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44) Walk two moons
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Salamanca Tree Hiddle, age 13, and her grandparents are off to find Salamanca's mother, who left home on a trip to Idaho and never came back. As they acquire a car and retrace her route, Sal tells the story of her friend Phoebe Winterbottom, whose mother also disappeared under unusual circumstances.
45) The Moffats
Author
Series
Moffats volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Portrays the adventure-studded existence of the poor, but resourceful, Moffat family, whose members live in a yellow house on New Dollar Street.
46) Flipped
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
47) Kitchen dance
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two sleepy children sneak out of their beds to watch as their parents, who love each other very much, break into a dance while washing the dishes.
Author
Series
Mallory McDonald books volume 1
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving to a new town, eight-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn between old and new best friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As her family gathers for the wedding of her sister Anna, fourth-grader Cassie Whiting sees the many changes brought about by everyday life and finds comfort in the love of those around her, especially her grandfather.
50) Meet the Austins
Author
Series
Austin family books volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father.
51) Olive's ocean
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Series
Upon a Marigold volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
Author
Series
Ninja! (Arree Chung) volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Maxwell is a strong, courageous, silent ninja who wants somebody to play with, but it seems Mama, Papa, and little sister Cassy are all too busy.
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 4
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.
56) Hoppy Hanukkah!
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two young bunnies learn about the customs of Hanukkah from their parents and grandparents before they light the menorahs, eat potato latkes, and play dreidel.
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