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The year is 2072. Soon volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring the Lazarus, a high-tech prototype spaceship. But when the apocalypse arrives months ahead of schedule, First Daughter Leigh Chen and a handful of teens from the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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There were warning signs that the molasses tank would break. The steel sides moaned and groaned. Molasses oozed from its seams. But the people of Boston's North End -- mostly poor immigrants -- were powerless to complain to the big molasses company. On a bright January day in 1919, the tank finally broke and almost three million gallons of molasses rushed the neighborhood.
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Publisher
Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"Hannah Malfa-Adler is Jew ... ish. Not that she really thinks about it. She'd prefer to focus on her favorite pastime: baking delicious food! But when her best friend has a beyond-awesome Bat Mitzvah, Hannah starts to feel a little envious ... Despite her parents firm no, Hannah knows that if she can learn enough about her own faith, she can convince her friends that the party is still in motion"--
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I survived volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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For eleven year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister Gertie, are making the thrilling four thousand mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic. But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated...
6) Heroes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right?
December 7, 1941: Everything implodes.
Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...
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Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
88 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
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English
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After a stack of fashion magazines falls on Kiki Kittie's head while she is blowing out the candles on her birthday cake, Kiki turns into Fashion Kitty, a feline superhero who saves other kitties from fashion disaster.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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96 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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English
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Bigpaw, the biggest bear in Bear Country, wants a job but appears unemployable, until an earthquake shakes up the town and Bigpaw puts his muscle to work to save it.
10) Sky
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Series
Warriors a starless clan volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"As a leaderless RiverClan faces disaster, its warriors and its young medicine cat apprentice are determined to protect their Clan and find its new leader--even if it means lying to the other Clans"--
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I survived volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning the pain turns to fear: first, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncle's house. Then the ocean waters rise and Ben and his family are swept away -- and pulled apart -- by a terrible tsunami. Now Ben is alone, stranded in a strange country a million miles from home. Can he fight hard enough...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
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Series
Lily volume 4
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
121 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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With little enthusiasm from the Girlz Only Club to plan a party celebrating the end of sixth grade, Lily makes plans herself until small disasters force her to change her attitude towards others.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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To prove that she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed, twelve-year-old Yolanda learns that her survival rests on the rediscovery of a long-extinct beehive that could be the answer to everything.
In a future shaken by climate disasters, Yolanda CicerĂ³n knows that nature is something to be feared. From the crops that don't grow to the terrifying creatures that roam the countryside, Yoly's life in the Valley is brutal...
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Series
Soccer Cats volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
55 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Jason, the team clown, finds that he will be taking the regular goalie's place in an upcoming soccer game, he embarks on a determined plan to learn everything he can about goalkeeping.
19) Fly on the wall
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"Though Henry Khoo is twelve years old, he's still treated like a baby. He's forbidden from going anywhere without his sister/chaperone/bodyguard. And he definitely CAN'T take a journey halfway around the world all by himself! But that's exactly his plan. After his family's annual trip to visit his father in Singapore is canceled, Henry decides he doesn't want to be cooped up at home with his overprotective family and BFF turned NRFF (Not Really Friend...
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Series
Magic tree house volume 30
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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When Jack and Annie travel back in time to Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, they find themselves facing a horrific storm that resulted in the worst natural disaster in US history.