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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Marlin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back"--
6) Wildoak
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard, in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
West 44 Books
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 v.
Language
English
Description
It's the first day of middle school. Amy Price knows that's the most important day for making an impression on people. With her stutter, Amy has a hard time making friends. She has one dream, to be the class president. If only people could see her as a leader. Amy might be stuck sitting alone at lunch the first day. That is, until she find the Weirdo Table. They are all very different, but Amy finds a friendship in this unlikely place, and perhaps,...
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha graphic novel volume 2
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
August 2021.
Edition
First graphic novel edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
247 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Longing to be part of the summer stock performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Jacky Hart must discover if juggling responsibilities is one of her many talents.
9) Sadie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Working a summer job on the Jersey Shore, Jacky Hart, who wanted nothing more than to act and sing all summer, must juggle serious responsibilities in order to participate in a stock performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
11) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-ha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Billy Plimpton wants to be a famous comedian when he grows up but his stutter is getting in the way, and right now he is so worried about being made fun of by the kids in his new school that he plans on not talking at all, but the plan backfires because his persistent silence only draws attention of the school bully--and Billy realizes that he needs another plan, one that does not depend on him speaking without a stutter.
13) Paperboy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
14) Copyboy
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Newspaper copyboy Victor Vollmer sets out from Memphis to spread the ashes of Mr. Spiro, his friend and mentor, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and with the help of new friend Philomene he may meet the challenge.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The renowned wildlife conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First graphic novel edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
230 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Adapted from James Patterson's #1 bestselling story, this hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel introduces Jacky Ha-Ha, a class clown who makes people laugh with her so they can't laugh at her! With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation--even when it's a bad idea--Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her from thinking about not-so-funny things in her life, like her mom serving in a dangerous,...