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1) Matilda
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
2) Sit still!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patrick has difficulty sitting still until his mother comes up with a plan to help him.
4) Ashes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1932 Berlin, thirteen-year-old Gaby Schramm witnesses the beginning of Hitler's rise to power, as soldiers become ubiquitous, her beloved literature teacher starts wearing a jewelled swastika pin, and the family's dear friend, Albert Einstein, leaves the country while Gaby's parents secretly bury his books and papers in their small yard.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Helen is not entirely sure she is looking forward to spending the next six months on board the Karluk, a ship headed on an Arctic expedition. But with the recent death of her father, it is the only work her seamstress mother can find. Helen's nine year-old brother, Michael, is delighted to be off on a real adventure but neither he nor Helen could have realized just how extraordinary this trip would be. The ship's hard-bitten captain,...
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Series
Last kids on Earth volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Adventure abounds as the best buddies, Quint and Dirk, encounter new monsters and embark on a postapocalyptic quest for the ages.
Author
Series
Pippi Longstocking volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tommy and Annika have a new neighbor, Pippi Longstocking, who has a horse, a monkey, upside-down braids, no grown-ups telling her what to do, and a way of making everything exciting.
11) The Sunbird
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
A deadly plague rages through Aksum, and only one boy can uncover the traitor who spreads the disease and threatens to destroy the kingdom Telemakos, a descendant of both British and Aksumite rulers, has always been an outcast, but his resolve, loyalty, and bravery have never failed his royal heritage. When a plague spreads through the kingdom of Aksum, his aunt Goewin, British ambassador to Aksum, calls upon Telemakos to travel to the Afar desert...
12) Akata woman
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Series
Language
English
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Description
With the help of her friends, fifteen-year-old Sunny embarks on a mission to find a precious object and return it to the spider deity Udide, but defeating the guardians of Udide's ghazal will put all of Sunny's hard lessons and abilities to the test.
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Series
Horrible Harry volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Horrible Harry must defend his reputation as a detective by cracking the secret code of Mrs. Funderburke's lunch prizes.
Author
Series
Last kids on Earth volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Sam Samurai
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Series
Time warp trio series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
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Language
English
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Description
"Presidential inaugural poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Christian Robinson have created a timeless message of hope. Sometimes the world feels broken. And problems seem too big to fix. But somehow, we all have the power to make a difference. With a little faith, and maybe the help of a friend, together we can find beauty and create change. With intimate and inspiring...
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