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Author
Series
Children of exile volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 2
Publisher
A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sam the Man is not a vegetable man. But when a school project has him paired up with the worst of all the vegetables -- the rutabaga-- he soon will learn that it's not half bad. And as he grows fond of his new little friend, Sam the Man will have to come up with plan on how to keep him happy before he rots!"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Bad Guys are forced to spring into action when they become the target of a guinea pig's, who is also a mad evil scientist, revenge plot.
6) No fear!
Author
Series
King of the bench volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the experiences of benchwarmer Steve, who struggles to conquer his fear of getting hit with a baseball before his first year on the school team is ruined.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Missing her mother who died last year, fourteen-year-old Sofia finds an anonymous outlet for her personal questions and deep, dark secrets in the Dear Kate advice columnist, until, much to her horror, Sofia's father starts dating Kate.
10) The sand warrior
Author
Series
5 worlds (Mark Siegel) volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A story that explores new worlds packed with amazing adventures; ancient mysteries; the unlikely bond of a clumsy dancer, a boy from the poorest slums, and a superstar athlete--and their quest to save one small, distant galaxy from the forces of evil. -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Separated from his grandfather and placed in a foster home, Prez forges a friendship with an alien who appears as a dog to everyone else and entreats Prez to help compile a list of Earth's redeeming qualities.
Author
Series
Olga (Elise Gravel) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering a smelly creature in her garbage can that she names after herself, Olga befriends and studies the eccentric Olgamus using the scientific method, the practices of Jane Goodall, and other scientific concepts.
14) Last day on Mars
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While waiting to leave Mars before it burns up just like the Earth before it, Liam and his friend Phoebe discover some facts about time and space and realize that the human race is just one of the races trying to survive in space.
16) Keep on truckin'
Author
Series
Rocket and Groot volume 2
Publisher
Marvel Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Rocket and Groot continue their journey across the cosmos, joined by the super-intelligent tape dispenser, Veronica, the heroes crash-land on HappyHappyFunFun, which is overrun by monster trucks.
17) Three pennies
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Referring to the I-Ching and a trio of good-luck pennies whenever she is bounced to a new foster home, Marin finds herself in a place that feels like a forever home while trying to find her birth mother.
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 34
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's Mary's birthday party. When things go horribly wrong will Harry be able to save the day? Provided by publisher. -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Superstition Mountain mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The Barker brothers and their friend Delilah secretly climb up to Superstition Mountain one last time, hoping to solve the remaining mysteries, including whether the librarian is really the ghost of Julia Thomas, what was their uncle Hank's role in discovering the gold mine, and especially, who is trying to kill them.
Author
Series
Hamstersaurus Rex volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Hamstersaurus Rex is wrongly blamed for destruction caused by Squirrel Kong in the school science lab, Sam Gibbs works to clear his friend's name before Hammie is sent to a home for troubled pets.
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