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Joey Pigza books volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.
43) TRASH
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Graffiti artists Sissy Lexie and younger brother Boy try to maintain a sense of family while living in a series of foster homes and staying with their older sister, until a tragic accident forces Sissy to make decisions about her future. For sixteen-year-old Sissy and her brother Boy, trash is a reminder of one too many sorry foster placements they've endured, a way of life they can't wait to escape. Now on the run in search of their big sister Raynell,...
44) Free Verse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left, and nowhere to turn. After her father died in the mines and her mother ran off, he was her last caretaker. They'd always dreamed of leaving Caboose, West Virginia together someday, but instead she's in foster care, feeling more stuck and broken than ever. But then hen Sasha discovers family she didn't know she had, and she finally has something to hold onto, especially sweet little Mikey,...
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Keystone Stables volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Although Skye has looked forward to teaching Katie, a blind camper, about riding and handling horses, Katie's bitterness over being blind and her parents' upcoming divorce challenge Skye's ability to teach and to share God's love.
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
880L
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In a small fishing village in British Columbia, twelve-year-old Primrose tries to be a matchmaker for her Uncle Jack, befriends Ked, a new foster child, tries to decide if she is willing to go to jail for her convictions, and together with Ked, publishes a cook book to raise money for the Fisherman's Aid. Includes recipes.
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Orphan Train adventures volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
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In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.
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Neighborhood series (Adrian Fogelin) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
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In Florida, Anna Casey lives with what she hopes is the last in a long line of foster mothers, and Mica Delano lives with her father on their small boat, and when the two of them begin corresponding, they discover they have a lot in common
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Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
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Presents the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as told by young Teddy's governess, who came to work at the Vaughn family "cottage" shortly before a golden-haired girl, ragged and dirty, entered the home and soon became a beloved foster child, until evil characters tried to take her away.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own training as a squire. First, though, she'll need to prove her bravery. Luckily Impy has just the quest in mind she'll go to public school after a life of being homeschooled! But it's not easy to act like a noble knight-in-training in middle school. Impy falls in with a group of girls who seem really nice (until they don't)...
53) Dirt
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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Eleven-year-old Yonder stopped talking when her mother died, and she stopped going to school because of the bullies, knowing that her father would never even notice (although the social worker did); indeed the only creature that seems to care about her is the one-eyed Shetland pony called Dirt who lives on the neighboring farm--so when she discovers that Dirt is about to be sold for horsemeat she is determined to find a way to save him.
54) Fast break
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Description
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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Code of silence novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Something is wrong with Cooper. He's plagued by a fear he doesn't understand and can't control. Cooper just wants to escape, and a summer vacation aboard the restored cabin cruiser, The Getaway, with best friends Gordy, Hiro, and Lunk seems like the perfect way to do it. Two weeks of fun-with no mysteries or life-and-death danger. That's the plan.But their plans are shattered the very first night when they witness a murder. Or did they? Despite their...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Fourteen-year-old Hope visits her new foster mother's Nebraska farm and, through old letters, a diary, and stories, gets a vivid picture of the past in the voices of four girls her age who lived there in 1869, 1900, 1936, and 1960.
57) Sunny
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Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
700L
Description
Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team--a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics. They all have a lot to lose, but they...
58) Smart Homes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
What makes something "smart?" In the Exploring the Internet of Things series, readers discover how inanimate objects, from watches to home speakers to even t-shirts, help people get things done better, faster, and smarter. In Smart Homes, readers will learn the practical application, technological and future advancements, and innovation of IoT in today's homes. Includes informative sidebars, data-focused text, and 21st Century Skills back matter content....
59) Raccoons
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces raccoons, describing their physical features, life cycle, habitat, diet, nocturnal behavior, and predators.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Check out the cute cottontail rabbit! As part of the Backyard Animals series, this book introduces the unique features of this wild animal. The text covers this mammal's habitat, life cycle, physical characteristics, diet, and defenses. Also included are a range map and a body diagram. In the sky or on the ground, backyard animals are all around! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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