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Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Best friends Gabe and Oliver tackle family problems, bullying, and the challenge of dealing with the new kid in their sixth grade class, Reuben, who refuses to talk--and no one knows why.
4) Hummingbird
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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After a devastating tsunami in Japan, cousins Jet and Kai spend the summer together in Astoria, Oregon, training for the Young's Bay Treasure Island Race and become close friends in the process.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Ex-zombies living in Southern California, four best friends attend a musical festival in the desert, as a last hurrah before graduation, where they soon discover someone is drugging ghouls and reawakening their hunger for flesh and must work together to stop the carnage.
Author
Series
Maybe someday volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
When she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Sydney, a 22-year-old college student, must decide what to do next. She becomes captivated by her mysterious neighbor Ridge, and can't stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there's something about Sydney that Ridge can't ignore, either. They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one.
9) Summit lake
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Language
English
Description
A law student's murder becomes the full-time work of an investigative reporter in a picturesque town in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.
10) A duet for home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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From the New York Times bestselling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyrell confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger. It's June's first day at Huey...
11) Happy place
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Language
English
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"A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college--they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now--for reasons they're still not discussing--they don't. They broke...
12) One small hop
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Ahab Goldstein is a seventh-grader living in an United States (specifically Maine) where the environment has turned toxic, and the corrupt Environmental Police Force is in control, limiting access to natural resources like gas and water, issuing fines, and transporting "fragile" species (pretty much all of them) to the Center for Species Rehabilitation in New Arcadia (a dubious refuge at best); so when Ahab and his friends find a real live bullfrog...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Colin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problems that is spiraling out of control, leaving Colin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Told in their alternating voices, twelve-year-old neighbors and former best friends Cora Hamed and Quinn McCauley begin working together to open a wormhole so they can travel through time to prevent the school shooting that resulted in the deaths of Cora's sister and Quinn's brother.
15) Carnival quest
Author
Series
Candy shop war volume 3
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When the third White sibling brings a carnival to town, giving everyone who visited strange nightmares and weird dreams, the Blue Falcons, with a host of new candies, must tap into the power of their own dreams to battle their greatest adversary yet.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Golden Maroni starts eighth grade determined to be master of his universe, but learns he cannot control everything on the soccer field, in his friendships, and especially in facing his father's incurable disease.
Author
Series
Legends of Lotus Island volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
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"Young Plum is shocked to discover that she's been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn to fight, so they can protect the defenseless if needed....
18) Crunch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Trying to stay on track with her jam-packed schedule, Olive needs to find time for herself before everything fizzles out, in this timely story about the importance of balance, effort and reaching out for help.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.
20) Wave
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.