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1) Sisters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Summary: Raina cannot wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things are not quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she is also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship does not improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something does not seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after...
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Series
Plain Janes volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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After a bombing in the city, Jane's parents move to a suburb where she befriends three outcasts--all named Jane--and starts a group called People Loving Art in Neighborhoods, which tries to enrich their community with art but instead is viewed as a threat.
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Series
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"What if the dumbest idea ever turned your life upside down? At thirteen, Jimmy was popular, at the top of his class, and the leading scorer on his basketball team. But all that changed when chicken pox forced him to miss the championship game. Things went from bad to worse when he got pneumonia and missed even more school. Before Jimmy knew it, his grades were sinking and nothing seemed to be going right. How did Jimmy turn things around, get back...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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An action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. They were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology and to our understanding of ourselves.
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Pub. Date
c2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Within days of the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a seven-member commission to investigate the assassination report, the Warren Commission determined that there was "no credible evidence" conflicting with its conclusion of a lone gunman. Artist Ernie Colon, bestselling illustrator of "The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation," teams up with author Dan Mishkin to provide a unique means of testing the commission's findings,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Charlie's the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. But they are friends, however unlikelyuntil Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and the cheerleaders retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake? Student group funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms, but not both....
8) Sisters
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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In graphic novel format, Raina Telgemeier shares the story of her relationship with her younger sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado
9) Ghost hog
Author
Series
Ghost hog volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Truff is the ghost of a young boar, fueled by fury towards the hunter who shot her down. She has a lot to learn about her new afterlife, and thankfully the forest spirits Claude and Stanley are there to guide her! However, they soon find that her parents, along with their fellow animal villagers, have been kidnapped by the malicious mountain demon Mava! Truff wants to help, but... the hunter is finally within her grasp, and if she lets him go, she...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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"An anthology of six original Last Kids short stories, designed to bridge the gap between books 6 and 7, features contributions by prominent graphic artists and finds Jack and his friends spinning yarns about their over-the-top post-apocalyptic adventures."--Provided by publisher.
15) Brave
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Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
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"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social...
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Series
Binky adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Binky has been promoted to lieutenant! It's a job that comes with great responsibility --Binky is in charge of training a new F.U.R.S.T. agent. But when his studetn shows up, Binky finds that this new cadet is nothing like he expected. Not only can't he leap and pounce and claw, he won't even use a litter box like any civilized animal! Worst of all, Binky starts having suspicions about his student's loyalty to the alien-fighting cause. Can Binky...
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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The Scarecrow has returned to the Emerald City, driving General Jinjur out of the castle, however the city is still under siege, occupied by her all-girl army, who are not willing to give up the freedoms they have recently won. Surrounded on all sides Tip, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the others must fully restore the Scarecrow to power and save Oz in the process.