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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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In 1917, Aaluk leaves for Siberia while her sister Nutaaq remains in their Alaskan village and becomes one of the few survivors of an influenza epidemic, then in 1986, Nunaaq's great-granddaughter leaves her mother due to a different kind of sickness and returns to the village where they were born.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles dreams of life outside the small town of Burr Oak Michigan, but when she stumbles on the opportunity to learn ostrich-riding with the infamous Madame Marantette her obligations to her family on the farm threaten to derail her dreams of a bigger life. Includes photographs and information on Madame Marantette.
5) Yellow flag
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
When seventeen-year-old Kyle reluctantly succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family race car, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet playing while deciding how--or if--he can continue making music with a brass quintet and headlines as a Nascar racer.
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Series
Football genius novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the mafia.
7) Takedown
Author
Series
Winning season volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Seventh-grader Donald, living with his parents in New Jersey, is determined to master wrestling but discovers that to win at the sport he must learn to control his temper.
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
When Olivia learns that there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, she decides to form one of her own, with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's.
10) Squished
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Description
"Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood and school and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids all love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own room--her own space to be alone and make art. So she's furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his...
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