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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
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Better than the movies volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Liz Buxbaum's crush Michael never really saw her before he moved away. Now he is back in town, and Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar, and maybe snag him as a prom date. Attractive next-door neighbor Wes Bennet might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but he has only been a pain in Liz's butt since they were kids. Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz's in. -- adapted from jacket.
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Hierarchy novels volume 1
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English
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"At the elite Catenan Academy, where students are prepared as the future leaders of the Hierarchy empire, the curriculum reveals a layered set of mysteries which turn murderous in this new fantasy by bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. Vis, the adopted son of Magnus Quintus Ulcisor, a prominent senator within the Hierarchy, is trained to enter the famed Catenan Academy to help Ulciscor learn what the hidden agenda is of the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • BUZZFEED • POPCRUSH
“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.
Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon,...
“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (Entertainment Weekly) in this addictive mystery about what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.
Pay close attention and you might solve this.
On Monday afternoon,...
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Capitaine Bobette volume 6
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Scholastic Canada
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A snotty situation ensues when Melvin Sneedley, an academically gifted student, turns into the Bionic Booger Boy and must be stopped by George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.
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Quand Ida-Jane arrive dans sa nouvelle classe, Olivier la trouve plutôt excentrique, surtout lorsqu'elle annonce qu'elle a deux papas. Lui, a deux mamans et s'est toujours bien gardé de le dire. Un travail d'équipe sur la reproduction des mammifères va obliger Oliver et Ida-Jane à travailler ensemble. Olivier va profiter de cet exposé pour provoquer le dialogue aves ses mères au sujet de sa conception. Il va aussi découvrir qu'il partage...
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Souad, 11 ans, est originaire du Maroc. Avant son départ pour Montréal, son oncle Rachid lui offre un journal dans lequel elle va raconter son voyage et ses premiers jours en Amérique du Nord. À travers ses confidences, Souad raconte les bouleversements liés à l'immigration. Le lecteur suit son arrivée à l'aéroport, sa découverte de Montréal au début de l'automne, ainsi que son adaptation à la vie québécoise (dans la...
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Capitaine Bobette volume 5
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Editions Scholastic
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Georges et Harold sont de bons garçons, mais de vilains farceurs. En plus, ils sont les auteurs de la BD "Les aventures du capitaine Bobette" qu'ils impriment et que tous lisent. Le directeur de l'école, le grognon monsieur Bougon, les a à l'oeil, mais en cas de besoin il se transforme en capitaine Bobette. Dans cet épisode, les deux amis et le héros sont aux prises avec madame Rancier devenue madame Culotte. L'affreuse a amidonné la bobette...
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Soulières
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« Geneviève est au tableau, en train d'écrire les mots : bijou, caillou, chou, genou, hibou, joujou... qui prennent tous un « x » au pluriel. - Il manque une exception, signale-t-elle, la craie dans la bouche. - Pou ! C'est pou, la dernière exception ! Puis, je vois des milliers de petits poux se promenant dans mes cheveux... Ça m'apprendra à jouer à la tuque musicale avec mes amis ! »
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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: UG - BL: 11.9 - AR Pts: 71
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English
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When his father dies, Nicholas is sent by his uncle to a school to be a teacher, but when Nicholas finds that the headmaster bullies the students, he must decide whether to stay, or leave and allow his uncle to cut off support.
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"Les ̌l̈ves du Coll̈ge priv̌ sont atterřs quand ils apprennent que leur voyage humanitaire au Guatemala n'aura pas lieu, ̉ cause d'une crise politique majeure. ±Et si on faisait notre aide humanitaire ici ? Dans le quartier d'en bas ? Ce serait assez facile ̉ organiser, non ?» Bien que des ±T'es malade! À ce qu'il para̋t, il y a des punaises de lit jusque dans les pupitres dans ce quartier-l̉ !» fusent d'un peu partout, la professeure,...
15) Wonder
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
16) Matilda
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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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.
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Scholomance volume 1
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English
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"In the start of an all-new series, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death--until one girl begins to unlock its many secrets. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered: There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won't allow its students...
18) Mike and Psmith
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Gloomy when his poor scholastic record forces him to change schools just as he is about to become captain of the cricket team, an English boy cheers up when he discovers another new boy in similar circumstances.
19) Good girls lie
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English
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Goode girls don't lie...
Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices — those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal — that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.
Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing...
Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing...
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