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Ryan Hart novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
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Description
Samuel and his younger brother, Joshua, are free black boys living in an orphanage during the Civil War, but when Samuel takes the blame for his brother's prank, he is sent South, given a new name, and sold into slavery--and somehow he must survive both captivity and the war, to find his way back to his brother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
860L
Description
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
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Series
Vanderbeekers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
The Vanderbeeker children, ages six to thirteen, race to help save their mother's baking business from closure after it fails an inspection.--
66) Calico Girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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Description
Callie struggles to understand slavery when her stepbrother is sold away at the start of the Civil War, but is determined her whole family will be free one day. Includes historical notes.
68) Ghost boys
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
69) No laughter here
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
70) Skateboard Party
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
Richard can't wait to show off his flat-ground Ollies at a friend's birthday party at the skate park, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans. He really meant to finish his assignment on howler monkeys, but he just got . . . distracted. If only he could focus on his schoolwork, he wouldn't get into this kind of trouble! Can Richard manage to put off getting the note signed (and facing the consequences) until after the party, or...
71) Max's fun day
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Max and his good friend Don, who is in a wheelchair, have a lot of fun together, whether they are at the park, in the library, or at a restaurant.
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Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
EllRay Jakes is a small kid with big problems!
EllRay Jakes may be the smallest kid in his class at Oak Glen Primary School, but he's also his sister Alfie's big brother. So when it looks like Alfie is being bossed around by a dragon-like girl at her school, EllRay feels responsible. As her older (and wiser!) brother, shouldn't he show her that she should stand up for herself? But little sisters and four year old dragons are a bit more complicated...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
76) Money troubles
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Publisher
Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While trying to raise enough money for a telescope, Little Bill makes a discovery about generosity and the needs of others.
77) Chlorine sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
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Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Description
Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.
80) Lucky beans
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.
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