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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
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season."
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
An examination of how the media is under fire and how to safeguard journalists and the information they seek to share with the public.
Journalists are being imprisoned and killed in record numbers. Online surveillance is annihilating privacy, and the Internet can be brought under government control at any time. Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, warns that we can no longer assume that
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Dragged to summer camp by her friend Charissa, twelve-year-old Gladys Gatsby, an undercover restaurant reviewer for a big New York City newspaper, finds a way to practice her cooking and restaurant reviewing skills.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Description
Traces the story of NFL player and army soldier Pat Tillman, describing his death by friendly fire, in an account that draws on Tillman's journals and letters as well as interviews with family members and fellow soldiers.
7) Big Max
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Big Max, the world's greatest detective, helps a king find his missing elephant.
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Series
Language
English
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Kate Evans follows her dream of becoming an Alaskan bush pilot, but soon realizes trying to find her way in a man's world is harder than she expected, and when she crosses paths with a mysterious man living in the forbidding wilderness, she tries to break through his tough exterior and help him learn to love again.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Quinn's journal is where she writes down everything -- in list format -- that she doesn't want to admit out loud, or even face; once they're written, she can release them and feel a little bit more at peace. When the journal goes missing and her list of biggest fears is posted online with a challenge to face each of them or else have the entire journal go public, it's time for Quinn to move out of the realm of her mind and into real life. She's not...
10) Payback time
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he's determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.
11) Harriet the spy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
The discovery of Harriet's secret journal, concerning the personalities and activities of her schoolmates and neighbors, causes pandemonium.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imagination with their very own writing journals--and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks"--
14) House arrest
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
While under house arrest for one year for stealing a wallet, young Timothy keeps free-verse notes on his life in a court-ordered journal as he deals with having a sick brother and tries to stay out of trouble.
Author
Series
Walk volume no. 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Alan Christoffersen has lost everything he loves. Searching for hope, Alan embarks on a walk across America. As he continues on his journey, he encounters many interesting people from whom he learns lessons about love, life, and loss.
17) Into the wild
Author
Series
Warriors volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest. When their warrior code is threatened by mysterious deaths, a house cat named Rusty may turn out to be the bravest warrior of all.
18) Twerp
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Return to Red River volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thorliff Bjorklund has been writing since he was a young boy and now longs to attend college to study journalism. But his father has other plans for him and refuses to agree. ... Thorliff is torn between love for his father and the pull of his dream. Must he choose between the two?"--Back cover.
20) Timekeeper
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bewildered by a new student at her Manhattan high school who does not know her but seems to be Philip Walker, her lost love from her time travels, and threatened by Rebecca, who has held a grudge against her family for 120 years, sixteen-year-old MicheleWindsor seeks help in her father journals and The Handbook of The Time Society.