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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten-year-old Bobbie Jo and mean Clara Jean are disappointed when they discover that the fabulous F. Bam Morrison, a supposed advance man for the circus, is really a crook who has pulled a scam on the entire town, but the girls save the day when they work together to plan their own celebration.
5) Paperboy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When an eleven-year-old boy takes over a friend's newspaper route in July, 1959, in Memphis, his debilitating stutter makes for a memorable month.
7) Copyboy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
860L
Description
Newspaper copyboy Victor Vollmer sets out from Memphis to spread the ashes of Mr. Spiro, his friend and mentor, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and with the help of new friend Philomene he may meet the challenge.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Ten-year-old Gim Lew leaves his village in China to accompany his father to America, but before they go he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass--without stuttering--at California's Angel Island, where officials strive to keep out unwanted immigrants. Includes facts about immigration from China and the experiences of the author's family.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Will Carter is about to start high school and worries about finding his place and making his mark, especially when it come to girls. Carter isn't exactly smooth, he's got ADD and tends to stutter in moments of duress (expecially when fixated with boobs, tits, and belly buttons), but he has a great group of friends, dogged determination, and a wise sister who'll help him stumble through his freshman year, find his first love, face down the school bully,...
10) Golden arm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
690L
Description
Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town, he...
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