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1) Dear Mothman
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After the death of his best friend and the only other trans boy at school, Noah starts writing letters expressing his feelings to the humanoid creature Mothman and risks everything when he treks into the woods to prove Mothman's existence.
Halfway through sixth grade, Noah's best friend and the only other trans boy in his school, Lewis, passes away in a car accident. Feeling lost and alone, Noah starts writing letters to Mothman, Lewis' favorite...
Author
Publisher
Nelson Doubleday
Pub. Date
1955
Physical Desc
316 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Under the Lilacs" by Louisa May Alcott. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
3) The swing
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A swing on a hill overlooking the water is at the center of this lovely meditation on childhood, growing older, friendship and loss"--
Author
Series
Pax volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
It has been a year since newly orphaned Peter and his pet fox Pax, now a protective father, have seen each other, but their paths cross again when Pax's kit falls desperately ill, forcing him to turn to the one human he knows he can trust.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1953
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
191 p. : illus.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to stirring up a little excitement in class, Otis Spofford knows just what to do. He can turn a folk dance fiesta into a three-ring circus . . . or an arithmetic lesson into a spitball marathon.
Best of all, Otis likes teasing neat, well-behaved Ellen Tebbits—until the day his teasing goes too far. Now Otis is nervous, because Ellen isn't just mad . . . she's planning something! --amazon
Author
Series
Show Me a Sign volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
9) Ribsy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Separated from his owner, Henry Huggins, in a shopping center parking lot, an ordinary city dog begins a string of bewildering adventures.
Author
Series
The Seagate summers volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seagate Island's centennial summer should be a huge celebration of beach traditions, but it is the rainiest summer on record and Remy, Micayla, Bennett, and the C Twins find that tempers are short, dogs are bored, and summer magic is hard to find.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
Author
Series
The One and Only Ivan volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
14) Henry Huggins
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.
15) Bentley
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
89 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Petersons arrive in Misty Valley for the weekend, Charles learns that a Weimaraner puppy named Bentley is in need of a home and works to find him his forever home.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Haven channels her anxiety about the climate crisis into a fight against the factory suspected of polluting the river running through her town.
17) Jack and Jill
Author
Series
Publisher
World Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1948]
Physical Desc
xi 346 p. illus. (part col.) 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her „Little Women" series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and creates a whole novel out of it in one of her last books „Jack and Jill: A Village Story". The story follows the lives of two 13-year-old neighbors, Jack and Jill, in the fictional Harmony Village. They go sledding on the first day of the season whereupon their adventurous natures and competitiveness get the better of them. After sledding down...
18) Control freaks
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When the principal of the super competitive Benjamin Banneker STEAM Academy announces the start of an epic Team Competition, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer is determined to win the trophy and prove to his dad he's worthy, but soon he learns there is no "i" in Team.
Author
Series
The Seagate summers volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Remy loves the traditions of Sea Gate, the island where her family spends every summer vacation, but after her grandmother and a special dog die, and her relationship with best friends Bennett and Micayla changes, Remy takes comfort in the company of the island's Dog Beach--where she hatches a plan to bring her friends closer and recapture the Sea Gate magic.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When faced with returning home from summer camp to an upset home life, Caitlin takes the first turn wearing a good-luck charm bracelet that she and her cabin roommates bought together, hoping it will turn her luck around.