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Author
Series
Terrible two volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local, mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.
Author
Series
Mr. Terupt volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Several students relate their experiences helping Mr. Terupt move the old classroom to the sixth grade annex during the summer vacation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Joy Taylor has always believed home is the house she lived in her entire life. But then her dad lost his job, and suddenly, home becomes a tiny apartment with thin walls, shared bedrooms, and a place for tense arguments between Mom and Dad. Hardest of all, Joy doesn't have her music to escape through anymore. Without enough funds, her dreams of becoming a great pianist, and one day, a film score composer, have been put on hold. A friendly new neighbor...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Evelyn Del Rey is Daniela's best friend. They do everything together and even live in twin apartments across the street from each other: Daniela with her mami and hamster, and Evelyn with her mami, papi, and cat. But not after today--not after Evelyn moves away. Until then, the girls play amid the moving boxes until it's time to say goodbye, making promises to keep in touch, because they know that their friendship will always be special. The tenderness...
7) Long lost
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been almost a year since Rain's brother Guthrie died, and her parents still don't know it was all Rain's fault. In fact, no one does--Rain buried her secret deep, no matter how heavy it weighs on her heart. So when her mom suggests moving the family from Vermont to New York City, Rain agrees. But life in the big city is different. She's never seen so many people in one place--or felt more like an outsider. With her parents fighting more than...
10) Neville
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood.
Author
Series
Chance to fly volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After moving across the country, thirteen-year-old Natalie auditions for her new school's play and overcomes her fears and insecurities about performing in a wheelchair.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Evelyn Del Rey es la mejor amiga de Daniela. Hacen todo juntos e incluso viven en apartamentos gemelos frente al otro: Daniela con su mami y su h̀mster, y Evelyn con su mami, papi y gato. Pero no despǔs de hoy, no despǔs de que Evelyn se mude. Hasta entonces, las nįas juegan en medio de las cajas de mudanza hasta que llega el momento de despedirse, haciendo promesas de mantenerse en contacto, porque saben que su amistad siempre ser̀ especial....
Author
Series
Supernatural Society volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will Hunter thought his life couldn't get any worse - his parents just got divorced ; his best (and only) friend now is his dog, Fitz ; and his Mom moved them from New York city to a middle-of-nowhere town called East Emerson. But Will was wrong - things are about to get way worse. Because East Emerson is filled with a whole lot of monsters that only he can see. To everyone else they look like normal people. When all the town pets (including Fritz),...
17) Finding Langston
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
18) Mom, dad and me
Author
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The lives of Riley and her parents change overnight when her father takes a job across the country and they must move from their small town to San Francisco.
19) Florette
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Benji Mouse searches for the perfect house. This C-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book features ambiguous vowels and uses repetition to build recognition. Featured vowel sounds include: /oo/ and /ou/. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text"--
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