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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
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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Penguin Young Readers Group
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English
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It's Cam Jansen's first day of fifth grade and she and her friend Eric can't wait to meet their new teacher. Only their day turns out to be more exciting than they ever expected. First their school bus gets stuck in traffic and they have to walk to school. Then they see a car crashed into a tree. And then their new teacher is taken away by the police! "Click," says Cam, using her photographic memory, and her mind is off and running on how to solve...
3) Spy school
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Spy school volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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The Heffley family is stuck indoors during a blizzard. But will they weather the storm?
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English
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It is possible for every high school athlete to have a successful high school career. It will not be easy. It will not always be fun. It may not look exactly as you want it to look, but it can be successful. Here are 22 ways to help your high school athlete achieve that success.
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Adapted from Brian Tracy's international time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog!, this book will give today's stressed-out and overwhelmed students the tools for lifelong success.
Like adults, students of all ages struggle with how to manage their time. Encountering the necessity of time management for the first time, high schoolers juggle classes, extracurricular activities (all but mandatory for college admissions), jobs, internships, family...
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Spy school volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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After getting expelled from spy school for accidentally shooting a live mortar into the principal's office, thirteen-year-old Ben finds himself recruited by evil crime organization SPYDER.
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Junie B. Jones volume no. 22
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.
9) Twilight
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Twilight saga volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a "literary phenomenon" and redefined romance for a generation (New York Times).
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying...
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying...
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“The first question people always ask me is what are the essential ingredients.” Lillian paused and smiled. “I might as well tell you, there isn’t a list and I’ve never had one. Nor do I hand out recipes. All I can say is that you will learn what you need to.”
Once a month on Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian’s restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming...
Once a month on Monday night, eight students gather in Lillian’s restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming...
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CLARA OSWALD AND THE SCHOOL OF DEATH, Part 1. The gothic, sprawling Ravenscaur is the top private school in the UK, educator of the children of royalty, politicians and celebrities, and epicentre of generations of power and influence. When an old friend of Clara's dies at the school under mysterious circumstances, she and the Doctor go undercover to investigate...
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Parenting a child who's just starting his youth sports experience is a job that carries huge implications. These years are the foundation for the adults that your kids will become. This book gives 22 practical, specific ways that you can help your child enjoy sports, even while growing through the experience.
13) Diper överlöde
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks.
When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles...
When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles...
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Spy school volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines - traveling by car, train, boat and plane - to track Murray Hill down before Ben's cyber enemies can find him"--
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Wayside School volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Follows the adventures and misadventures of students and staff as they cope with the effects of a large, gloomy cloud that has settled over Wayside School.
17) Restart
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
18) Bleachers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.
Now, as Coach Rake’s “boys” sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field...
Now, as Coach Rake’s “boys” sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field...
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One of the first books published to deal with the phenomenon of residential schools in Canada, Resistance and Renewal is a disturbing collection of Native perspectives on the Kamloops Indian Residential School(KIRS) in the British Columbia interior. Interviews with thirteen Natives, all former residents of KIRS, form the nucleus of the book, a frank depiction of school life, and a telling account of the system's oppressive environment which...
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