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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"After transferring to Canterlot High, Twilight Sparkle has a lot to catch up on. It's not doing homework that the super-smart student is worried about, though: it's being a friend! With Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy all eager to embrace their new classmate, the transition should be a breeze. But, as Twilight Sparkle is always down for some extra credit, she seeks guidance from some familiar faces from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are enjoying Halloween fun in Sleepy Hollow, New York, but when unplanned spooky things start happening, they investigate whether a real headless horseman might be to blame.
Author
Series
Friendship garden volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Invited to join her friends for an end-of-summer overnight sleepover in a tent, Anna, who is frightened by the dark, decides to skip the party, prompting her friends to convince her that it is sometimes fun to be scared.
Author
Series
Book buddies volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tiny mouse Marco Polo is almost never chosen to leave the library, but when a boy about to attend his first sleepover needs a friend to smuggle along, the great mouse explorer's day has come.
8) Night owl
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Tonight is the Big Night sleepover at Dunwiddle Magic School, when all the fifth graders stay overnight at school and participate in the scavenger hunt, except Nory's friend Elliott is attending a concert at rival Sage Academy where he plans to attend after the winter break -- but if Nory can convince her fellow upside-down magic friends to take the hunt seriously, cooperate, and win, than maybe she can convince Elliott to stay at Dunwiddle.
9) Alone
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated...
11) Ghost hunt!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a slumber party, Anna, Elsa, and Olaf hunt for ghosts in the castle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three novellas from three cozy mystery writers all feature murders that happen at Halloween parties, including a fête in a Victorian home where someone overdoses on tainted drugs and a teenage sleepover where the attendees discover a murdered neighbor.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Lucas is usually quick with a joke to cheer everyone up, but he is feeling down because his friend Henry cannot come to his sleepover. The Sunshine Squad pals do their best to assure him that friends can give you a boost to look on the bright side"--Provided by publisher.
14) 13 and 3/4
Author
Series
Friendship list volume 4
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Ari and Kaylan aren't sure how they're going to survive their first summer apart. No pool. No sleepovers. No emergency late night chats on the porch. So as Ari returns to Camp Silver and Kaylan heads off to comedy camp, they come up with a new list of 13 and 3/4 ways to keep their friendship strong as they tackle everything from bias to batik and moping to matchmaking"--
15) Hour of the bees
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina - Carol - is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she{u2019}s never met into a home for people with dementia. At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on and the heat bears down, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her...
Author
Series
Toys trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Valerie Trueblood is, simply put, one of the finest story writers who is currently working in the American language, as prize committees acknowledge. In this, her beautifully made third collection, each of the fifteen stories asks two defining questions: What kind of love story is this? Who here is exactly what kind of criminal? In "His Rank," an armed man enters a bar to claim the girl he understands to be his destiny only to be told she has, the...
19) The retake
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Zoe knows that the only thing harder than middle school is losing a best friend. She and Laura used to do everything together from taking silly selfies, to joining all the same clubs together and even throwing surprise birthday parties for one another. But lately things have been weird between them. Now Laura will post a photo of her hanging out with other girls before responding to Zoe's simple text. She doesn't even want to sit with her at lunch...
Author
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Set in Iowa and Minnesota in the 60s and 70s, Little Miseries is a Midwestern Gothic where sometimes the misery is just that -- little -- and sometimes it is epic and yawning, capable of swallowing every childhood memory. There are the miseries the Castles will talk about -- old family lore about a great, great, great uncle who was split in two while connecting railroad cars -- and the misery none of them will face. There are days at the lake, placid...
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