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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clara spends her summer visiting her grandma and cousin on Standing Rock reservation, where Clara and her family set up the ancestral tipi and grow closer together as they tell stories, sing songs, and learn about their Lakota roots.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides information on the top ten things to see or do in Nebraska, including the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Omaha's Henry Doorly zoo and aquarium, and Fort Robinson State Park.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Julie Flett celebrates seasons, nature, and community. Based on Academy Award-winning Cree icon Buffy Sainte-Marie's song of the same name, Still This Love Goes On is a stunning celebration of Indigenous experience. Breathtaking illustrations from celebrated Creě-Mtis artist Julie Flett combine with Sainte-Marie's vivid lyrics to craft a remarkable piece...
5) Fast pitch
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat. Strike two: Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ivy Mae Bloom is almost thirteen years old, her name is almost a complete sentence, and her family's RV is almost a home. Ivy desperately wants a place to put down roots, but it's her mama's job as a fallen star to tend the magic underpinning the world--a job that's kept Ivy's family living on the road since before Ivy was born. After Ivy steals Mama's entire supply of wish jars in the hopes of finding a place to call home, disaster strands her family...
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Akuluk is visiting her family in Nunavut and can't wait to get out on her uncle's boat for a ride into the powerful Arctic Ocean. Surrounded by her family, and with her trusty toy polar bear beside her, Akuluk experiences the beautiful sights, sounds, and animals that abound in the ocean and along the shore during the short Arctic summer--from a mother polar bear and her cubs to a family of belugas and tiny Arctic fox kits. As they encounter each...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Arbor Day, Boys Town, and Kool-Aid® are just a few of the marks the Great Plains state of Nebraska has made on American culture. From the state's eastern border along the Missouri River, where Lewis and Clark embarked on the Corps of Discovery expedition, to the towering geologic landmarks of the west, chronicled in pioneers' journals, there are treasures to explore on each page of C is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet.Rajean Luebs Shepherd...
10) Nurses
Author
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes what nurses do in the clinic, hospital, or emergency room and how they work to help keep us healthy and well"-- Provided by publisher.
11) Sea bear
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
12) Veterinarians
Author
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes what veterinarians do to help keep all kinds of animals healthy, including dogs, cats, zoo animals, and farm animals"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Beardance
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Saving The Last Grizzlies.
As this action-packed sequel to Bearstone opens, Cloyd Atcitty and his rancher friend Walter Landis are heading back into the mountains, this time chasing the old man's dream of finding a lost Spanish gold mine. But when Cloyd hears that a mother grizzly and her cubs have been sighted nearby, he immediately hopes it might be the mate of the bear he had tried to save from a hunter the previous summer.
When the mother bear...
Author
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The history of the USAF, how pilots are trained, and some of the fighting and bomber planes in use today.
Examines the most modern air force in the world, the US Air Force. Readers will also learn about various aircraft, such as the F-16 fighting falcon, the F-22 raptor, the B-52 bomber, and predator drones.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.