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Author
Series
Penderwicks volume 4
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for some surprises.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When an incident with "King" Alan leads to Donte's arrest and suspension, he knows the only way to get even is to beat the king of the school at his own game: fencing. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot on Middlefield Prep's fencing team and maybe learn something about himself along the way.
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Molly is surprised to learn from her dying mother that Josh Cameron, a star player with the Boston Celtics and media darling, is her father, and once she gets to know him, Molly comes to realize why her mom kept his identity a secret for so long.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
During the potato famine, young Mary Driscoll leaves her Ireland home for Lowell, Massachusetts, where deplorable working conditions and a false accusation of murder force her to rally more courage than she thought she had.
Author
Series
The Charlotte years volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the story of five-year-old Charlotte Tucker, who would grow up to become the grandmother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, as she feels the effects of the War of 1812 while living with her family near Boston.