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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story.
School has never been fun for Chace. Because of his huge jaw and crooked teeth, he rarely gets through a day of classes without bullies like Ivan taunting him. Things worsen when Chace's mom starts dating an Iranian man and Ivan's harassment takes a racist turn.
Chace has had enough and decides to retaliate. But when Chace's Internet threats backfire, the result is a suspension from school....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When Kai sneaks into a classroom to look at an upcoming exam, he discovers his math teacher is altering standardized test results. But when he shares this information, he's accused of lying. Can he prove he's telling the truth?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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A philologist of world renown, a professor at Oxford, and the author of academic treatises, J.R.R. Tolkien was far more than a fantasy book writer. His lifelong fascination with medieval texts and languages gave him a unique vision and endless inspiration for his tales. His broad interests made possible his creation of faery worlds and entire races of beings, as well as the languages, cultures, and characters that make his books as engaging today...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"Don't get me wrong. I loved my sister. I never, not once, wished her dead." Brady and Sabine Wilson are sisters born eleven months apart, but they couldn't be more different. Popular Sabine, the head cheerleader dating the high school hunk, seems to have all the luck, while her younger, artsy sister "Brady Brooder" is a loner who prefers the sidelines to the limelight. After Sabine dies in a horrific cheerleading accident, grief unravels Brady and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The jaw-dropping exposé on how America's fast food industry has shaped the landscape of America.
This fascinating study reveals how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world. Eric Schlosser inspires readers to look beneath the surface of our food system,...
The jaw-dropping exposé on how America's fast food industry has shaped the landscape of America.
This fascinating study reveals how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world. Eric Schlosser inspires readers to look beneath the surface of our food system,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story. All Jenny Vang wants to do is fit in. Not be popular. Not be cool. Just fit in. After changing schools more than once, she's an expert at it. The way to fit in at Monona High is to talk trash or make boasts on The Confessional, the school's unofficial gossip site. So of course Jenny joins in. But when Jenny lies about hooking up with a teacher, she's slammed with a two-month suspension. She's guilty....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When a serious illness strikes her mother, Lucy must grow up quickly. As money gets tighter, Lucy becomes desperate and starts selling her mom's medical marijuana-and gets caught. Will Lucy ever be able to make it up to her mom?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In war-torn Sudan, a girl must make heart-rending choices as she fights for survival and a chance at a future.
"This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives." School Library Journali, STARRED REVIEW
"Moving and necessary." Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW
For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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In early 2018, teen-led March for Our lives events across the United States protested gun violence, demanded change to save lives, and registered voters toward that end. This authoritative exploration of guns, gun violence, and gun control explores the Second Amendment, the history of guns and gun laws in the United States, legal restrictions to gun ownership, and the devastation of mass shootings. Through an objective look at individual versus collective...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been displaced. Rania Abouzeid, one of the foremost journalists on the topic, follows two pairs of sisters from opposite sides of the conflict to give readers a firsthand glimpse of the turmoil and devastation this strife has wrought. Sunni Muslim Ruha and her younger sister Alaa withstand constant attacks by...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"This book is a guide for every young person who believes in a better world for all"-Malala Yousafzai
Adults are aware of their universal human rights of freedom and equality, but children often are ignorant of the rights they possess before reaching the age of majority. Enter Know Your Rights, written in partnership with Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie, and Geraldine Van Bueren.
Know Your Rights details the rights promised in the United...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When you read about war in your history book or hear about it in the news, do you ever wonder what happens to the families and children in the places experiencing war? Many families in these situations decide that they must leave their homes to stay alive. What happens to them?
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 70.8 million people around the world have been forced to leave their homes because of war or persecution...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Recounts how, sixteen years after the end of World War II, a team of undercover Israeli agents captured the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in a remote area of Argentina and brought him to trial in Israel for crimes committed during the Holocaust.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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The #1 New York Times bestseller.
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers"...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Traces the history of the indigenous populations of the Americas after the arrival of Europeans, discussing how different civilizations faced disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation to keep their cultures alive.
19) Banned Book Club
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with...
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