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21) The candy caper
Author
Series
Trouble at table 5 volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--
22) Just Like Me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Formats
Description
In this story about unlikely friendships and finding your place in the world, three very different girls, adopted as babies from the same Chinese orphanage, spend a week at a summer camp, where the adoption agency coordinator wants them to journal their "bonding" experience.
23) The Big Cheese
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?" --publisher's website
Author
Series
Up-and-under volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework--without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable....
25) Friends
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When his friend moves away, a boy sets out on a journey to find her.
27) Deep water
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Twelve-year-old Tully's attempt to swim across Lake Tahoe after a heartbreaking loss and become the youngest person to complete the famous "Godfather" swim takes a dangerous turn, forcing her to choose between safety and a win that could change everything. Told in verse format.
28) Knight for a day
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Wiglaf wins a contest that brings Dir Lancelot to the Dragon Slayers' Academy for a day, but when Wiglaf's friend Erica suspects that Lancelot is not who he claims to be, trouble ensues.
31) Two-minute drill
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Brainy Scott Parry, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris Conlan, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Con sus relucientes gafas de sol, su lonchera clásica y sus lápices tamborileros, Lupe Lopez llega el primer día a kínder lista para el rock. "¡Soy famosa!" anuncia Lupe mientras tamborilea sobre cualquier cosa--pupitres, sillas y mesas--, mientras más ruidoso, mejor. En la escuela hay muchas reglas, pero las estrellas de rock no obedecen las reglas, así que Lupe tampoco. Antes de que acabe el día, la maestra le ha quitado todas sus preciadas...
34) Lots of bots
Author
Series
Robots rule! volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
"George is thrilled to score his dream internship at Tinker Tech. But he and his best pal Jackbot realize that something does not compute when a dangerous new invention threatens Terabyte Heights. As he and his friends search for answers, they uncover secrets about George's past that may change his life forever"--
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Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. Waiting to be rescued, she wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light. If the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died sixty years ago? Only her best friend, Elsie, believes her; everyone else thinks Florence is just confused. But as truths are revealed, the women find out that some memories...
38) Hummingbird Lane
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Description
"Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they've reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she's lost herself...
40) Quicksand Pond
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-old Jessie spends the summer with her family on Quicksand Pond, a New England vacation spot, where she develops a star-crossed friendship with independent Terri, and meets a reclusive old lady whose connection to a murder that took place decades ago still informs her present and affects Terri in ways that Jessie gradually comes to understand the more time they spend together.