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Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
2) Home fire
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"From an internationally acclaimed novelist, the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart by secrets and driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences. Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, an invitation from a mentor in America has allowed her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong...
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Beezus' biggest problem is her 4-year-old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knows sisters are supposed to love each other, with a sister like Ramona, it seems impossible.
Author
Series
Violet Mackerel books volume 5
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After moving to a new neighborhood, a girl who is both a worrier and a problem solver meets a possible very good friend next door.
10) Double Fudge
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.
12) Fudge-a-mania
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
13) 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.
Author
Series
Lola Levine volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lola Levine is given a non-speaking part after getting stage fright during her class play audition. She saves the play after a couple of obstacles with the help of her grandmother"--
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Freddy decides to bake one hundred cookies for the one hundredth day of school celebration, but his father accidentally eats one and then Freddy has to come up with another idea at the last minute.
18) Fly away
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While in North Dakota helping her Aunt Frankie prepare for a possible flood, Lucy finds her voice as a poet with the help of her two-year-old brother Teddy, the rest of their family, and a few cows.
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.
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