the night, he must use all his ingenuity to protect his sleeping mother from a hungry bear.
6) The River
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : illus.
Language
English
Description
When Christina quits her family so she can do whatever she pleases, ignoring her brother and her parents, she finds total self-reliance can sometimes be lonely.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p.: col. ill.; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a young boy asks for help in doing various things throughout the day, he expresses his gratitude to those who came to his aid.
Author
Series
Mister Max volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
367 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Max's parents leave the country without him, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own--rather unusual--business"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
242 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this colorfully illustrated book of encouragements, John Cena urges young readers to be who they are, act to make the world a better place, and never stop striving"--
Author
Publisher
Raven Tree Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
English-only ed., 1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little girl meets a coyote on her way to visit her grandmother in a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Enamored of history, young Imogene Tripp tries to save her town's historical society from being demolished in order to build a shoelace factory. Includes notes about historical figures quoted in the story.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
304 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A homesteading guide helps readers develop new skills in the kitchen, garden, and outdoors, featuring over one hundred recipes for garden-to-table dishes, small-space gardening advice, and DIY projects.
17) Salvage
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
520 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Ava, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated, conservative deep space merchant ship Parastrata, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean. How will she build a future on an Earth ravaged by climate change?"-- Provided by publisher.
19) The haymeadow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep
20) I'll be there
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy and his mother talk about what she did for him as a baby, what he can do for himself now, and that she will always be there when he needs her.