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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks.
When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles...
When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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It's the start of winter, and Patrick is beginning to feel crowded out of his own family. His father's friend, Linda, and her seven-year-old daughter, Claire, are coming for dinner again. By the time spring arrives, not only is Patrick's father planning to marry Linda, but she and Claire will be coming to live with them at the summer's end. That just won't do. So Patrick comes up with a big idea. He'll build a tree house where he can stretch out his...
3) Stepfamily
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
When a child's parent remarries, that child gains a new parent, and often, new siblings. This can be a wonderful thing, but it can also come with its own unique set of challenges. This informative volume is designed to help readers navigate and learn from these challenges. Relatable stories are presented through the use of colorful illustrations and accessible text that readers of all ages will benefit from. This book is an essential addition to any...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and most popular tale, two siblings must save their stepsister from the clutches of a vengeful ghost.
When their mom remarries, Molly and her brother, Michael, try to make friends with their new stepsister, Heather. But Heather only wants to make trouble for them. She lies and tattles and misbehaves, and somehow they always get the blame. They know she's trying...
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Battle dragons volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Banished from Drakopolis to the desolate frontier town of Glassblower's Gulch, Abel and his family must face a harsh new reality: life without dragons. Far from the lights and lizards of the megacity, Abel's new home effectively bans the great beasts. Anyone caught smuggling dragons is hauled away by the ruthless sheriff and her fearsome deputies. They have the only dragons in town, and they run the dreaded dragon rodeo, which pits those who fall...
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Penelope Crumb volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Penelope Crumb's large nose leads to a family discovery.
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Front desk volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
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Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"In the early 2000s, thirteen-year-old Katie Van Heidrich has moved more times that she can count, for as long as she can remember. There were the slow moves where you see the whole thing coming. There were the fast ones where you grab what you can in seconds. When Katie and her family come back from an out-of-town funeral, they discover their landlord has unceremoniously evicted them, forcing them to pack lightly and move quickly. They make their...
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Tundra
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind him yet. Armed with notebooks and pens, Peter puts his observation and...
11) Secondhand dogs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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When a new dog named Decker arrives in Miss Lottie's home and convinces Moon Pie to embark on an impossible journey, Gus, the insecure pack leader, must gather his courage to bring Moon Pie home.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Heffley family is stuck indoors during a blizzard. But will they weather the storm?
13) Leeva at last
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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This third story about the madcap family introduced in Stephanie Tolan's Newbery Honor Book Surviving the Applewhites features even more outlandish adventures and will appeal to fans of the Applewhites and those meeting them for the first time.
E.D. and Jake are doing their best to forget their bewildering kiss-after all, they're practically family-and get back to "normal" life with the decidedly abnormal, highly creative Applewhites.
When the family's...
15) Almost super
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Two brothers in a family of superheroes are forced to reexamine everything they knew about being super when the powers they receive are total duds and their enemy is revealed to be just like they are.
16) Fast pitch
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending--and family-name-ruining--crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever"--
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Front desk volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade...
18) Crenshaw
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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When Jackson and his family face living in their minivan, Jackson's imaginary cat Crenshaw returns to help him.
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Vanderbeekers volume 7
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a newly-made and critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down. In the poignant conclusion to the bestselling Vanderbeekers series, the...
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Lolo volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Join Lolo as she makes homemade soup for her mom, grows a tomato plant, faces down a scary noise at night, and takes a vacation with some unexpected detours"--
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