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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Billy is a typical boy who loves to ride his bike and play video games. But when Billy tells his family and friends he wants to be a cheerleader, everyone is surprised and starts taunting him. But Billy practices and practices and when he shows his skills at the big game, everyone is impressed and becomes proud of him. Includes glossary, as well as questions to self-check comprehension.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Brandon's junior high school basketball team is struggling to make the playoffs, and Brandon is starting to feel that his bad luck is dragging them down--and when their bus breaks down on the way to the big game, Brandon has to turn luck into opportunity.
63) Punch with Judy
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New York
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An outcast eight-year-old boy, orphaned by the Civil War, is taken in by the owner of a traveling medicine show and, despite the doubts of others, years later he confirms the man's faith in him.
65) Home games
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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"Twelve-year-old Ben is a shy, quiet kid. His life isn't perfect, but he feels at home in his New York City apartment. Then his dad takes a job in London, and everything changes. His parents separate, and Ben's mom moves them back to her hometown of Austin, Texas. Ben's simple life is suddenly complicated. He misses his apartment, his best friend, Jake, and his dad. Then he meets Mabley, who becomes a bright spot to Ben's day. But when his mom starts...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Blake Easton has never played organized sports, so when he makes the local traveling baseball team as a bench player he is thrilled; and when the team's star second baseman (and all around annoyance) Kyle, breaks his foot in the very first game the coach calls on Blake to fill in--but Blake is not sure he can perform as well as Kyle, and even less sure that he can trust Kyle's helpful advice.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
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Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat!
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...
68) Blue Ethel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Ethel the cat is surprised when, in the course of her usual day, she unexpectedly turns blue"--
69) Bluebird
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Publisher
Simply Read Books
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PICTURE STORYBOOKS. The wind is missing! Little Bluebird has never flown without her friend the wind before and is afraid to try. So she sets off an adventure to find it. Is it making wishes with the dandelions? Playing with the kites? Tickling the grass? Dancing with the balloons? She searches everywhere. In the end, she finds more than her favourite friend - she finds confidence too!. Ages 0+
70) On the line
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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After breaking his arm during the first day of try-outs last season, Robby is determined to make the football team this year, but to do so he must face his own fears and the bully who tackled him the year before.
71) Rainmaker
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Series
Super sluggers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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The Rambletown Rounders want to end their last season together with a fun-filled rafting trip and a championship win, but star pitcher Slingshot Slocum hits a slump, believing the drenching rains that threaten to ruin their adventure are his fault.
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Just Grace volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Eight-year-old Grace is excited to learn that her best friend, Mimi, is going to become an older sister, but when both try to be "mother's helpers" for a family renting a house on their street, little Lily likes Grace best, causing Mimi to doubt herself and Grace to form a plan to fix things.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Fourth-grader Jim Nasium is trying out his hand at basketball, and he knows he is really good at one trick shot--but when he and his equally unskilled friends take on the school's more athletic kids he will have to do some quick thinking, or they will be completely embarrassed.
74) Cowboy up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Jake is the best bull rider in his division, but after he finally takes a bad spill during a competition he has to overcome his fear before he can ride again.
75) She's got this
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Even Olympians have to start somewhere. And in this charming illustrated book, Laurie Hernandez tells the story of Zoe, a little girl who dreams of flying--and becoming a gymnast. When Zoe sees a gymnast on TV, she realizes that gymnastics is just like flying. But when she first goes to class and falls off the balance beam, she discovers that following her dreams is harder and scarier than she thought. Through this heartwarming and inspirational...
76) BMX challenge
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Jason never turns down a dare, but when his classmates challenge him to a BMX competition Jason must learn to ride a BMX bike or this dare will be his last.
77) Man out at first
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After he gets hit by a fast-moving ball, Turtleneck Jones loses his confidence on the baseball diamond and sees his position at first base given to another player.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Twelve-year-old Ana Flores has never really taken to sports, but when she observes the women's softball team practice at the college where her mother is going to teach, she is intrigued and decides to try out for a local team; unfortunately it is harder than it looks--but with some help from one of the college girls, Caitlin, and Mali, a pitcher who is mad she only made second team, Ana gets to work on her catching, and Mali works on her attitude,...
79) Tink
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Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Feeling as though he does not belong there, Tink leaves Crow Cove, only to return with the drunken Burd, who teaches Tink to fish and to have confidence in himself and his place in the community.
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Series
Philippa Fisher volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.
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