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Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Supremely confident middle-school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.
3) The bad seed
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The bad seed changes his mind about being bad and decides that he wants to be happy.
4) The good egg
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean . . . Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.
6) City spies
Author
Series
City spies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Sara Martinez is facing years in the juvenile detention system for hacking into the foster care computer system to prove that her foster parents are crooks. But then she gets a second chance when a mysterious man offers her a chance to join a group of MI6 affiliated spies"--
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The school year is winding down, and Nate can t wait for summer vacation: baseball, beach trips, and&overripe bananas? Yuck! Turns out Nate has a problem with fruit that s past its prime. And that s not all that s bugging him. Kim Cressly is making Chester jealous at Nate s expense, Artur is challenging him in the Hunny Bursts mascot contest, and his replacement social studies teacher is none other than Coach John. In banana terms, it s all left...
8) Unplugged
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
10) Ungifted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright blazes a haphazard trail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38, where between endless misadventures, marked by complaining observations, he earns straight As and numerous detentions.
13) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
You've heard all about dreaming big... Well, this is a story about dreaming funny! But my story is more than just jokes. Sometimes, when I'm making people laugh, I'm just trying to forget that my mom is far away serving in the war. Or that my dad's so busy at work, my six sisters and I are home alone a lot. And let's not forget how my awful stutter pops out at the worst possible times. But despite all that, I promise I'll still make you laugh...or...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears...
15) Rude cakes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite.
16) Olivia
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.
17) First love
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
18) I promise
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...[an] inspiring picture book that reminds us that tomorrow's success starts with the promises we make to ourselves and our community today."--
Author
Series
Five Little Monkeys volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Five little monkeys dress up for Halloween. They're going trick-or-treating with their favorite babysitter, Lulu. Mama reminds her, "Don't lose the rascals!" But soon those mischievous monkeys meet other costumed friends and decide to try "the best Halloween trick ever!" Will Lulu be fooled? Or will the five little monkeys get tricked by their own monkey business?
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