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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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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
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!
This exciting companion to His Dark Materials tells a not-to-be-missed story about Lyra and her world.
When a witch's daemon crashes onto the roof of Jordan College, Lyra and her daemon, Pan, are eager to help. But as this unlikely trio scours the winding streets of Oxford in search of a famed alchemist,...
This exciting companion to His Dark Materials tells a not-to-be-missed story about Lyra and her world.
When a witch's daemon crashes onto the roof of Jordan College, Lyra and her daemon, Pan, are eager to help. But as this unlikely trio scours the winding streets of Oxford in search of a famed alchemist,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.
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Series
Whatever after volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
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Series
Real pigeons volume 2
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A group of crime-fighting birds-who are also best friends-must stick together to protect the city from an evil ostrich and other dangers"--
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Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of "Big Nate" comics, following the adventures of Nate as he gets carried away after an accident affords him excess attention.
14) Good luck bear
Author
Series
Bear books (Greg Foley) volume 3
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bear's friend Mouse tells him that finding a four-leaf clover means one is lucky, the little bear searches for one, despite the discouraging words of other animals.
15) The Cold Caper!
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Series
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
19) I'm not small
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Language
English
Description
"A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
With the help of his stepmother, his dog Zipper, and new friend Malik, Zack Jennings faces ghosts and zombies at his new middle school, which is said to house a lost Confederate treasure.
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