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1) Sisters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Summary: Raina cannot wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things are not quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she is also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship does not improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something does not seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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An action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. They were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology and to our understanding of ourselves.
3) Brave
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Series
Berrybrook Middle School novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
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"In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social...
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Pub. Date
c2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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"An anthology of six original Last Kids short stories, designed to bridge the gap between books 6 and 7, features contributions by prominent graphic artists and finds Jack and his friends spinning yarns about their over-the-top post-apocalyptic adventures."--Provided by publisher.
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Binky adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Binky has been promoted to lieutenant! It's a job that comes with great responsibility --Binky is in charge of training a new F.U.R.S.T. agent. But when his studetn shows up, Binky finds that this new cadet is nothing like he expected. Not only can't he leap and pounce and claw, he won't even use a litter box like any civilized animal! Worst of all, Binky starts having suspicions about his student's loyalty to the alien-fighting cause. Can Binky...
12) Wires crossed
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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Is this what middle school is all about? Being stuck in the middle? Twelve-year-old Mia feels like everything and everyone is changing--and she is caught in the middle. Stuck between old friends and new friends...between feeling like a kid and growing up...
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Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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The Scarecrow has returned to the Emerald City, driving General Jinjur out of the castle, however the city is still under siege, occupied by her all-girl army, who are not willing to give up the freedoms they have recently won. Surrounded on all sides Tip, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the others must fully restore the Scarecrow to power and save Oz in the process.
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Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"What if the dumbest idea ever turned your life upside down? At thirteen, Jimmy was popular, at the top of his class, and the leading scorer on his basketball team. But all that changed when chicken pox forced him to miss the championship game. Things went from bad to worse when he got pneumonia and missed even more school. Before Jimmy knew it, his grades were sinking and nothing seemed to be going right. How did Jimmy turn things around, get back...
17) Werewolves
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Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes werewolves found in folklore, presents a graphic retelling of the tale of a werewolf outside an eighteenth-century German village, and provides summaries of other tales featuring these mythical creatures.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him!"--
20) Karen's haircut
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Deciding a new haircut will give her the boost she needs, Karen is devastated when the hairstylist cuts her hair all wrong and wonders if she will ever get back to feeling like her usual confident self.