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1) No brainer
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best...
2) Outrage
Author
Series
Singular menace volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Knowing their lives are at stake, Shay and Odin Remby race to stay one step ahead of Singular Corp in their efforts to expose the company's secret and highly unethical experiments"--
4) Emily posts
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When she is cut from her middle school's podcast crew, social media influencer wannabe Emily Laurence must find another way to spread the news of a climate march, trying to balance her impeccable manners with 21st-century activism"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
8) Not so small
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrates the many ways people can join together to become something bigger--an unstoppable force. Each and every one of us can use our voices to make a difference"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Holly Foster knows better than to get attached to people and places. Yet, when she is sent to her uncle's house in Arden, Vermont, she finds herself drawn into a fight to protect a grove of trees from being torn down.
Author
Series
Rocket says volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Rocket finds out her town's library is closing, she rallies support from her peers, and together they lead a peaceful protest that spreads awareness and raises enough money to save their beloved library.
11) Kent State
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Told from different points of view--protesters, students, National Guardsmen, and "townies"--recounts the story of what happened at Kent State in May 1970, when four college students were killed by National Guardsmen, and a student protest was turned into a bloody battlefield.
12) Sarah rising
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books, an imprint of 1517 Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Minneapolis uprising after the killing of George Floyd, this story follows a little Black girl attending a protest with her father and realizing that she has the power to protect what and whom she loves. Includes author's note.
13) Viva's voice
Author
Publisher
Kind World Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Since the day she was born, Viva's voice has always been the mightiest in the room. But when Papi's bus driver union goes on strike, quiet Papi is the family member who must speak up. He feels nervous, but Viva's strength gives Papi the courage he needs to find his own powerful voice.
14) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
LB Ink,Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"After her home burns down, Julianna moves to a new town to start over but learns that the boy who started the fire goes to her new school"--
Author
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Little ones who love to say "No!" can chime in while they learn about iconic activists from Frederick Douglass and Alice Paul to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malala. Each spread introduces an iconic figure--such as Gloria Steinem or Cesar Chavez--along with a super simple summary of the actions they took to change the course of history. Activists of all ages will learn about the abolitionist movement, civil rights, women's rights, and more! Detailed,...
16) The big protest
Author
Series
Frankie and friends volume 2
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There's breaking news on TV at Frankie's house -- a protest to demand justice! Frankie's mama, a journalist, gets a call to cover the story, and Frankie wants to do her own reporting, too. But what is a protest, exactly, and why do people do it? Along with her news crew, including Farrah the doll, Dan the teddy bear, and Nina the cat, Frankie prepares a feature story by doing research and conducting interviews with Papa and big sister Raven. And...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
What do you do when the world shuts down? A heartwarming story of friendship and overcoming adversity in a time of COVID, When the World Turns Upside Down is about community, giving back, and understanding the world around us through the power of generosity from debut middle grade author K. Ibura. Nobody expected a tiny little virus to change the whole world in such a big way, especially not Shayla, Liam, Ai, and Ben. But when school closes to keep...
18) Save our forest!
Author
Series
Cross my heart volume 2
Publisher
Hippo Park
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"After being leader of “girls-who-never-fall-in-love” in Cross My Heart and Never Lie, Tuva’s best friend, Bao, faces a challenge unlike any she’s faced before: the PTA wants to raze down the students’ beloved forest, removing the space where Bao and other student have always played and integral to both Bao and other students’ lives and the environment they call home. When the adults are too apathetic, too cynical, or too preoccupied to...
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