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1) Old school
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1170L
Physical Desc
x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Life was hard for children during the Great Depression: kids had to do without new clothes, shoes, or toys, and many couldn't attend school because they had to work. Even so, life still had its bright spots. Take a closer look at the lives of young Americans during this era.
3) Wave
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
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Description
As a young woman, Anne Shirley is embracing adulthood by becoming a productive member of society making the transition from imaginative student to respected schoolteacher. In this classic coming of age story, Anne navigates various challenges that tempt old habits and test her new maturity. A now 16-year-old Anne continues to live with Marilla in the quaint farming town of Avonlea. While poised to start a new teaching position, Anne struggles to balance...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the newest member of the BSC, Dawn is eager to prove herself. So when a big job comes along, she jumps at the chance to show everyone what she's made of. The Barretts are even more challenging than Dawn expected. The house is a mess. Mrs. Barrett is unreliable, and the kids are out of control. Dawn knows she's a great baby-sitter, but this is impossible! She only knows one thing for sure--a member of the BSC never gives up!"--P. [4] of cover.
7) Peter Pan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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Description
"All children grow up. All except one. When Wendy and her brothers discover a boy named Peter Pan looking for his shadow, they can t decide what makes him more magical: the fact that he can fly, or that he never grows up! This abridged retelling is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the marvelous Neverland, jealous Tinker Bell, and menacing Captain Hook." -Provided by Publisher
Author
Series
Wish Library volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Second-grader Raven faces her fear of public speaking and makes a new friend when her wish backfires.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club (revised editions) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Kristy Thomas's mother decides to get married again, Kristy and her friends in the Baby-sitters Club have to cope with all the small children that her family and friends are bringing to the wedding.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organize...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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Description
"One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." That's what Marilla Cuthbert says about Anne, the lively red-headed orphan she and her brother Matthew adopt. For decades, girls have agreed, eagerly reading every book in Lucy Maud Montgomery's series that chronicles Anne's coming of age.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say ... HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on ... books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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Description
"When the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious, neglected garden. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets . . . and make it blossom once again." -Provided by Publisher
16) Echo Mountain
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Ellie and her family lose livelihood and move to a mountain cabin in 1934, she quickly learns to be an outdoors woman and, when needed, a healer.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell.
18) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
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Description
"Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London, it follows Black Beauty's life and changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era." -Provided by Publisher
Author
Series
Finniverse volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"When Earth is threatened by an invading race of bugs called the Plague, 11-year-old Finn, his arch-nemesis, Lincoln, his crush, Julep, and one pink unicorn lunchbox become Earth's last best hope against destruction"--
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
During one of Bonnie's post-Christmas playdates, the Toy Story crew find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to ever return to Bonnie's room.
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