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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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From mega-bestselling author Megan McCafferty-author of the beloved Jessica Darling series that the Wall Street Journal called "Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker"-comes a hilarious love letter to the magic and heartache of middle school friendship.
Sophie Dailey is NOT looking forward to starting middle school. For one thing, she doesn't look like other kids. Instead of trendy tank tops, she wears high tech shirts that block UV rays. (Sun protection...
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Moffats volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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A 1943 Newbery Honor Book
Who is Jane Moffat, anyway? She isn't the youngest in the family, and she isn't the oldest-she is always just Jane. How boring. So Jane decides to become a figure of mystery . . . the mysterious "Middle Moffat." But being in the middle is a lot harder than it looks.
In between not rescuing stray dogs, and losing and finding best friends, Jane must secretly look after the oldest inhabitant of Cranbury . . . so he can live...
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Dreamtreaders series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Book #1 in a trilogy from fantasy author Wayne Thomas Batson explores the concept of dreams and their effects on us. People are fascinated by dreams, and the Bible has a great deal to say about them. From Jacob's dream of the heavenly stairway in Genesis 28 to angels visiting Joseph during dreams in Matthew 1 to the Apostle John's "waking dream" from which he obtained the book of Revelation-dreams have been powerful ingredients of God's plan as revealed...
4) On the Run
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Ben has always wanted to be a cop, so he's intrigued when police officers show up at the door, asking for his parents. Then his parents arrive after the police leave and rush him and his sister into the car, insisting they are going on a vacation. Ben's a little skeptical-his family doesn't go on vacations. After they lose the police in a high-speed car chase and end up in a remote cabin deep in the woods, Ben discovers his parents' secret: millions...
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Mean girl makeover volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Bullying doesn't end in the hallway anymore-with a smartphone or tablet, it can happen anywhere.According to the Ambassadors 4 Kids Club, one out of every four students is bullied-and 85% of these situations never receive intervention. Parents, students, and teachers alike have amped up discussions on how to solve the bullying problem for a networked generation of kids. Written by bestselling author, Nancy Rue, each book in the Mean Girl Makeover...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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While on a cross-country road trip, Patrick and his family stop in Ravens Pass. They check in to the only hotel in town. But what they can't see is the place is absolutely packed . . . with ghosts! And if the family doesn't manage to leave by sunrise, they'll be joining the ghouls for a never-ending stay. Packed with creepy black-and-white illustrations and spooky frights, this thrilling Return to Ravens Pass tale will chill young readers to the bone....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"Filled with teachable moments that are perfect for modern-day discussions of race and justice, this is also a story about the complexities of family and choices." –Kirkus "There is also much inspiration to be found in Rosa's resilience and her determination to make something good of her life and not leave her beloved South for a "safer" part of the country. Jackson presents a raw and frank look at what growing up in the deep South during Jim...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Washington Post 2017 KidsPost Summer Book Club selection! New York Public Library Best Books for Kids! "Jackson pulls no punches in the characters' heated discussions and keeps dialogue raw and real..." -Bulletin "Jackson's debut does an excellent job dramatizing the injustice that was epidemic in the pre–civil rights South and capturing the sounds and sensibilities of that time and place. Her sympathetic characters and their stories will...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Eleven-year-old Danny O'Neill has never been what you'd call adventurous. But when he wakes the morning after a storm to find his house empty, his parents gone, and himself able to hear the thoughts of a dying tree, he has no choice but to set out to find answers. He soon learns that the enigmatic Book of Storms holds the key to what he seeks . . . but unraveling its mysteries won't be easy. If he wants to find his family, he'll have to face his worst...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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An Adventure Novel for Middle-Grade Readers Steeped in Magic, Mystery, and Glimmers of Hope-Book 1 in the Dream Keeper Saga
Even though she's only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the world's brokenness. She's seen it in her mother's exhaustion, her grandmother's illness, and the cruelty of Adam, the bully at her school. But most tragically, she experienced it two months ago when her father died in a terrible accident.
As an...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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It's 1920s Chicago-the guns-and-gangster era of Al Capone-and it's unusual for a girl to be selling the Tribune on the street corner. But ten-year-old Isabel Feeney is unusual . . . unusually obsessed with being a news reporter. She can't believe her luck when she stumbles not only into a real-live murder scene, but also into her hero, the famous journalist Maude Collier. The story of how the smart, curious, loyal Isabel fights to defend the honor...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Rebel in the Library of Ever continues Zeno Alexander's acclaimed middle-grade fantasy series with a dangerous takeover of the magical Library as our heroine fights to make knowledge free for everyone.
Lenora returns to the magical Library-which holds every book ever known on its shelves. But she discovers the Library is under new management, its incredible rooms and corridors turned dark and sinister.
She quickly connects with a secret resistance...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"I want to be Ophelia when I grow up!! And I want Oscar to be my BFF-Best Fishy Friend! Snazzy Cat Capers is fabulous, funny and fin-tastic fun with illustrations that pounce off the page."
-Mo O'Hara, New York Times bestselling author of the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series
Save the world. Live to tell the tail.
Ophelia von Hairball V of Burglaria, international kitty of mystery, is always fishing for a new mission im-paws-ible.
So when a...
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Bamboo kingdom volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Explore the secrets of the Bamboo Kingdom in the fourth installment of this thrilling new series from bestselling Warriors author Erin Hunter, perfect for fans of Wings of Fire and Endling.
The Bamboo Kingdom is once again safely led by guidance of a real Dragon Speaker-three Dragon Speakers, in fact!
But a troubling vision from the Great Dragon warns of a "Dark Sun" coming soon. And while Rain, Leaf, and Ghost argue amongst themselves about what...
15) The PS Brothers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Russell and Shawn call themselves the PS Brothers: P is for poop, S is for scoop, and Brothers is because they're best friends. Scooping poop is the fastest way to earn money to buy a puppy. These two are crazy about dogs. And they're sure that once their puppy grows into a tough dog, no one will ever pick on them for being weak or poor again. Unfortunately, getting a puppy is not that easy. Russell and Shawn don't count on uncovering a dog-fighting...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"This sequel [to Tru & Nelle] stands on its own. The writing is gorgeous-not one false stroke. Neri's uneasy peer into a piece of Americana squeezes dribs of hope from precious blood. Totally brilliant. Bravo!" -Rita Williams-Garcia, 3-time Coretta Scott King Award-Winner and Newbery honoree for One Crazy Summer ? "An absorbing story of true friends in troubled times." -Kirkus, starred review "As in Neri's first book about the real-life...
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Tales from Adventureland volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Andy Stanley has never met his famous grandfather, renowned archaeologist and explorer Ned Lostmore. Then Ned goes missing on the search for a hidden temple deep in the Amazonian jungle, and everyone assumes he's dead. But when Andy receives a mysterious letter and key from his grandfather, he is drawn into a quest to stop several lost, magical artifacts from falling into the wrong hands. His adventure takes him deep into the worlds of the attractions...
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Upon a Marigold volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Who knew love could be so amazing-and stupefying? Not Christian. He was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead.
But Christian wasn't warned. And now that he's fallen for the princess, it's up to him to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"Rosie makes a sweet but stubborn protagonist, and she approaches the disappearance of her friend with a sense of pragmatism that balances the more magical elements of the story, making this a compelling blend of mystery and fantasy." -Bulletin "The incorporation of Shakespearean references and poetry gives the story a more mature feel and balances the youthful earnestness of Rosie and Adam. The mystery and magic are subtle, but the little clues...
20) Flying Solo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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When the substitute for Mr. "Fab" Fabiano never shows up and his sixth-grade students are on their own, they set out to prove that they can run the class by themselves. With a little ingenuity and some careful planning, they might just succeed. But when a fight breaks out between Bastian Fauvell and Rachel White over a classmate, Tommy Feathers, who died six months earlier, everything begins to fall apart. Can Rachel deal with the anxieties that plunged...
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