Chris Baron
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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"Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don't know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he's at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. Soon, other kids tease Etan for being friends with the creature....
2) Death Count
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Art shop owner Kent Cross is intrigued by his friend's sudden request that he pay him a visit. But Robin Riverton has bad news. One of the paintings which adorned the walls of his huge house has been stolen.
Instinct tells Kent not to get involved. But instead he enlists the support of his assistant and confidante, Cora, and sets off in pursuit of the missing painting.
He soon begins to wonder if there is any truth in the tales of old prophecies...
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The anniversary of a tragic accident is less than a week away and Will Calby is struggling to cope.
Then an out of the blue message draws him into the aftermath of a theft from one of Dublin's oldest museums. Although quite reluctant, he begins to search for information and to try to piece together the puzzle.
But when he stumbles unexpectedly across the answer, Will discovers a truth more terrifying than he could ever have imagined.
And little...
4) The Gray
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The Gray is a sensitively told middle grade story from Chris Baron about living with anxiety and finding ways to cope.
It's been a tough year for Sasha-he's been bullied at his middle school and his anxiety, which he calls the Gray, is growing. Sasha's dad tells him to "toughen up"-and he does, but with unfortunate, hurtful results. His parents and therapist agree that a summer in the country with his aunt might be the best medicine, but it's the...
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"Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts, and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California, are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York. On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek. There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take one home, and their long-distance friendship begins. It's soon clear that these are no ordinary...
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It's one of the most important and difficult questions of our time...can the human race find a way to co-exist with the natural world before we destroy it? With thirty football fields of forest lost each minute, the world needs answers now more than ever, and sometimes the most innovative solutions can come from unexpected places. Frontier Sumatra is the incredible story of a ground-breaking conservation project called Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER)....