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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Young Alec Ramsay, pulled to a deserted island by the wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, spends his days slowly building trust with "Black" while working to keep them both alive until they can be rescued.
5) I'm not
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl discovers that best friends can enjoy and do well at different things as long as they are good at being friends.
6) Hey, Presto!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Friends Presto and Monty open a very successful magic show at the carnival, but Monty not only steals the spotlight, he starts to treat Presto very badly putting the show, and their friendship, at risk.
7) The new kid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When almost-nine-year-old Carson Blum and his father move to Northern California, he is worried about adjusting to his new, large, public school and finding friends.
8) Picture day
Author
Series
Brinkley yearbooks volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Viv never looks forward to picture day. Her mom always makes her wear a boring braid, and no one at school notices her--aside from her two best friends, Milo and Al, of course. But enough is enough. This year, Viv is taking matters into her own hands. Literally. Enter: a pair of scissors. And, well, a new hairstyle. Just in time for photos! Suddenly Viv is an overnight trendsetter at Brinkley Middle School. Everyone wants her help planning their...
9) The cay
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume Prequel
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
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 Penny, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making them wildly popular--online, at least.
12) 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
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors--and each other. Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine. Celine Bangura is...
14) Elmore
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Suffering rejection and heartache from the other forest animals, Elmore the porcupine finds ways to connect with the other animals and move past his spikes.
17) Always Anjali
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Anjali and her friends are excited to buy matching personalized license plates for their bikes--but Anjali can't find a plate with her name. She is often teased about her "different" name, and this is the last straw. Anjali is so upset that she demands her parents let her pick a new name! When they refuse, Anjali decides to take a closer look at who she is--beyond her name--and why being different means being marvelous.
Author
Series
Pizza and Taco volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Besties Pizza and Taco are on a mission to prove they're not scared of anything, including scary movies and Ghost Peppers"--Provided by publisher.
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