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1) Trust
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"An award-winning writer of absorbing, sophisticated fiction delivers a stylish and propulsive novel rooted in early 20th century New York, about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. In glamorous 1920s New York City, two characters of sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats. Steeped in affluence and grandeur, their marriage excites...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
4) Twerp
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are effected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
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Magic Tree House Merlin Missions volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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From Newbery Medalist Avi comes the thrilling and suspenseful story of an ordinary American family who falls under suspicion during the 1950s Red Scare.
It’s 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid who loves detective stories and radio crime dramas. When an FBI agent shows up at Pete’s doorstep, accusing Pete’s father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be...
It’s 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid who loves detective stories and radio crime dramas. When an FBI agent shows up at Pete’s doorstep, accusing Pete’s father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be...
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Coming of age in small-town Ireland in the years following World War II, Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find a job in the miserable economy. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis to live and work in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind.
Eilis takes up her new life in a crowded Brooklyn boarding house, working in a department store on
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
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The fantastic frame volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When the fantastic frame takes Tiger and Luna to the diner depicted in Edward Hopper's painting, Nighthawks, they explore the streets and subways of 1942 New York City.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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In early twentieth-century New York, Sacha Kessler's ability to see witches earns him an apprenticeship to the police department's star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf, to help stop magical crime and, with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, Sacha investigates who is trying to kill Thomas Edison, whose mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history.
13) Wonderstruck
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Chloe and her younger brother Parker are transported back to 1934 Harlem where they meet Ella Fitzgerald the day before she wins Amateur Night at the Apollo, but with Ella making plans to miss the event, the kids have to get her to the Apollo, and convince her to sing instead of dance.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick to her faux-medium mother--and trying to hide the fact the she actually possesses the very abilities her mother fakes"--
16) The Hero Two Doors Down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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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.
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"Claudie Wells believes everyone has a talent--everyone except for her. She's growing up in New York City's Harlem neighborhood during the 1920s. Her world is filled with writers and poets, painters and sculptors, actors and dancers, singers and musicians. Claudie wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly instead of a person whose feet are stuck on the ground. She tries dancing, singing, painting, and even baking, but none...
18) The Long Ride
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In New York in 1971, Jamila and Josie are bused across Queens where they try to fit in at a new, integrated junior high school while their best friend, Francesca, tests the limits at a private school.
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"Rebecca is thrilled to spend the day at a real movie studio, and when a super, spectacular opportunity presents itself, she is quick to volunteer. But how will this scene play out? Then, on a visit to Coney Island, Rebecca gets the chance to use her acting skills to lighten the mood in an embarrassing situation--and her climbing skills to rescue someone in a dangerous spot. But a factory tour makes Rebecca believe her skills are needed there, too....
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Counterfeit Lady volume 3
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English
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"Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fiancé, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his turn in the draft to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth is finding it hard to think of anything else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers before they ship out. Corporal Tom Preston is part owner of Preston Shoes, a company that is making footwear for the army, so he has a rather large estate....
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