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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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After their mother dies of typhoid, Verna and her younger sister Carlie move with their father, a psychiatrist, and stern Aunt Maude to an asylum for the mentally ill in early-twentieth-century Michigan, where new ideas in the treatment of mental illness are being proposed, but old prejudices still hold sway.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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As young boy, Nick Woodman, enjoyed snapping photos--but when he was growing up, most of his activities weren't camera-safe. Woodman was a diehard surfer. He couldn't hold a camera--or keep it dry--while he was boarding. So many of his memorable moments went unrecorded..
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"'La frontera'... I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that someday we would take a long trip north, cross la front era, enter California, and leave our poverty behind." So begins this honest and powerful account of a family's journey to the fields of California - to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks, from...
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Legends of the lost causes volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In an 1850s Wild West filled with supernatural beasts and magic-wielding outlaws, Keech and his band of fellow orphans, seeking revenge for their killed families, search for Bonfire Crossing, the Osage land that holds clues to the wherabouts of the all-powerful Char Stone.
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Jackie Ormes sees an opportunity, she takes it. She's a journalist, cartoonist, fashionista, philanthropist, and activist -- and she wants to use her artistry to bring joy and hope to Black people everywhere. But in post-World War II America, Blackpeople are still being denied their civil rights, and Jackie has a dilemma: How can her art remain true to her signature Jackie joy, while also staying honest about the inequalities Black people have...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"When Gotham City's biggest baddies gather to plan a heist, they tell Harley to go wait with the goons! But the joke is on them after Batman busts in and she sneaks out holding blueprints that show the way to the crooked payday."--
10) Ocean energy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Throughout the world's oceans, the tides are always in motion. In Ocean Energy, learn how scientists harness this motion to generate clean electricity, discover where ocean energy is being used today, and explore what the future of this technology may hold. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an...
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Mutant Bunny Island volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Ten-year-old Perry Owens has learned everything he needs to know from comic books. So when Perry receives a troubling message from his favorite uncle, Zeke, he knows exactly what's wrong. Obviously, evil newts wearing trench coats must have kidnapped Zeke. Now they're holding him hostage somewhere on Bunny Island, the remote vacation destination that Zeke calls home. On his own, Perry travels to Bunny Island, where dozens of bunnies are running wild....
12) Illegal
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A powerfully moving, award-winning graphic novel that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants from New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl graphic novels. How can a human being be illegal for simply existing?
Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life—the same journey
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Total mayhem volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Excitement is spreading through the halls of Dash Candoo's school. The Face-Pulling Championships are about to begin, featuring students holding their faces in such positions as the Vibrating Jaw-Drop with Eye-Roll and the Dripping Stare of Death. Dash and his classmates have been getting ready for this day for ages. But then, suddenly, right before the championship, blue spots appear on everyone's faces...except for Gronville Honkersmith's face,...
14) Compass south
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Series
Four points volume 1
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After escaping the Black Hook Gang in 1860 New York City, twelve-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra flee to New Orleans, become separated, and try to find each other in San Francisco, while being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure.
15) Juan Soto
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"In 2019, nineteen-year-old outfielder Juan Soto helped the Washington Nationals win the World Series. Read about Soto's journey from the Dominican Republic to Washington, D.C., and see what the future holds for the young superstar."--
16) Earthquakes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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An earthquake can happen at any time, anywhere. You can't stop an earthquake, but you can learn what to do when one happes near you. Learn about these devastating natural phenomena that have changed the shape of our planet's landscape, as well as the scientists who study them, the most disastrous earthquakes ever recorded, and ways to stay safe in case you ever encounter one. So, hold on tight and get ready to shake things up!
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Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
PopCap's immensely popular Plants vs. Zombies game gets another serving of hilarious, plant-filled, zombie-zapping comics!
Dr. Zomboss erroneously believes that all humans hold a secret desire to run away and join the circus, so he aims to use his newly created "Big Z's Adequately Amazing Flytrap Circus" to lure Neighborville's citizens to their doom! Not only does starting a zombie circus prove difficult, though, but once...
Dr. Zomboss erroneously believes that all humans hold a secret desire to run away and join the circus, so he aims to use his newly created "Big Z's Adequately Amazing Flytrap Circus" to lure Neighborville's citizens to their doom! Not only does starting a zombie circus prove difficult, though, but once...
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Emily Windsnap volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: When Emily makes a wish on a magic stone, she gets a glimpse of what the future holds ? and it?s a disaster! She tries to make things right, but each trip through time takes Emily to a future where things turn out badly for either the humans of Brightport or the merpeople of Shiprock. Plastic pollutes the ocean, garbage overflows the landfills, and the two towns are no longer getting along. Emily realizes she can't save her hometown...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"People have used caves for shelter, tombs, and religious sites for thousands of years. Despite this familiarity, caves still hold a sense of mystery and danger. This title dives deep beneath Earth's surface to explore how the world's largest caves formed, as well as what caves can teach us about Earth's past and the forces that are shaping our planet's future. Age-appropriate text with a strong STEM focus is supported by full-color photographs and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Deadly tornadoes. Devastating earthquakes. Killer tsunamis. When it comes to nature's fury, people can do little more than hold on tight and hope to live through it. Learn the true stories of Carmen Ch{acute}evere Ortiz, Evans Monsignac, William and Dennie Spann, and others as they fought to survive through terrifying natural disasters." -- Page [4] cover.