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Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 5
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Association.
Author
Series
Poplar kids volume 2
Publisher
Viking Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Clover O'Reilly, who struggles to be heard in her large family, and comedy magician Mike the Unusual, who only feels confident onstage, compete to become Poplar Middle School's seventh-grade class president.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sofia is put in charge of overseeing a fair election for a class pet, but first the Questioneers must learn about elections and good journalism--and remember that being a community matters most. Includes facts about the Delano Grape Strike, presidential elections, journalism, and the importance of voting.
Author
Series
Hope (Alyssa Milano) volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While running for sixth grade class president, Hope Roberts finds herself making promises she cannot keep as she tries to win over her classmates.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Determined to be elected class president, mad scientist Frannie K. Stein uses her Atomic Combiner to create a suit that makes her seem to be whatever a voter wants her to be, but the suit has plans of its own.
10) Hero
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Susan "Susie B." Babuszkiewicz finds that running for Student Council is complicated, especially after learning that her hero, Susan B. Anthony, was not as heroic as she thought. Told through a series of letters from Susie to Susan.
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 30
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Heidi's class needs a new president, Heidi throws her witch's hat into the ring! Now there are so many Heidi needs to do to prepare for the election. She has to make posters. She has to give a speech. And hopefully along the way she will figure out what being class president really means. Does Heidi have the magic it takes to win the vote?"--
15) Hope was here
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 4
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
"Sofía Valdez siempre quiere mejorar las cosas en su comunidad, ya sea haciendo campaña para construir un nuevo parque o enseñando a sus compañeros de clase sobre cómo funciona el gobierno. ¡Y a la señorita Eva Delgado le vendrá muy bien la ayuda de Sofía, porque es momento de que el segundo grado elija una mascota para la clase! El grupo reduce la elección a dos candidatos, el pájaro y la tortuga, y organiza una campaña. Por fin se celebran...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend, Casper, and world domination as Casper uses a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and the ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president.
18) Class act
Author
Series
Jada Jones volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jada's campaign for class representative leads to rumors about her fear of public speaking, the pressure to make promises she cannot keep, and conflict between friends.
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