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Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Boys don't keep diaries—or do they?
The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and
...2) Purplicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pink.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Everyone knows that minnows and sharks can't be friends! Can Nugget and Fang be different?"--
9) Monster
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
10) Crazy Hair Day
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong.
11) Breathless
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
At boarding school, Katie tries to focus on swimming and becoming popular instead of the painful memories of her institutionalized schizophrenic older brother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Groundhog wants to please all the animals, but half of them want spring to come quickly and the other half do not--and all of them think he controls the seasons, so what is a poor groundhog to do on Groundhog Day?
Author
Series
Loser list volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Danny Shine might have gotten his name off the Loser List in the girls' bathroom, but he's still got problems -- like the new kid, Ty Randall. Ty seems perfect: handsome, serious, committed to worthy causes -- everything Danny's not. Will out-of-control jealousy wreck Danny's life, or can he undo the damage before it's too late?"--Amazon.com.
14) Trapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mallory cannot decide what to be on Career Day, it makes her feel like she is not good at anything and she ends up telling a lie that quickly gets out of control.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Unlike the other zombies in Quirkville, Reginald would rather eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich than brains, but getting his hands on one--and keeping the other zombies' hands off the girl who is carrying the sandwich--will not be easy.
17) Pants on fire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having become a proficient liar in order to keep everyone happy, rising high school senior Katie Ellison is stunned when her old middle school friend and local pariah Tommy Sullivan returns to town, and suddenly things start looking a lot different to her.
18) A normal pig
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom, about diversity and difference" --Amazon.com.
19) Game changer
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
While thirteen-year-old Teddy fights for his life after a football injury at training camp, his friends and family gather to support him and discuss events leading to his coma. Told through dialogue, text messages, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy's inner thoughts.--
20) Skateboard save
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Fountas & Pinnell
M
Language
English
Formats
Description
When bullies mess with Riley at the skate park one night, Bernie Chu, the best skater in town, save's Riley's board. The next day, Bernie acts as if he's never seen Riley before. Later, when Bernie's board breaks during the final round of the biggest skating contest of the year, Riley must decide whether to help him or to use the accident to win.
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