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Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daugher of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.
62) Follow me, Flo!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Flo the duckling follows Daddy Duck to visit a relative's new nest but she gets distracted along the way.
63) Wicked Nix
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While the other fairies are away, mischievous Nix is charged with protecting the forest but he has no magic to prevent a man from moving into a woodland cottage.
Author
Series
Flora books (Molly Idle) volume 2
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this wordless, lift-the-flap picture book, Flora and her new friend, the penguin, dance on the ice together and learn to treat each other with respect and kindness.
66) Trouble-maker
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways, but he cannot seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.
68) You are here
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Encourages children to explore the world around them, embrace opportunities, and experience life as an adventure.
69) Birthday ball
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When a bored Princess Patricia Priscilla makes her chambermaid switch identities with her so she can attend the village school, her attitude changes and she plans a new way to celebrate her sixteenth birthday.
70) Missing Jack
Author
Publisher
Lion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A beautifully illustrated story about elderly cats, young cats, and helping children overcome the death of a pet.
72) Two many birds
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Want to sit on the tree? Get in line! This Bird Monitor has a few rules. But what happens when he goes a little too far?"--Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Little Tiger has a temper! He stomps his paws, cries, and growls when he doesn't want to do something. But when his mom says 'Hold your temper or else,' Little Tiger has to make some changes. Where will he hold his temper? In his pocket . . . in his underwear?"--Amazon.com.
75) 13 gifts
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.
76) Dear Girl
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
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