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481) Rebecca and Ana
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.
482) Fly on the wall
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"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...
483) Clap when you land
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
Author
Series
Little house volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
485) The outsiders
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Standard or widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the youths involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy.
486) Sisters
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Raina Telgemeier uses her signature humor and charm to tell the story of her relationship with her little sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
151 p. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
489) Chasing Helicity
Author
Series
The Chasing Helicity volume Book 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
204 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Helicity, not a victim of a horrific tornado but a survivor, connects with a local meteorologist and other stormchasers who support her plan to become one of them.--Provided by Publisher.
490) Changes for Rebecca
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
229 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1903 Brooklyn, young Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his immigrant parents invent the teddy bear, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the lives of children living under the Brooklyn Bridge.
492) Crenshaw
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary"--
493) We still belong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Bert discovers a tiny boy angel in his pocket, he takes the angel home to his wife and they happily raise him as their own son.
495) Before we were free
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Ember edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the sky begins to fall, one man finds himself separated from his family, his best hope is to run--or risk losing what he loves forever. When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts. No one knows this more than Edgar Hill: over five hundred miles of devastated wasteland stretch between him and his family. To get back to them, he must push himself to the very limit--or risk losing them...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Louisa May Alcott has problems--her mother is taking a job over a hundred miles away to earn some money, leaving to it to Louisa to care for the family, her father refuses to work for money, a fugitive slave is seeking refuge in their house, and a slave catcher has been murdered, making the Underground Railroad much more dangerous.
498) Farmer boy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State where he raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.
499) The long winter
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
500) Spaceheadz
Author
Series
SPHDZ volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
163 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has trouble convincing anyone else of the truth.