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1) Matilda
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey.
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Series
Children of Exile volume 1
Publisher
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Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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.
3) The Yearling
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1985], c1939
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
Author
Series
Sleepover squad volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Emily wants to celebrate the end of the second grade by going to a sleepover with her friends, but she is afraid that her parents might object.
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
2001
Edition
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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When his parents call off the family vacation and enroll their son in a creative writing class instead, twelve-year-old Steve comes up with a wacky moneymaking project.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
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Language
English
Description
"Meet Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried mom, and who, with the help of his best friend, tries to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie"--Provided by publisher.
8) Finding Dory
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Pub. Date
2016
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Language
English
Description
After Dory remembers where her home is, she has to make the journey back to her mother and father.
Author
Publisher
[Kathleen Raymundo]
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
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Language
English
Description
"An introverted girl who just wanted to be left alone. A talkative little boy with a very important wish. Based on a true story, Noise is the heartwarming tale of finding joy in unexpected places." -- Amazon.com.
10) Caprice
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After a wonderful seven weeks at Ainsley International School, twelve-year-old Caprice has been offered a full scholarship and she should be delighted, but instead she is full of doubts because what happened at the last night dance has brought back the memory of being sexually abused by her uncle as a four-year-old; worse, her maternal grandmother is ill, and that means going back to the house in Baltimore where it all happened--Caprice has never...
11) Gross!
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Language
English
12) Batting order
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia volume chapter 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bedelia's request for a sibling takes her parents by surprise, but she is soon distracted by the possibility of finding the perfect puppy, instead.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
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Language
English
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Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Middle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely leave the house and carries a stuffed tiger at all times, her father is suffering from depression, but will not talk about it, and the brothers down the street, once friends, have turned into bullies--so when a tiny meteorite literally...
18) New kid
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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8th grade international human rights
Antiracism, Children (to age 10ish) and Families
Award: Coretta Scott King Book Award, recognizing an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children, 2012-2024
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Antiracism, Children (to age 10ish) and Families
Award: Coretta Scott King Book Award, recognizing an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children, 2012-2024
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...
19) I, Amber Brown
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Not Supplied
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.
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