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1) Okay for now
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Formats
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In Brooklyn in 1951, a die-hard Giants fan teaches nine-year-old Maggie, who is a "Bums" (Dodgers) fan, how to use a technique to keep score of a baseball game which creates a special friendship between them.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Eleven-year-old Maurice must beg for change in order to eat, but when Laura stops to help, they begin a years-long friendship that gives each a new perspective and hope. Includes a list of suggested acts of kindness.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Twelve-year-old El has planned on making her first week at a new school fantastic. She won't go by her given name, Laughter. She'll sit in the back of the classroom where she can make new friends. She won't even have time to think about all the fun her old friends are having without her. Everything will be great. But when her dad picks her up after school and tells her that her younger sister, Echo, has a life-threatening illness, her world is suddenly...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Eleven-year-old Maddy Livingstone, a vampire-fruit bat hybrid striving to make friends in modern-day New York City, tries to protect her family from a vicious pureblood vampire who is in the New World seeking the Tenth Knave.
12) Brooklyn Bridge
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
"What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology...
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This title examines the remarkable life of reality television personality Tim Gunn. Readers will learn about Gunn's family background, childhood, education, as well as his work as a creative force behind Project Runway. Informative sidebars, a helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement the rare photos and easy-to-read text showcased in this inspiring biography. There's also a fun-to-do activity! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
As they look forward to the New York City Marathon in which their friend Mr. B. will run, the Vanderbeeker children learn that one of their good friends is homeless.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.
18) Hero
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
Author
Series
Tapper twins volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
An oral history that reports, through transcribed recordings, text messages, photographs, illustrations, screenshots, and more, an epic prank war between twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper of New York City.
20) Liar & spy
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
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