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Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so when his income is cut off he begins a series of businesses, from poker games to selling snacks, earning money to take a girl to a dance, but his partners soon tire of his methods.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alienated, bullied, a classic underachiever, 12-year-old Brendan retreats into his fantasy world and then faces the long and demanding journey to a real world where he belongs.
5) Twerp
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are affected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
7) Hero
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
An accident at school brings quiet, imaginative Leo to the attention of the popular crowd, but their expectations have him misbehaving and cause him to lose his best friend George, so when a neighbor's dog is trapped by a meteor strike Leo becomes a real hero in hopes of setting things right.
8) 13 gifts
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.
Author
Series
Magic Misfits volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York CIty where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to himself.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her late grandmother, 13-year-old Nina spends a summer secretly doing good deeds for her neighbors and enjoying the changes she brings about, even as she's dealing with changing friendships and family issues.
12) Storm runners
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.
13) Wish
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"--
14) A hundred horses
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nell must spend spring break in the country with an aunt and cousins she has never met, but while there she meets a mysterious, wild girl with a strange connection to horses and an uncanny understanding of Nell.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sammy Keyes has spent the last few years solving other people's mysteries; now her friends (and some foes) come together to unmask the fiend who has put Sammy in a coma"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maxwell, convinced his whole town hates him, wishes he had never been born then, realizing he actually is important, tries to get his life back with the help of an elderly neighbor, Reg.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend Matt's decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists--and it's up to the boys to stop them.
18) Among the free
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.
19) Finding the worm
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 1970 Queens, New York, Julian Twerski, now in seventh grade, struggles to write an essay as punishment for an act he did not commit, worries about Beverly, the girl he likes, prepares for his bar mitzvah, and tries to cope with the serious illness of one of his closest friends, Quentin.
20) Speechless
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As if being stuffed into last year's dress pants at his cousin's wake weren't uncomfortable enough, thirteen-year-old Jimmy has just learned from his mother that he has to say a few words at the funeral the next day. Why him? What could he possibly say about his cousin, who ruined everything they did? He can't recall one birthday party, family gathering, or school event with Patrick that didn't result in injury or destruction. As Jimmy attempts to...