Reena Dutt
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter-her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call "journalism." As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing Penny knows about herself for sure. From her point of view, everyone around her can make sense of their place in the world. So why can't Penny even begin to write a poem about herself for school? Then during spring break Penny spots something impossible in the creek behind her house: a dolphin,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"In the mixed-up life of Pandita Paul, past, present, and future feel more like a tangled knot than a tidy braid. Probably because she doesn't like change. But change is inevitable when you start middle school. The thought of becoming a teenager is overwhelming, but most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years go, behind. After a falling-out with her best friend, Pandita is planing to spend most of...