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41) New kid
Author
Series
New kids novels volume 1
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"A troubled kid finds his bearings in a new school after a baseball coach offers him a spot on the team"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The summer after his absentee father is killed in a random shooting, Paul volunteers at a Harlem soup kitchen where he listens to lessons about "the social contract" from an elderly African American man, and mentors a seventeen-year-old unwed mother who wants to make it to college on a basketball scholarship.
44) Freakboy
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Told from three viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Brendan, a wrestler, struggles to come to terms with his place on the transgender spectrum while Vanessa, the girl he loves, and Angel, a transgender acquaintance, try to help.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Thirteen-year-old Socko and his mother leave their cramped, unsafe inner city apartment and move to a house in a new suburban development where they plan to care for Socko's crotchety great-grandfather, but when they arrive they discover that the rest of the homes are unfinished, they are the only residents of Moon Ridge Estates, and that trouble has followed them.
46) Be who you are
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
Picture book encouraging kids to be proud of what makes them unique, where they come from, and how they express themselves and see the world.
47) The Underdogs
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"A shy, overweight 12-year-old & her best friend take on the case of a popular 16-year-old who died mysteriously leading to a breathtaking surprise twist"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 8
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. But those troubles don't compare with grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason's best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family's orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can't understand why Lieutenant Baird won't believe the story Mason has told about that day. Mason's new friend, tiny Calvin Chumsky,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
When her idyllic life on Rainbow Island is destroyed by the dragon, Obsidigon, Yu-Ning must embark on a dangerous journey, guided by her master teacher, Metatron, in hopes of overcoming the darkness attacking her home and also the scars of sadness marking her own heart.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After being teased yet again about her unruly hair, MacKenzie consults her neighbor, Miss Tillie, who compares hair care with tending her beautiful garden and teaches MacKenzie some techniques. Includes tips for shampooing, conditioning, and protecting black hair, and recipes for hair products.
55) Teacup
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A boy travels across the sea in a rowboat in search of a new home, making a journey that is long and difficult--but also filled with beauty and hope"--
56) Morris Mole
Author
Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Food is running short so Morris's big brothers dig down deeper, but Morris tries digging up instead and discovers a beautiful new place, filled with delicious treats and new friends.
58) The last panther
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
"An eleven-year-old girl discovers a family of panthers that were thought to be extinct. But when others find out they are alive, too, she must risk everything to save the species"--
Author
Series
I funny volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm's recent victory in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest leads to a television sitcom based on his life, but being the star of the show forces him to balance his newfound success with the responsibilities of being a good friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family"--