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Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 14
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an unexpected inheritance gives Greg Heffley's family a chance to make big changes to their house, they soon discover that renovations may not be worth the effort.
3) Mockingbird
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The twelve kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek K-12 have been together all their lives so when graceful Orchid Mason arrives, with exotic clothes and glorious hair, the other seventh graders do not know what to think.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
244 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Norvia moves from Beaver Island to Boyne City in 1914, she has to contend with a new school, a first crush, and a blended family, but she also must keep secret her parents' divorce and her Ojibwe heritage. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Greg records his sixth-grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
118 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When World War I breaks out, nine-year-old Anna thinks of a way to save her family's beloved New York City doll repair shop. Includes brief author's note about the history of the Madame Alexander doll, a glossary, and timeline.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
152 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unhappy that his parents are expecting a baby and that his birthday party will be nothing special this year, fifth-grader Hank decides to celebrate by doing his favorite things, with only his new pet tarantula, Rosa, for company.
Author
Series
The Genius Files volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Coke and Pepsi McDonald continue on their dangerous cross-county road trip, stopping at strange-but-real destinations in the South and facing such perils as an evil Elvis impersonator, a vat of acidic soda, and a giant recycling shredder"--
14) Never say genius
Author
Series
The Genius Files volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
277 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As their cross-country journey with their parents continues through the midwest, twins Coke and Pepsi, now thirteen, again face strange assassins at such places as the first McDonald's restaurant and Cedar Point amusement park.
15) Listen to this
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from two perspectives, Lily and Will deal with the tumult of seventh grade including secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and a first dance.
16) 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.
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.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
19) Goodbye stranger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't...