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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. Initially, Christine struggles to connect with their relatives because they don't share a language. Seeing the places their mom grew up--the school she went to, the café where she had her first date with Christine's father--Christine becomes more and more aware of the generational differences in their family. Soon Christine settles...
Author
Series
Just Grace volume 9
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When her teacher announces that the class will be putting on a play, Grace hopes she will win the part of the forest fairy queen.
2003) Anne Frank
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
2006) Lightbringer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 30
Formats
Description
"Queen Rielle, pushed away from everything she loves, turns to Corien and his promises of glory. Meanwhile, whispers from the empirium slowly drive her mad, urging her to open the Gate. Separated from Audric and Ludivine, she embraces the role of Blood Queen and her place by Corien's side, determined to become the monster the world believes her to be. In the future, Eliana arrives in the Empire's capital as a broken shell of herself. Betrayed and...
2007) Remember me
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Formats
Description
When Blue Owens wakes up with the overwhelming feeling that something is wrong with her memory, she meets Adam Mendoza, who explains that she paid to have her unpleasant memories erased in order to "start over"--and that begins Blue's journey to recover her memories and understand the truth of why she felt the need to lose them in the first place.
2008) A sprinkle of sorcery
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021, 2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Description
When their sister Charlie is kidnapped by poachers, Betty, Fliss, and their newfound friend Willow embark on a high seas adventure involving ghosts, fierce pirates and a journey to a mythic island that only exists in legend.
2010) Bread and roses, too
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
2011) Tigerlilja
Author
Series
Publisher
Trash Dogs Media LLC
Pub. Date
2018
Description
The origin of Peter Pan and Tigerlilja, a companion novella to the Tales of the Wendy series.
One, cursed by accident. The other, cursed by destiny. But losing everything isn't always the end. Sometimes, it's just the beginning.
One of the Hottest New YA Series of 2018 —Goodreads
One, cursed by accident. The other, cursed by destiny. But losing everything isn't always the end. Sometimes, it's just the beginning.
One of the Hottest New YA Series of 2018 —Goodreads
2012) Brown girl ghosted
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
In Meadowdale, Illinois, sixteen-year-old Violet deals with mean girls, racism, murder, and being spurred by immortal Lukas to accept being an Aiedeo, a hereditary warrior queen charged with protecting the world.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Women's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When she discovers that a new student has trouble reading in English, Stacey shares books and stories to help her practice and soon other students join them, learning about other worlds and cultures--and the power of friendship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Seymour Reit, the creator of Casper the friendly ghost, blends fact with fiction in this captivating tale about one woman who dared to go behind enemy lines as a spy for the Union Army.
Canadian-born Emma Edmonds loved the thrill of adventure and chasing freedom, so in 1861 when the Civil War began, she enlisted in the Union Army.
With cropped hair and men's clothing, Emma transformed herself into a peddler, slave, bookkeeper...
Canadian-born Emma Edmonds loved the thrill of adventure and chasing freedom, so in 1861 when the Civil War began, she enlisted in the Union Army.
With cropped hair and men's clothing, Emma transformed herself into a peddler, slave, bookkeeper...
2018) Anne of Greenville
Author
Publisher
MDLC Studio
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
In this contemporary retelling of Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality and where she becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events.
Anne Shirley, a queer, half-Japanese disco superfan, moves to a town that seems too small for her big personality. She has a tendency to fall in love quickly and deeply, and to fly off the handle in the...
2020) The last animal
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in a wild scientific experiment and discover themselves in the process, from the award-winning writer of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty. Jane is a serious scientist on the cutting-edge team of a bold project looking to "de-extinct" the wooly mammoth. She's privileged to have been sent to Siberia to hunt for ancient DNA, but there's a catch: Jane's...
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