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Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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...
2) Drama
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
"Callie podr̕a presentarse a la audici̤n del musical "La luna sobre Misisip̕" pero no canta bien. Por eso, ha elegido encargarse de la escenograf̕a. Pero para hacerla, tendr̀ que trabajar muy duro. Desafortunadamente, tan pronto se asignan los papeles de la obra, ¡comienza el drama dentro Y fuera del escenario!"-- provided by publisher.
Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over...
3) Lucky stars
Author
Series
Mr. Wolf's class volume 3
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every day in Mr. Wolf's class is an adventure... even when you have to stay home from school! Mr. Wolf's students are having a "writer's workshop" and are learning about personal narratives. Sampson doesn't think anything worth writing about has ever happened to him. But when he and Margot go for a bike ride one morning, he has an accident that gives him a new perspective, and he thanks his lucky stars that he's going to be okay. Meanwhile, Penny...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nate Wright is born to be wild! And when Enslave the Mollusk is invited to play at the P.S. 38 annual open house, he and his bandmates are on the stairway to heaven. While the kids rock, the school year rolls on. Mrs. Godfrey is back in black, Gina thinks she's hot stuff, and Coach John is dazed and confused. The good news: Nate's finally reunited with Trudy, his summer crush. But when he finds out she's a--gulp--seventh grader, will Nate lose that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Nate Wright is the 11-year-old star of New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Peirce's wildly popular comic strip Big Nate, which debuted in 1991. On top of his stardom, Nate is a professional pest to school principals, a chess prodigy, and a self-described genius. And when his hilarious wisecracks and pranks get him in trouble, Nate's winning personality and charming over-confidence will delight and entertain readers.
¡Diga
...Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Youve got to know where you stand to survive sixth grade, and Nate Wrights found the perfect spot: right next to Sherman, the class gerbil. Can Nates furry friend bail him out of his latest homework jam with Mrs. Godfrey? Or will there be a paper trail leading straight to detention? Nate has no answers, but plenty of ideaslike directing a superhero movie starring the amazing Mega-Chad, inventing a new name for his pal Francis, and living up to his...
7) Barakamon: 1
Author
Series
Barakamon volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seishuu Handa, a handsome young calligrapher, uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily (?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he...
8) Sheets
Author
Series
Sheets volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she's worked for"--
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award
2014 Revelation Award at Angoulême
2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award (Excellence in Narrative Nonfiction)
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more!
Author
Series
Redstone Junior High volume 5
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When word gets out that Redstone Junior High is a hot spot for hostile mobs, enrollment goes up and chaos is the new normal. To get away from all the stress, Pixel, Sky, Uma, and Violet find themselves sneaking off through a secret mine tunnel to a beach-filled paradise they discovered. Little do they know that they are trespassing on the territory of two very angry witches: Grindel and Agatha. The witches watch them from the shadows and vow to reclaim...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Immediately after checking into the Kurosaki Clinic with a mysterious scar on his back, the muscle-bound Chad goes AWOL. Accompanying Chad is a talking parakeet imbued with the soul of a young boy named Yuichi. It doesn't take newbie Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki long to surmise that a Hollow must be involved. Ichigo is about to discover that not every soul is bound for the Soul Society, especially if it's tainted with innocent blood.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Kyo, the head of the Tengu demon clan, is Misao's only chance for survival. But even though she has sweet memories of him as a childhood friend, she has trouble reconciling them with the man he has become. Despite the strange attraction she feels for Kyo, can she trust her life, let alone her heart, to a man who only cares about the promise of her blood?" -- from publisher's web site.
Author
Series
My hero academia. Main series volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Without any special power, middle school student Izuku Midoriya has no chance of getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, but an encounter with the great hero All Might gives him an opportunity to change his destiny.
Author
Series
Death note volume 12
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The human whose name is written in this note shall die" ... Light Yagami, a straight-A high school student, picked up this "death note" dropped into the human world and used it to rid the world of criminals. Years have passed, and various forces have tried to gain possession of the note, but the battle stops here.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sexy new teacher comes to Class 3-E to do the students' job for them. When the 3-E students begin exhibiting signs of self-esteem, Principal Asano demands that Koro Sensei crush their spirits so they continue to set a bad example for the rest of the school to rise above. Then a class field trip goes terribly wrong when two 3-E girls are abducted. Who will come to their rescue...?
17) When pigmen fly
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before they can graduate, they must face their greatest challenge! Its the last semester at Redstone Junior High and Pixel, Sky, and Uma are about to enter into their most exciting adventure yet. Before they graduate, they must complete a bold and dangerous challenge: travel to the End and ride the notorious Ender dragon. From an accidental explosion in a remote village, to a treacherous storm and a teacher gone mysteriously missing, the students...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Ichigo Kurosaki was a little boy when his mother passed away. One rainy day, Ichigo, whose ability to see the undead is a blessing and a curse, tried to stop a young girl from drowning in a nearby river. His mother, Masaki, ran after them, frantically trying to rescue her only son. Then everything went black, and Ichigo awoke only to discover his mother dead and the little girl gone. It's the anniversary of Masaki's death, and the entire Kurosaki...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Intramural relations are at an all-time low: Principal Asano wants to crush Koro Sensei's 3-E baseball team while Koro Sensei wants to avenge Principal Asano's sabotage of 3-E's midterms. Then the government sends in a new Special Forces operative--a ruthless father figure who tests Karasuma's combat coaching skills. You'll never guess which student does him proud! And when Koro Sensei digs a swimming pool to help his students cool off, they discover...
20) Black bird: 8
Author
Series
Black bird volume 8
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2011, c2007
Language
English
Description
Raiko, the demon hunter who has been staying at Misao's house, is determined to save her--even if that's the last thing she wants! Kyo won't allow a threat to Misao to go unchecked and plans to take care of the problem in his own special way. Misao, however, hopes that she can broker a peace between Raiko and Kyo before things get out of hand. But when Raiko's attempts to "free" Misao fail, he hatches a devious new plan that will use Misao's bond...
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