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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
When their father dies, the Dashwood women--Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, Marianne, and young Margaret--are plunged into poverty. Things take a turn for the better when sensible Elinor finds herself falling deeply in love with shy kindred spirit Edward Ferrars. But they are soon split apart when the Dashwoods move to a small cottage on the country estate of distant relatives. There Marianne, an impulsive romantic, is swept off her feet by the seemingly perfect...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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In 1972, after his older brother is killed in a car crash, Peter Lee's mother is paralyzed by grief and his traditional Chinese father seems emotionally frozen; but Peter hopes that if he joins a Little League team in Pittsburgh he can reawaken the passion for baseball that all the members of his family used to share and bring them back to life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Originally published in Japanese: Tokyo : Shinchosha, 1937.
Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and advice in 1937 Japan.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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"Amelia Bedelia and her mother share a summer vacation home at the shore with her aunt Mary and her cousin Jason, who has a wicked sense of adventure and a nose for trouble"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
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When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
9) Peter Pan
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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"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
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
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Description
Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world.
12) Becoming Beatriz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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"In 1984 in the barrios of Newark, Beatriz Mendez is looking forward to dancing at her fifteenth birthday, because dancing is her true passion in life, but when her brother Juni, gang-leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Diablos, is killed by the rival Haitian Macoute gang she finds herself thrust into the role of gang-leader and drug dealer--until she meets Nassar, a dorky Haitian boy who shares and reignites her passion for dancing."--
1984, in...
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Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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In a graphic novel adaptation of the book, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
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"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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When thirteen-year-old David Greenberg's best friend makes the start of middle school even worse than he feared it could be, David becomes friends with Sophie, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making them wildly popular--online, at least.
16) Dead flip
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Language
English
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"Eighteen-year-olds Cori and Maz, once inseparable best friends, reunite to solve the mystery of what happened to their other friend Sam--who disappeared five years ago and has now returned, not having aged at all"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
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Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for. Life is happy and peaceful in their gipsy caravan, until one day Danny discovers his dad has been breaking the law. What's more, soon Danny has to join his father as they attempt to pull off a daring and devilish plot against their horrible, greedy neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell.
18) One last shot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive drive and love for sports Malcolm has never shared. That is, until Malcolm discovers miniature golf, the one sport he actually enjoys. Maybe it's the way in which every hole is a puzzle to be solved. Or the whimsy of the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"Based on the spellbinding world of the Walt Disney Studios film, Tomorrowland, this original prequel novel features a 20-page comic book and unlocks a place of unfathomable science and technology and the famous people behind it. The year is 1939. A secret society of extraordinary geniuses is about to share an incredible discovery with the world. A misguided enemy - half man, half machine - will stop at nothing to prevent the group from giving this...
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