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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town, amidst the fervor of Cold War era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than they could ever have imagined.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
4) Black duck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
6) Itch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1968, after the death of her beloved Gramps, Delores "Itch" Colchester and her grandmother move from Florida to an Ohio trailer park, where she meets new people and, when she learns that a friend is being abused by her mother, tries her best to emulate her plain-spoken grandfather.
7) The Hero Two Doors Down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 1941, having a German plane crash near your house is exciting, but when twelve-year-old Peter Dixon and his friend Kim find a wounded German airman, Peter is faced with a dilemma--should he help take care of the man as Kim wants to do, or report him to the soldiers searching for him?
Author
Series
Stick Dog volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stick Dog and his feral friends are looking for relief on a very hot day--and this time they have their eyes on a ice cream truck.
10) A Duet For Home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the New York Times bestselling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger. It's June's first day at Huey...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
It is the end of May 1940, the British government has put out a call for fishing boats to help rescue the British soldiers trapped at Dunkerque and Aiden is the son of a fisherman with access to his father's dory--his parents forbid him to go, but Aiden has already lost one brother to the war, and his other brother is somewhere over there with the British Expeditionary Force; so despite his fear of the ocean, he and his best friend Sally set out to...
Author
Series
Sunny volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the third book in the bestselling Sunny series, Sunny Rolls the Dice — full of heart, laughs, and adventure!Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade?Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against...
Author
Series
Cerro Mariposa volume 2
Language
Español
Description
Después de que Celeste Marconi, de catorce años, regresa a Valparaíso desde Maine, decide descubrir la verdad sobre lo que sucedió en Cerro Mariposa durante la dictadura y encontrar a su amiga desaparecida, Lucila.
After fourteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns to Valparaíso from Maine, she decides to uncover the truth about what happened in Cerro Mariposa during the dictatorship and find her missing friend, Lucila.
Author
Series
Cerro Mariposa volume 1
Language
Español
Description
Celeste Marconi es una soñadora. Vive en paz entre amigos, vecinos y familiares en la idílica ciudad de Valparaíso, Chile, hasta que un día, cuando se ven barcos de guerra en el puerto y los compañeros de escuela comienzan a desaparecer de clase sin decir una palabra. Celeste no sabe muy bien qué está pasando, pero una cosa está clara: nadie está a salvo, ya no.
Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors...
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Heidi's new neighbor wants to become Heidi's best friend"--
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