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21) I am a bear
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A homeless bear living in a city has a hard time getting by, but when a little girl makes friends with him, his life becomes brighter.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Tina and two friends leave Kenya and slip into the Congo, from where she and her mother fled years before, seeking revenge for her mother's murder but uncovering startling secrets.
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best chimney climber who ever lived. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she get's rescued by a golem.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays. Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing for days, slowing down the family's progress and adding...
Author
Series
Fitzgerald-Trouts volume 3
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"The plucky Fitzgerald-Trout siblings (who live on a tropical island where the grown-ups are useless but the kids can drive) are back! After losing the boat that had become their home, oldest Fitzgerald-Trout, Kim, has put finding a home back on her to-do list. When her sixth-grade history assignment offers a clue about the ruins of a volcanic house built by an explorer on Mount Muldoon, she and her siblings set out to find it. The castle they discover...
28) Rez runaway
Author
Series
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Publishers
Language
English
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Description
Raised on a reserve in northern Ontario, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows he's different -- he's more interested in guys than in any of the girls he knows. One night Joe makes a drunken pass at his best friend Benjy and, by the next morning, everyone on the rez is talking about Joe. His mother, a devout Christian, is horrified, and the kids who are supposed to be his friends make it clear there's no...
29) No fixed address
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.
Author
Series
Fitzgerald-Trouts volume 2
Publisher
Tundra
Language
English
Description
The delightfully self-reliant siblings continue their search for a home. This time, their pursuit will bring them face-to-face with a flood, illegal carnivorous plants, and the chance to win an extraordinary prize at a carnival. Will they finally find the place they truly belong?
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