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Author
Series
Zoey and Sassafras volume 5
Publisher
The Innovation Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An old friend visits Zoey with a glowing seed pod. Zoey, Sassafras and Pip need to find out what will make this mysterious and magical plant grow.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Aster, who likes routine, is happy to care for Little Green Girl when she arrives in his garden, but not interested in helping her see the world beyond its walls.
7) Sourgrass
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Sofia and May find a way to keep their special friendship alive when May moves away.
9) Thrive
Author
Series
Overthrow volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After the aliens begin their invasion of Earth, a rebel faction contacts Anaya and proposes a plan that would allow humans, hybrids, and cryptogens to coexist peacefully, though it is unclear if all hybrids will agree.
11) Amira's suitcase
Author
Publisher
New Frontier Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It begins with a tiny seed growing inside a suitcase. With Amira's care, the tiny seed starts to sprout. Find out what happens when kindness flourishes . . .Amira's Suitcase is a gentle, thought-provoking tale about friendship and hope.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Biggety the bat searches for a meal and watches the cuckoo, the alligator, and the sea turtle munch on their favorite foods, but none of them are what Biggety likes to eat.
13) The balcony
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
When a little girl moves from her home to an apartment in the city, she takes her plants with her and one by one they grow and bloom and change both her world and the world all around her as she makes a new friend.
16) Butler for hire!
Author
Series
DJ Funkyfoot volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
DJ Funkyfoot may have a name fit for a hip-hop star, but as a dog butler desperate to find a job, he takes a job as a nanny watching over a ShrubBaby that loves chaos.
17) The saved seed
Author
Publisher
National Garden Clubs
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Saved Seed shows the young child that seeds originally come from nature. The seed saved from carving a pumpkin at Halloween guides the child through the year with all the basic steps in gardening that allows [sic] it to grow into a vine with new pumpkins for the next Halloween."--Foreword.
18) Love grows
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Told through a series of poetic letters, this charming celebration of family, plants and boundless love follows a little girl who receives her very own plant baby from her aunt, a gift that helps her bloom and grow, just as the love for her aunt blossoms as well"--
19) Moongarden
Author
Series
Plotting the stars volume 1
Publisher
Pixel+Ink
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Crumbling under the pressure at her elite school on the moon, misfit Myra Hodger discovers a lab full of toxic plants and uses her botanical magic to weed out its secrets, but quickly discovers some will do anything to take those secrets to the grave.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Meet best friends Nelli and Worthi. Like all tiny succulents, Nelli and Worthi have VERY busy schedules--napping in the sun, sipping on water drops, and filling the days doing nothing. But one morning, Nelli wonders: Is there more? Have you ever heard of a purpose? Hmm . . . Is it a baked potato? That doesn't sound right. So what is it? Join two curious best friends as they embark on the ultimate adventure to answer big philosophical questions: What...
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