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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earth's End--until Papa Niall grows seriously ill. Now Henna is determined to find a legendary, long-extinct plant with miraculous healing powers, even though the search means journeying all the way to St. Basil's Conservatory, a botanical boarding school rumored to house seeds of every plant ever grown. At St. Basil's, Henna is surrounded...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Known as the Roadkill Kid due to his mother's job, middle schooler Jack becomes his mom's assistant as he deals with his parents' divorce, even though he just wants to finally talk to Zoe, his conservationist classmate with the bright green eyes."--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel/prose hybrid which tells the story of a young Japanese American man who leaves his family in the Manzanar internment camp to fight in the European theater during World War II, and of his ten-year-old sister who, frustrated over her brother risking his life for the government that imprisoned them, decides to stop talking until he returns.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Ranodm House LLC, RH Graphic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old homeschooled Katie experiences the ups and downs of growing up and 6th grade--from bad haircuts and friendship breakups to new experiences, new friends, and a new understanding of her OCD"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Seventh grader Hazel Hill is too busy for friends. No, really. She needs to focus on winning the school-wide speech competition and beating her nemesis, the popular and smart Ella Quinn, after last year's embarrassing hyperbole/hyperbowl mishap that cost her first place. But when Hazel discovers Ella is being harassed by golden boy Tyler Harris, she has to choose between winning and doing the right thing. No one would believe that a nice boy like...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing Penny knows about herself for sure. From her point of view, everyone around her can make sense of their place in the world. So why can't Penny even begin to write a poem about herself for school? Then during spring break Penny spots something impossible in the creek behind her house: a dolphin,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed actor and Stonewall Honor-winning author of The Best at It, Maulik Pancholy, comes a new middle grade novel about a gay Indian American boy who learns the power of using his voice. Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn't mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . . When his mom temporarily moves them...
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