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2) Messenger
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
5) Cold snap
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When a mysterious abandoned bus bearing a sign that says "Heaven" appears on the street where Stella lives, local life changes significantly as she and her neighbors observe the discarded litter inside the bus and a pair of nesting sparrows in its engines.
10) Dogosaurus Rex
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ben selects from the shelter a most unusual "dog" that wreaks havoc in town until she has a chance to prove her worth.
11) Who will you be?
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about how family and community help shape the wonderful people our children become"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When future filmmaker Rosie, age twelve, decides to make a documentary about the miracles in her town in hopes of connecting with the father she never knew, she discovers what true magic is. Includes recipes.
Author
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Language
English
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Description
A rhyming celebration of community features a diverse cast of children who invite readers to cheer along as they honor the important contributions of people who help make communities work, from teachers and police officers to librarians and families
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 26
Publisher
Little Simon
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Heidi discovers that helping to clean up can be fun, so she brings her community together to make the neglected "Trash Park" beautiful again.
17) Be a tree!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Compares the structures and functions of trees to human bodies, shows the interconnectness and dependence of trees in a forest, and urges readers to communicate, share, and care for one another. Includes notes on the anatomy of a tree, ways to help save trees, and how to help in one's community.
18) Together we grow
Author
Publisher
A Paula Wiseman book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
When a bad storm drives all of the farm animals into the barn, can they set aside their fears and welcome wild animals, too?
Author
Publisher
CrackBoom!
Language
English
Description
In this picture book that encourages tolerance, love and open-mindedness, Aria introduces readers to all of the unique families in her village, from Judith, whose father identifies as transgender, to Lily who was adopted by her two adoring fathers.
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