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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Convinced that her family is poor because her parents refuse to get her a horse or a swimming pool, nine-year-old Jenny Archer follows her own path to making money, including a plunge into real estate that puts her house on the market.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Jack is ready for another adventure, but what could be as exciting as tricking the giant and stealing the golden goose? A trip to the local forest superstore gives him some food for thought. Find out if Jack can gain his mother's trust with his new plan.
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Matthew Martin books volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Eleven-year-old Matthew, trying desperately to earn enough to buy a coveted computer program, learns the importance of money and eventually starts his own business. Sequel to "Earth to Matthew."
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Amazing Maya volume 5
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When Maya discovers selling homemade soap is not nearly as much as making it, she hatches an alternative plan for her stockpile. Includes activity tips.
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The Penderwicks volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
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Boxcar children volume 30
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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At the same time that the Alden children's efforts to raise money for a new hospital wing are being sabotaged by nasty tricks, they find their attempts to befriend the new girl Beth frustrated by her strange behavior.
9) Rare beasts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
The sinister siblings, twins Edgar and Ellen, kidnap the pets of Nod's Limb's youngest citizens and turn them into "rare beasts" in hopes of making money to finance future pranks.
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 44
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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Some of the kids at Stoneybrook Elementary have pen pals at a school in New Mexico. When word comes that the school in New Mexico has burned down, Dawn decides to organize a fund-raiser for the fire victims, and reward generous givers with a gigantic sleepover.
12) Money troubles
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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.
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Calvin Coconut volume 2
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Calvin tries to earn money to buy Stella, the babysitter, a present for her sixteenth birthday because he feels guilty for taking advantage of her allergy to cats.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth--but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents' jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv's miraculous medicine, Adam and his girlfriend, Chloe, have...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Sidney's mother refuses to let him have a dog, so when his friend Sydney comes up with the idea of starting a dog-walking business, it seems like a way to have dogs to play with and make money at the same time--but soon the friends find out that dogs are a lot of work, and can really strain a friendship.
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Middle school (James Patterson) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Life in middle school is finally starting to seem bearable-until Rafe spots his grandmother standing on the free-meal line at the local soup kitchen. In order to help bring in more money, Rafe concocts a brilliant plan-a dog-walking business that soon turns into a huge money-making neighborhood empire"--
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Nancy Clancy volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Nancy Clancy and her friend Bree try to start a business to get rich, but when things don't go as planned, Nancy learns a valuable lesson.
18) Worm gets a job
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Candlewick Press
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Worm attempts various jobs for his animal friends so that he can buy painting supplies and enter the art contest.
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Best babysitters ever volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Just when Malia, Dot, and Bree (aka the Best Babysitters Ever) corner the Playa Del Mar babysitting market, their lives get even busier. Malia's evil older sister ropes her into a thankless internship. Dot must win the science fair. And Bree's brand new cat turns out to be a holy terror. Meow! Malia is frustrated by the group's lack of commitment until she has an idea so great it rivals the creation of the club in the first place: they can hire new...
20) The lemonade war
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Series
Lemonade war series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Description
Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.
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